Opera Orlando

Opera Orlando We present high-caliber, innovative productions, events, and education programs. It was from the latter of the three that Opera Orlando was forged.

In January 2016, Opera Orlando raised its banner with the goal of becoming the standard bearer for the art form in central Florida. The region had been well-served for over a half of a century by the Orlando Opera and then, in 2009, by the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and the Florida Opera Theatre. Opera Orlando's spirit of collaboration, innovation, and community is truly what sets it apart. Th

e company seeks to continue to collaborate dynamically throughout the region with other arts groups, performers, artists, and musicians. In addition, the Opera seeks to maintain and enhance its ongoing artistic partnerships with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orlando Ballet as all prepare for the opening of Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center in the spring of 2021. This will ensure the production of world-class, cutting edge, innovative presentations that will continue to attract and captivate diverse audiences within the community, nationally, and from around the world.

FLYING DUTCHMAN is coming to Orlando!! πŸ›³βš“πŸš’Opera Orlando presents its first Wagner production β€” and Wagner does not arriv...
05/30/2026

FLYING DUTCHMAN is coming to Orlando!! πŸ›³βš“πŸš’

Opera Orlando presents its first Wagner production β€” and Wagner does not arrive quietly... This cast and creative team is on πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ for three performances only on January 22, 23 and 24.

Baritone Darren Drone β€” praised by Opera News for his "gorgeously warm tone and deep resonance" β€” returns to Orlando in the title role, joined by German soprano Johanna Will making her Company debut as Senta, a role she has performed around the world, with two Orlando favorites returning to the MainStage, tenor Brendan Boyle as Eric and bass-baritone Nathan Stark as Daland. Conductor Geoffrey Loff returns to the Opera Orlando podium. Production concept and stage direction by Grant Preisser.

The Dutchman is a sailor cursed to sail the seas for eternity, permitted ashore once every seven years to find a woman willing to be faithful unto death. The music has such raw power that it feels less like something composed than something elemental, dredged up from the ocean floor. When the Dutchman's theme rises from the pit and fills Steinmetz Hall, the whole room will be caught in its wake "...ooooh, OPERA!”

Full details here: https://bit.ly/OODutchman27

Individual tickets go on sale in September but why wait??? Subscribe now to the 2026-27 season and save up to $150!!! Subscriptions include BUTTERFLY, FLYING DUTCHMAN, ELIXIR OF LOVE, and the option to add on SHOW BOAT!!

Subscribe now and save: https://bit.ly/2627OOSeason

MADAME BUTTERFLY is coming to Orlando!! πŸ¦‹πŸ¦‹πŸ¦‹Puccini's most devastatingly beautiful work comes to Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Ph...
05/29/2026

MADAME BUTTERFLY is coming to Orlando!! πŸ¦‹πŸ¦‹πŸ¦‹

Puccini's most devastatingly beautiful work comes to Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts with a truly dynamite cast and creative team for three performances on October 2, 3 and 4.

Soprano Yeawon Jun makes her Opera Orlando debut in the title role, joined by tenor Isaac Hurtado as Lt. Pinkerton, Grammy Award winning baritone Gabriel Preisser as Sharpless, and mezzo soprano Yoojin Lee as Suzuki. Kalena Bovell β€” the 2024 Sphinx Medal of Excellence recipient and the first Black woman to conduct an opera in Canada β€” makes her Company debut on the podium with stage direction by Rebecca A. Herman in her own Company debut.

Cio-Cio San marries an American naval officer who almost immediately returns to the States. She waits three years β€” certain he will come back, but is she ready when he does. Puccini surrounds her story with music of such tenderness and such inevitability that audiences who have seen it a dozen times still find themselves undone by the final act. There is no preparation for what happens in that moment. There is only the music, the voice, and the whole room holding their breath "...ooooh, OPERA!”

Full details here: https://bit.ly/OOButterfly26

Individual tickets go on sale on July 10 but why wait??? Subscribe now to the 2026-27 season and save up to $150!!! Subscriptions include BUTTERFLY, FLYING DUTCHMAN, ELIXIR OF LOVE, and the option to add on SHOW BOAT!!

Subscribe now and save: https://bit.ly/2627OOSeason

05/28/2026

Fashion, food, music, and of course umbrellas!!! β˜‚β˜”πŸŒ‚

The OPERAZZI BASH is back with a brand new theme: A NIGHT UNDER A THOUSAND BLOSSOMS inspired by our fall production of MADAME BUTTERFLY.

Saturday | October 24, 2026
cocktail reception at 6 p.m. | music, dinner & more at 7 p.m.
DeVos Family Room at Dr. Phillips Center.

Secure your place here: https://operaorlando.org/operazzi - Last year's event SOLD OUT!!

Many thanks to our fabulous event committee members: THE ARIA CIRCLE, led by our dynamite event chair, DR. G!!! πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™

05/27/2026

People are still raving about A DECADE OF DIVAS presented at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts earlier this month. In case you missed it, check out some highlights here including a four headed Sempre Libera and Pearl Fishers, an Ah Mes Amis High C sing off, and more.... Make sure to watch all the way til the end!!! πŸ‘€πŸ‘€πŸ‘€

What a way to celebrate our 10th Anniversary Season!! Many thanks to all of our amazing artists for this concert:

Soprano Cecilia Violetta Lopez
Soprano Marnie Breckenridge
Soprano Bridgette Gan
Soprano Jamie Chamberlin
Mezzo Soprano Amanda Crider
Tenor Brian Cheney
Tenor Nathan Granner
Baritone Gabriel Preisser

AND the Opera Orlando Studio Artists:
Alexandra Kzeski
Ruoxi Bian
Logan Tarwater

With the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, our Opera Chorus and Youth Company, and guest conductor Stephanie Rhodes Russell.

