What does it mean to be human?
Experience the whirlwind passion of Verdi’s La traviata, an imaginative take on Handel’s Rinaldo, Mozart’s Così fan tutte updated for the age of AI, and contemporary Pulitzer Prize-winner The Central Park Five
Our Season
La traviata
Elegance and grandeur abound in this updated 20th century setting of Verdi’s treasured opera. The vibrant Violetta falls in love with young nobleman Alfredo, but society tests their love and demands sacrifice. Will they find happiness before it’s too late?
Music Director Roberto Kalb leads this world-class cast, which includes Emily Pogorelc, Galeano Salas, and Joo Won Kang.
October 19 – 27, 2024
Opera
Rinaldo
Handel’s Baroque blockbuster is viewed through the lens of a child’s fantasy in a contemporary pediatric ward. The young patients venture on a heroic journey, where knights, sorcerers, monsters, and magic are used as a salve for unimaginable challenges.
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo leads the talented cast in Louisa Proske’s reimagined production, conducted by Detroit Opera Music Director Roberto Kalb.
February 22 – March 2, 2025
Opera
Così fan tutte
This brand-new production by Artistic Director Yuval Sharon offers a fresh take on Mozart’s controversial comedy, where the role of Artificial Intelligence turns the tale into a futuristic experiment. Don Alfonso’s manipulations of the “emotions” of his robotic inventions (the lovers) become an obsessive quest to develop spiritual machines.
Will his laboratory of lovers lead to a breakthrough for “Humanity 2.0,” or are human habits of jealousy and deceit hardwired into us?
April 5 – 11, 2025
Opera
The Central Park Five
Anthony Davis, composer of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Music for this true story adaptation of systemic discrimination. This gripping opera follows the wrongful convictions of five African American and Latino teenagers in the assault of a white female jogger in Central Park.
Despite racial injustice, resilience and redemption emerge as the five men fight for freedom.
May 10 – 18, 2025
Opera