Press
Media inquiries, photos and interview requests
Jennifer Melick
Communications and Media Relations Manager
jmelick@detroitopera.org or press@detroitopera.org
Press releases
2023
- 09/07/2023 Detroit Opera’s 2023–24 Season Opens Oct. 7 with Puccini’s Madame Butterfly— seen through a new lens
- 08/24/2023 Detroit Opera announces Patty Isacson Sabee as next President and CEO, succeeding long-time leader Wayne S. Brown
- 08/01/2023 Detroit Opera Youth Chorus appoints Sadarra Fields Principal Chorus Conductor; Sarah Hawkins Rusk to direct Odyssey in April 2024
- 06/14/2023 Detroit Opera announces five 2023–24 Resident Artists; program is led by Associate Artistic Director Christine Goerke and Head of Music Nathalie Doucet
- 05/26/2023 Sing with the Detroit Opera Youth Chorus! Auditions announced for the 2023–24 season, to feature Detroit premiere of opera based on Homer’s Odyssey
- 05/25/2023 Detroit Opera Resident Artists to kick off Michigan’s Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival on June 11
- 05/17/2023 Detroit Opera Announces its 2023-24 Season of Dance
- 04/21/2023 Detroit Opera President & CEO Wayne S. Brown to step down in 2024
- 04/11/2023 State Ballet of Georgia to perform Balanchine-themed program at Detroit Opera House, April 29–30
- 04/04/2023 Detroit Opera Announces “Collide and Collage,” its 2023–24 Season of Opera
- 02/22/2023 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s 2023 North American Tour Stops in Detroit March 17-19
- 02/07/2023 Fast-rising American countertenor Key’mon Murrah to star in Xerxes, Handel’s darkly comic masterpiece, conducted by Dame Jane Glover
- 01/23/2023 Ballet Preljocaj’s provocative, eco-conscious Swan Lake at the Detroit Opera House, Feb. 17–19
- 01/23/2023 Lane DeCamp joins Detroit Opera as Chief Marketing and Development Officer
Press Release Archive
Press release archive: 2022
- 12/21/2022 Detroit Opera Celebrates the Grandest of Operas with Aida in Concert December 30
- 12/17/2022 Soprano Catalina Cuervo and Detroit Opera Resident Artists to perform free holiday concert in English and Spanish at Most Holy Redeemer Church, Dec. 17
- 12/01/2022 Celebrate the holidays with music and dance at the Detroit Opera this December
- 11/21/2022 Detroit Opera appoints Roberto Kalb as Music Director
- 11/01/2022 The Hard Nut Makes Its Detroit Premiere
- 10/17/2022 Detroit Opera to Present Alonzo King LINES Ballet 40th Anniversary Tour October 22-23
- 10/10/2022 Detroit Opera Presents Faust November 12, 18, 20
- 9/28/2022 Yuval Sharon named to TIME100 Next—TIME’s list of the world's rising stars
- 9/9/2022 Detroit Opera Opens 2022–23 season with Yuval Sharon's The Valkyries September 17–20
- 7/18/2022 Detroit Opera announces 2022–23 Resident Artists and launches new residency model, led by Associate Artistic Director Christine Goerke and Head of Music Nathalie Doucet
- 5/26/2022 Detroit Opera Announces New Name and Season for its Children’s Chorus plus Summer Programs
- 4/26/2022 Detroit Opera Announces It's 22-23 Opera and Dance Season
- 4/18/2022 Detroit Opera premieres new Robert O'Hara-led production of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X May 14, 19 & 22
- 3/16/2022 Detroit Opera and Artistic Director Yuval Sharon premiere new production of La bohème April 2 at Detroit Opera House
- 2/28/2022 Michigan Opera Theatre announces name change: company will become Detroit Opera in tandem with a return to the Detroit Opera House
- 2/1/2022 Michigan Opera Theatre presents Robert Xavier Rodríguez's Frida February 26 in Music Hall Detroit
- 2/1/2022 Michigan Opera Theatre presenta Frida de Robert Xavier Rodríguez el 26 de febrero en el Music Hall Detroit
- 1/27/2022 MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
Press release archive: 2021
- 11/18/21 Michigan Opera Theatre Receives Largest Single Gift in its History
- 07/16/21 Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s American opera Blue to receive a bold new production by Michigan Opera Theatre on September 11 and 12
- 04/29/21 Michigan Opera Theatre moves Cavalleria rusticana performance to June 12, 2021
- 03/23/21 Michigan Opera Theatre announces 2021-22 season
Press release archive: 2020
- 12/01/20 Michigan Opera Theatre awarded $750,000 NEH grant
- 10/19/20 Yuval Sharon and Michigan Opera Theatre Announce Free Screenings of Sold-Out “Twilight: Gods” at the Detroit Opera House
- 10/10/20 Yuval Sharon and Michigan Opera Theatre Announce Additional Performance of "Twilight: Gods" in Detroit
- 09/09/20 Michigan Opera Theatre Names Yuval Sharon as Gary L. Wasserman Artistic Director
- 08/13/20 Michigan Opera Theatre Establishes Virtual Dance Club
- 08/05/20 New 9,100-Square Foot Seat and Stage Deck Expands Social Distancing Possibilities at Detroit Opera House
- 07/09/20 Michigan Opera Theatre Receives $50,000 in CARES Funding Through NEA
- 07/07/20 Michigan Opera Theatre Summer Program to Feature Guest Artists from "Hamilton"
- 07/01/20 Michigan Opera Theatre Plans New Season Featuring Non-Traditional Performances
- 06/25/20 Michigan Opera Theatre Receives $175,000 NEH Grant
- 04/23/2020 Michigan Opera Theatre Children's Chorus to Present One-Act Children's Opera Online
- 03/31/2020 Michigan Opera Theatre Launches Digital Programming Campaign
- 03/17/2020 Michigan Opera Theatre Cancels Remainder of 2019-20 Season
- 03/04/2020 Michigan Opera Theatre to Present World Premiere of Robert Garland Piece by Dance Theatre of Harlem
- 02/18/2020 Michigan Opera Theatre to Present “Gianni Schicchi” and “Buoso’s Ghost”
- 02/03/2020 Malandain Ballet Biarritz to Make Detroit Opera House Debut
Press release archive: 2019
- 12/04/2019 "Too Hot To Handel" Returns to the Detroit Opera House for 18th Annual Performance
- 12/02/2019 Michigan Opera Theatre and University Musical Society Announce Cast for American Ballet Theatre's "Swan Lake"
- 11/19/2019 Michigan Opera Theatre Opens Holiday Season with the Return of BalletMet's 'The Nutcracker'
- 11/04/2019 Michigan Opera Theatre to Present "Sweeney Todd"
- 10/22/2019 Michigan Opera Theatre to Present The Joffrey Ballet
- 10/08/2019 Ethan Davidson Named Chair of Michigan Opera Theatre
- 10/07/2019 "Don Giovanni" Opens Michigan Opera Theatre's 2019-20 Opera Season
- 09/25/2019 Michigan Opera Theatre to Present Season-Opening Gala Featuring Renowned Tenor Michael Fabiano
- 08/29/2019 Michigan Opera Theatre Adds "Buoso's Ghost" to 2019-20 Opera Season
- 08/27/2019 Michigan Opera Theatre Names Jon Teeuwissen New Artistic Advisor for Dance
- 08/05/2019 Michigan Opera Theatre Single Tickets on Sale Monday, Aug. 12
- 06/27/2019 Michigan Opera Theatre Announces New Young Patrons Program
- 06/19/2019 Michigan Opera Theatre Principal Conductor Stephen Lord Resigns
- 05/30/2019 Michigan Opera Theatre Announces 2019-2020 Studio Artists
- 05/29/2019 Michigan Opera Theatre's Teen Theater Camp Expands to Offer Musical Theater Training
- 05/22/2019 BravoBRAVO! Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Experiential Attractions
- 05/09/2019 Michigan Opera Theatre to Present "The Grapes of Wrath"
- 04/29/2019 Michigan Opera Theatre Issues RFP for Adjacent Parking Lot and Opera House Parking Center
- 03/25/2019 MOT to Present "Hansel and Gretel"
- 03/05/2019 Michigan Opera Theatre to Present Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 60th Anniversary Program
- 02/28/2019 Michigan Opera Theatre Announces Ambitious Opera and Dance Season Highlighted by Operatic Favorites, Company Premieres and the Return of American Ballet Theatre
- 02/26/2019 Michigan Opera Theatre to Present Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide”
- 02/06/2019 “Alessandra Ferri: Art of the Pas de Deux” to Showcase Romantic Ballet Duets Valentine’s Weekend
- 01/23/2019 Michigan Opera Theatre Announces $4 Million Grant for Community Outreach, Educational Programming and Facility Improvements
Press release archive: 2018
- 11/28/2018 Michigan Opera Theatre to Debut “Amahl and the Night Visitors”
- 10/31/2018 Michigan Opera Theatre Awarded $1 Million Grant from the Knight Foundation
- 09/18/2018 Michigan Opera Theatre Founder David DiChiera Succumbs to Pancreatic Cancer
- 06/27/2018 Michigan Opera Theatre 2018-19 Dance Series Celebrates Modern Dance, Features Ballet Stars
- 04/19/2018 Michigan Opera Theatre Announces 2018-2019 Studio Artists
- 04/05/2018 Michigan Opera Theatre 2018-19 Operas Celebrate Literary Masterworks,“Eugene Onegin,” “Candide,” “The Grapes of Wrath”