Join us next time at Steinmetz Hall for the 2026-27 Season. Full details here: https://operaorlando.org/season26-27

05/26/2026

Calling all SEASON SUBSCRIBERS!!! Secure your same seats from last season NOW before they are released on June 1. πŸ“’πŸ“’πŸ“’

You don't want to miss a second of all the action next season with MADAME BUTTERFLY, FLYING DUTCHMAN, ELIXIR OF LOVE, and SHOW BOAT. Lock in your same seats now or look to improve your seats especially with our new Saturday evening option.

From kicklines to haircuts to sprained ankles, each opera season is sure to have memorable moments that will have you grabbing your monocle (OR smart phone for that matter) to take a closer look. πŸ‘€πŸ‘€πŸ‘€

Subsribe now here: https://bit.ly/2627OOSeason

05/26/2026

The OPERAZZI BASH is back and this time at the DeVos Family Room at Dr. Phillips Center. Tables and tickets now on sale!!! πŸ₯‚πŸΎπŸ₯‚

OPERAZZI BASH: a night under a thousand blossoms
Saturday | October 24, 2026
cocktail reception at 6 p.m. | music, dinner & more at 7 p.m.

Secure your place here: https://operaorlando.org/operazzi - Last year's event SOLD OUT!!

We went behind the scenes during THE MERRY WIDOW with our ARIA CIRCLE members who help plan our OPERAZZI BASH event. They got to see wigs, costumes, the set, and check out the space for next season's BASH which will be themed and inspired by our fall MainStage production of MADAME BUTTERFLY.

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!! πŸŽ–πŸŽ–πŸŽ–Today we honor and remember military personnel who died while serving in the armed forces. Thei...
05/25/2026

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!! πŸŽ–πŸŽ–πŸŽ–

Today we honor and remember military personnel who died while serving in the armed forces. Their memory lives on and we can never say thank you enough for the men and women who gave the greatest sacrifice to serve our nation.

This past season, we presented ALL IS CALM and SILENT NIGHT extending free tickets to local veterans and military families. This truly was a small thing in the big picture of what our veterans and service men and women have done for us, but we were grateful to once again connect with our veteran community and honor them in this way.

EXCITING NEWS here... πŸ“°πŸ””πŸ“’ BEN GULLEY and SUSIE HELLMAN SPATAFORA are coming back to Opera Orlando for one night only for...
05/24/2026

EXCITING NEWS here... πŸ“°πŸ””πŸ“’ BEN GULLEY and SUSIE HELLMAN SPATAFORA are coming back to Opera Orlando for one night only for a brand-new event at JUDSON'S LIVE.

Opera Orlando's OperaX series continues at Judson's Live with a gameshow style performance combining world renowned opera singers with your favorite pop tunes from "Bohemian Rhapsody" to "I Will Survive."

Play along and sing along to win prizes as our guest artists will compete in a variety of different games. Think "Whose Line is it Anyway" meets "American Idol" with lots of extra high notes. 🎢🎢🎢

πŸ₯Š Meet the competitors! πŸ₯Š

Tenor Ben Gulley and soprano Susie Hellman Spatafora return to Orlando for this unique match up with your singing host and fellow competitor baritone Gabriel Preisser. Ben most recently performed as Edgardo in LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR at Opera Orlando and Susie as Rosalinda in DIE FLEDERMAUS.

OPERA-OKE
Sunday | June 14, 2026
Judson's Live at Dr. Phillips Center
ο»Ώ5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. (only 16 seats left for the 5pm performance!!!)
Tickets start at $35.

Purchase tickets here: https://bit.ly/Operaoke26

Let’s hear it for our graduating seniors from the OPERA ORLANDO YOUTH COMPANY!! πŸŽ“πŸ§‘β€πŸŽ“πŸ‘©β€πŸŽ“Harper Fisak graduating from Wint...
05/23/2026

Let’s hear it for our graduating seniors from the OPERA ORLANDO YOUTH COMPANY!! πŸŽ“πŸ§‘β€πŸŽ“πŸ‘©β€πŸŽ“

Harper Fisak graduating from Winter Park High School with 4 years in YOUTH COMPANY and going to Florida State University to study voice. Go β€˜Noles!!

Leslie Deal with 1 year in YOUTH COMPANY and going to UCF. Go Knights!!!

Emily Dotson with 5 years in YOUTH COMPANY going to Rollins. Go Tars!!

Chase Kensington with 2 years in YOUTH COMPANY and who will be a part of our adult chorus next season.

AuBryhanna Sherrod who graduated a year early at 17 as the salutatorian in her class and is coming back to YOUTH COMPANY next season.

Congrats to them all!!!!!

05/23/2026

We have a had a busy past two months and wanted to throw it back to a very special visit we had last month with our friends from the MAYFLOWER OPERA CLUB. 🎢🎼🎡

Studio Artist Logan Tarwater and MERRY WIDOW cast member Laura Hodos entertained the attendees with an impromptu performance after lunch. The Mayflower Opera Club is part of The Mayflower Retirement Community and helps arrange opera preview concerts at The Mayflower along with shuttle transportation to performances. We are so grateful for them and all of their support!!!

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3855 Street Valentine Way
Orlando, FL
32811

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Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

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