Michigan Opera Theatre mourns the passing of Karen VanderKloot DiChiera. “Ms. DiChiera’s leadership and commitment to Michigan Opera Theatre has been unwavering from the earliest days of our organization,” says Wayne S. Brown, MOT President and CEO. “She has been instrumental in shaping not only the opera company as an institution, but also the lives of thousands of …
“As a composer, I am thrilled to help create X as an opera for today that speaks to the future as well as the past.” — Anthony Davis The upcoming Michigan Opera Theatre production of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis’s X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X directed by Robert O’Hara and conducted by Kazem Abdullah will premiere at The Metropolitan Opera …
From Left to Right: Kelli O’Hara, Janai Brugger, Nikisha Williams, Jonathan Christopher, and Eric Sciotto. Michigan Opera Theatre is thrilled to announce that its summer program for Teens, Operetta Remix, will feature an all-star lineup of Guest Artists including Tony-award winning actress and singer Kelli O’Hara, lauded American Soprano Janai Brugger, Broadway dancer Eric Sciotto, …
As Teacher Appreciation Week comes to a close, we want to spotlight two of MOT’s incredible teaching artists, Mary Martin and Indigo Colbert! Both are headed into their third summers as leaders of MOT’s Operetta Remix program, and we can’t wait to see the great things in store for their students this July. To Mary …
DETROIT, April 29, 2021 – Michigan Opera Theatre leadership has postponed the first performance of the 2021-22 season to allow for more favorable weather conditions, and announces the production’s international cast. A concert version of Cavalleria rusticana was set to be performed at Meadow Brook Amphitheatre on May 15, but MOT officials have postponed the …
With the 25th Anniversary of the opening of the Detroit Opera House, and the 50th Anniversary of the founding of Michigan Opera Theatre both celebrated this past week, we have collected a few more remembrances of those who were participants and witnesses to both historic events. Michigan Opera Theatre Board Member Matt Simoncini, former President …
With the 25th Anniversary of the opening of the Detroit Opera House, and the 50th Anniversary of the founding of Michigan Opera Theatre both celebrated this week, the MOT Family has been filled with nostalgia looking back on the unique history of this important company. As we recall brilliant pages from MOT’s History, we have …
In recognition of Michigan Opera Theatre’s (MOT) unique cultural and educational value to Detroit, and of the role that the humanities play in the fabric of the community, the National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a $750,000 Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant to MOT in order to improve and modernize the Detroit Opera …
On April 21, 1996 the Detroit Opera House opened, and was referred to as a “Motown Miracle”. The building was originally constructed as a 1922 movie palace by architect C. Howard Crane, but had fallen into a dilapidated state over the next 7 decades. It would take MOT Founder and Visionary David DiChiera, The MOT …
Located on the corners of Broadway Street and Madison Street, the building now known as the Detroit Opera House first opened in 1922 as the Capitol Theatre. Designed by renowned Detroit architect C. Howard Crane, the theatre was, at the time of its gala premiere, the fifth largest in the world, and had been constructed …
