The latest news on performances of Opera in St. Louis.
BWW Review: CARMEN at Opera Theatre Of Saint Louis
by Steve Callahan - May 23, 2022
Opera Theatre Saint Louis opens its 47th season with a splendid 'Carmen'. Read our BWW critic's review....
BWW Review: Brilliant Voices in MADAMA BUTTERFLY at Winter Opera in St. Louis
by Steve Callahan - March 29, 2022
Such astonishing voices! Winter Opera, in St. Louis, has been offering splendid singers for 15 seasons now. But I've never heard more brilliant voices than those flourished by the cast in Winter Opera's latest production, Giacomo Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY. These are of truly Olympian quality....
VIDEO: Watch The 2022 Bayer Fund Artists-in-Training Program Winter Recital from Opera Theatre St. Louis
by Alan Henry - February 14, 2022
Join the 2021–22 class of the Bayer Fund Artists-in-Training program for a free virtual recital, adjudicated by renowned mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves! ...
BWW Review: THE GONDOLIERS at Winter Opera St. Louis
by Steve Callahan - January 17, 2022
Gina Galati's marvelous Winter Opera company has mounted a delightful production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers. It opened last night at the new Kirkwood Performing Arts Center to a full and warmly responsive audience. ...
BWW Reivew: OTSL Gerdine Young Artists Shine in CENTER STAGE'
by Steve Callahan - June 21, 2021
The Opera Theatre of St. Louis presents their Gerdine Young Artists in a dazzling evening of opera. It's all dessert and no dull vegetables....
BWW Review: Opera Theatre of Saint Louis' I DREAM A WORLD
by Steve Callahan - June 17, 2021
Juneteenth celebrations in Saint Louis got off to an early start on Tuesday, June 15. Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, in collaboration with the Missouri Historical Society, presented a gorgeous cornucopia of music—and a bit of slam poetry—in an early-evening performance on the steps of our Histor...
BWW Review: New Works, Bold Voices at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
by Steve Callahan - June 15, 2021
The glorious Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has opened its New Works, Bold Voices Lab. This is its continuation of a program exploring where the world of opera might go in days ahead. This season’s offerings are three quite different short pieces, together lasting some hour and a quarter....
BWW Review: LA VOIX HUMAINE Opens At Saint Louis Opera Theatre
by Steve Callahan - June 07, 2021
Alone on stage. Alone, alone and desperate. Alone forever. Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and that courageous soprano Patricia Racette bring us Francis Poulenc’s one-act opera LA VOIX HUMAINE. It’s a solo piece, a true tour de force for the singer. And Ms. Racette carries it off magnificently...
BWW Review: HIGHWAY 1, USA Opens at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
by Steve Callahan - June 01, 2021
Opera Theatre Saint Louis continues its refreshing festival season with a revival of the rarely seen Highway 1, U.S.A. by William Grant Still, the 'dean of African-American composers'....
BWW Review: GIANNI SCHICCHI at Opera Theatre Saint Louis
by Steve Callahan - May 24, 2021
The glorious Opera Theatre of Saint Louis opened it’s festival season last night with a sheer delight: Puccini’s delectable one-act comedy, Gianni Schicchi....
Steven Mackey's MOON TEA Opera Launches In St. Louis
by A.A. Cristi - April 28, 2021
GRAMMY-winning composer Steven Mackey and Obie Award-winning librettist Rinde Eckert present the new opera Moon Tea at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis....