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Big Questions: Season One
Detroit Opera embarks on a season-long exploration of American identity as the nation marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. In inspiring and original productions, we invite you to participate in a dialogue around the question: Has America at 250 lived up to its promise? Click below to read our season brochure.
OUR 25/26 SEASON BROCHUREOur 25/26 Season opens September 28!
The Girl of the Golden West
The first show in our “America at 250: Big Questions” series, The Girl of the Golden West sets the stage for examining whether the roots of America’s promise were always intertwined with conquest, violence, and vigilante justice.
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September 28 – October 4, 2025
Opera
Stars of American Ballet
A celebration of influential choreographers who shaped American dance in the 20th century. This program explores the shaping of the American dance scene with Robbins’ “In the Night,” an excerpt from Arpino’s “Light Rain,” Tharp’s “Brel,” and Balanchine’s “Who Cares” (concert version).
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October 18 & 19, 2025
Dance
Dance Theatre of Harlem
A perennial favorite, Dance Theatre of Harlem returns to Detroit with an exciting program featuring iconic works of Robert Garland, George Balanchine, and others!
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November 15 & 16, 2025
Dance
Highways and Valleys: Two American Love Stories
Highways and Valleys – Two American Love Stories is a unique double bill combining voices often excluded from the operatic mainstream: the “dean of African American music,” William Grant Still, and the Jewish émigré Kurt Weill. From their marginalized positions in American society, both composers sought out the heart of American folk music and brought it into the world of opera.
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December 7 – 13, 2025
Opera
Detroit Opera…has placed itself at the center of the operatic conversation”
David Allen
The New York Times
Featured Events
Detroit Opera Youth Chorus Auditions
June 9, 2025
The Detroit Opera Youth Chorus is holding auditions for the 2025-2026 season. Singers ages 8 through seniors in high school are encouraged to audition. DOYC rehearses at the Detroit Opera House on Monday evenings starting in September.
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Detroit Opera House Tours
June 28 & July 26, 2025
Join us for a 55-minute Detroit Opera House Highlights Tour (tour locations vary subject to performance schedule)!
These new tours are open to the public; reservations are required.
Tickets are available online or on the day of at the Box Office (Broadway Street).
$10 for adults and $8 for students
The Cadillac Café Lounge
Elevate your Detroit Opera experience with exclusive pre-show and intermission lounge access! Pre-show, you’ll enjoy an elegant evening in our Cadillac Café with a welcome drink (beer, wine, or soda), a delectable charcuterie box, table or bar seating, complimentary coat check (in lobby), and access to the Café restroom. At intermission, return to the Café for access to an exclusive cash bar. Cadillac Café lounge access is available for just $40 per person.
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PRE-OPERA TALKS: The Central Park Five
Detroit Opera offers complimentary opera and dance talks one hour prior to each performance. Noted experts provide background and important information on what you will see on stage, enhancing your performance experience! Opera Talks and Dance Talks provide an insightful and entertaining preview of the works performed on stage. Unless otherwise directed, Talks take place…
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PROGRAM: The Central Park Five
Enjoy the performance program from the convenience of your phone! All the information contained in the program book is at your fingertips. Click below for the full experience.
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Art Behind Bars: Reclaiming Voices Through Creativity
What does it mean to make art from inside a prison? To create while confined? To imagine freedom while physically restrained? Babatunde Akinboboye as Matias Reyes in The Central Park Five. (Portland Opera) These are lived realities for thousands of incarcerated people in Michigan who find meaning, expression, and power through creative work. For…
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Detroit’s Wrongfully Convicted and the Fight for Justice
From the assembly lines of the Motor City to the rhythms of Motown and techno, Detroit is a city forged in struggle and creativity. But its history includes people with almost unimaginable survival stories: decades in prison for crimes they didn’t commit. These Detroiters were wrongfully convicted—some as children, others by the manipulation of police…
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The Metro: Pulitzer-winning composer brings ‘The Central Park Five’ to Detroit Opera stage
From our colleagues Tia Graham and Ryan Patrick Hooper at WDET Detroit: Three years ago, X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X sold out shows at the Detroit Opera House for the first time in over a decade. Now, the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer behind that success is back in Detroit. Anthony Davis returns this…
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