Nutcracker Pre-Sale at the Opera House

[ July 10, 2009 2:00 am to July 31, 2009 12:00 am. ] “CHRISTMAS IN JULY”
NUTCRACKER PRESALE!

July is the coolest time to get your Nutcracker tickets!

Order now to get the best seats available for the December 3-6 performance of the yuletide favorite, featuring the Cincinnati Ballet and the Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra.

Tickets range in price from $29-$76. (Prices may increase when single tickets go on sale [...]

Ramsey Katynski at the Detroit Opera House

[ May 27, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] Promising young countertenor Ramsey Katynski will give a recital on stage at the Detroit Opera House on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 7 p.m. to benefit Michigan Opera Theatre’s Learning at the Opera House summer educational programs.  An alumnus of Learning at the Opera House programs, this will be Katynski’s debut recital on the Detroit [...]

Carmen at the Opera House

[ May 9, 2009 12:00 am to May 17, 2009 12:00 am. ] Michigan Opera Theatre concludes its 2008-09 “Casualties of Love” season with a tale of opera’s most infamous femme fatale, Carmen, in Georges Bizet’s Carmen.  The opera will be presented in six performances at the Detroit Opera House May 9-17, 2009.  An opera in three acts, Carmen will be sung in French with English supertitle translations [...]

Elixir of Love at the Opera House

[ March 27, 2009 12:00 am to April 4, 2009 12:00 am. ] Snap out of the winter doldrums and welcome spring with a lighthearted comedic opera sure to lift spirits!  Michigan Opera Theatre begins its 2009 spring opera season, presenting an all-new production of the witty comic opera with an ingenious plot and charming music – Gaetano Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love.  The opera will be presented [...]

Brundibar at the Detroit Opera House

[ March 21, 2009; 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] The Michigan Opera Theatre Children’s Chorus presents its second full-scale opera production, Brundibar, on the Detroit Opera House main stage on March 21, 2009 at 12 p.m. and 5 p.m.  An allegory to give hope to children and adults in a seemingly hopeless time, Brundibar is a profound and moving teaching experience, originally performed by [...]

Sweeney Todd at the Fisher Theatre

[ March 17, 2009 12:00 am to April 7, 2009 12:00 am. ] Experience, live on stage, the musical that inspired the Tim Burton and Johnny Depp movie. This revolutionary revival features a multi-talented ensemble of ten actor/musicians.  When the infamous demon barber takes up with his crafty neighbor, Mrs. Lovett, the two embark on a delicious plot to slice their way through London’s upper crust. Justice is served—along [...]