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First Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld St. Louis Awards; ALICE BY HEART Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 01, 2025

The first standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld St. Louis Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Review: ONE-ACT FESTIVAL at Union Avenue Opera


by Steve Callahan - October 13, 2025

New things at Union Avenue Opera!  This wonderful company is extending it’s 31st season with an evening of two one-act operas. ...

Union Avenue Opera Launches Inaugural One-Act Festival


by Stephi Wild - September 23, 2025

Union Avenue Opera will launch its first-ever One-Act Festival, a bold new fall initiative that brings two powerful contemporary operas to the stage: As One and dwb (driving while black). ...

Review: SALOME at Union Avenue Opera


by Steve Callahan - August 18, 2025

Kelly Slawson brings a dazzlingly powerful, beautiful voice to the title role.   It’s an unforgettable triumph in a real tour de force....

Review: SALOME at Union Avenue Opera


by Steve Callahan - August 18, 2025

Kelly Slawson brings a dazzlingly powerful, beautiful voice to the title role.   It’s an unforgettable triumph in a real tour de force....

Union Avenue Opera To Launch Inaugural One-Act Festival This October


by A.A. Cristi - August 07, 2025

Union Avenue Opera will present its inaugural One-Act Festival October 10–12, 2025, featuring dwb (driving while black) and As One. Both contemporary works explore themes of identity, injustice, and transformation, followed by audience talk-backs with artists and guests....

Union Avenue Opera To Launch Inaugural One-Act Festival This October


by A.A. Cristi - August 07, 2025

Union Avenue Opera will present its inaugural One-Act Festival October 10–12, 2025, featuring dwb (driving while black) and As One. Both contemporary works explore themes of identity, injustice, and transformation, followed by audience talk-backs with artists and guests....

Union Avenue Opera To Conclude 31st Season With Strauss’ SALOME


by A.A. Cristi - August 06, 2025

Union Avenue Opera will close its 31st Festival Season with Richard Strauss’ explosive masterwork Salome, presented August 15, 16, 22, and 23 at 8:00 p.m. at Union Avenue Christian Church in St. Louis. ...

Review: 'JOSEPHINE' & 'PAGLIACCI' at Union Avenue Opera


by Steve Callahan - July 28, 2025

A powerful double-bill. 'Josephine' is a stunning mini-biography of a great star; 'Pagliacci' is an overpoweringly passionate step into verismo opera....

Review: 'JOSEPHINE' & 'PAGLIACCI' at Union Avenue Opera


by Steve Callahan - July 28, 2025

A powerful double-bill. 'Josephine' is a stunning mini-biography of a great star; 'Pagliacci' is an overpoweringly passionate step into verismo opera....

Past Shows

One-Act Festival
One-Act Festival
10/10 - 10/12/2025


Union Avenue Opera extends its offerings into the fall with the debut of its One-Act Festival, running October 10 and 11 at 7:30 PM and ...

Salome
Salome
8/15 - 8/23/2025


Salome  is a dark and provocative opera centered on the biblical story of King Herod's stepdaughter and her obsessive desire for John the Baptist (Jochanaan). ...

Josephine and Pagliacci
Josephine and Pagliacci
7/25 - 8/2/2025


Presented together,  Josephine  and  Pagliacci  explore the complex interplay between performance and personal turmoil. In  Josephine , Tom Cipullo brings to life the intimate reflections ...

My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
7/5 - 7/12/2025


My Fair Lady  follows the journey of Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who becomes the subject of a social experiment by Professor Henry Higgins, ...

Into The Woods
Into The Woods
8/16 - 8/24/2024


What happens when fairy tales collide in a dark and twisted forest? Join Cinderella, Jack, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and more as they cross ...

Into the Woods
Into the Woods
8/16 - 8/24/2024


Join Cinderella, Jack, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and more as they cross paths with a baker and his wife on their quest through the ...

Aida In Concert
Aida In Concert
7/26 - 8/3/2024


Witness one of opera’s most epic stories of passion, betrayal, and war. Behold the tragic romance of Aida, an Ethiopian princess enslaved by the Egyptians, ...

Carmen
Carmen
7/5 - 7/13/2024


Set your passions alight with this steamy opera full of love, seduction, and betrayal. Follow the fate of Don José, a naïve soldier who falls ...

A Little Night Music
A Little Night Music
8/19 - 8/27/2022


Lovers reunite, passions reignite, and new romance blossoms in the magic of music on a mid-summers night. A Little Night Music explores the tangled web ...

Glory Denied
Glory Denied
8/16 - 8/24/2019


Union Avenue Opera presents Tom Cipullos Glory DeniedFour Performances: August 17, 18, 23, 24 at 8:00 p.m.Based on the novel Glory Denied by Tom PhilpottPresented ...

La bohème
La bohème
7/26 - 8/3/2019


Union Avenue Opera presents Puccinis La bohmeFour Performances: July 26, 27, August 2, 3 at 8:00 p.m.Presented in Italian with English supertitlesJoin the Bohemian Revolution ...

Candide
Candide
7/5 - 7/13/2019


Union Avenue Opera presents Bernsteins Candide (Scottish Opera Version)Four Performances: July 5, 6, 12, 13 at 8:00 p.m.Presented in English with English supertitlesWar! Earthquakes! Disease! ...

Das Rheingold
Das Rheingold
8/17 - 8/25/2012


A saga of epic proportion replete with giants, gods, goddesses and a dragon, Das Rheingold opens in the waters of the river Rhine, where three ...

Un ballo in maschera
Un ballo in maschera
6/29 - 7/7/2012


Accompanied by a thrilling score, Verdi’s vivid characters grapple with life and love, betrayal and death. Witness the mystery and intrigue that stems from Riccardo ...

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