Upcoming Performances
The Cunning Little Vixen
May 11 - 19, 2024
Learn MoreHuman and animal worlds collide in Janáček’s enchanting, cinematic modern fable about a clever vixen who tries to outwit her captors. The production uses playful projections to transform singers into forest creatures, with hand-crafted animations that evoke the fable’s comic-strip origins.
2024-25 Season of Opera
October 19, 2024
Learn MoreOur Opera Season opens on October 19 with Verdi's La traviata, directed by Francesca Zambello. Further offerings include Handel's Rinaldo, a new production of Cosi fan tutte directed by Yuval Sharon, and Anthony Davis' Pulitzer Prize winning opera The Central Park Five. Subscribe today!
2024-25 Season of Dance
November 2, 2024
Learn MoreOur Dance Season opens November 2 with the Mark Morris Dance Group, and features innovative and comedic presentations by The Trocks, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Twyla Tharp Dance, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Malandain Ballet Biarritz. Subscribe today!
Featured Events
2023-24 Season
News/Blog
After an international search, Detroit Opera has announced the five singers who will train in Detroit Opera’s Resident Artist Program during the 2024–25 season…
John Cage came to Black Mountain College in April 1948. He, along with his partner and collaborative choreographer Merce Cunningham, was en route to the West Coast….
“Where does beauty begin and where does it end?
Where it ends is where the artist begins.” – John Cage
The 1950s saw Cage toying with the very foundational ideas of composition. After receiving a copy of the I-Ching—a classic Chinese divination to...
