Arguably the sexiest role in opera, Carmen is a beautiful, free-spirited woman all too aware of her carnal allure, and yet, she despises any man …

The first ever mariachi opera, Cruzar la Cara de la Luna/Crossing the Face of the Moon, follows the two families of Laurentino, a Mexican man who has …

Be transported by acclaimed British 60s-wild-child fashion designer Dame Zandra Rhodes's vivid production in this heartrending story about the struggle between friendship and love. During a …

Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd . . . the dark and brooding, yet sharply comic, story of love, revenge, and meat pies. In his …

Packed with all the essential components of the best comic operas, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville is a witty tale of bribery, deception, disguise, and of course, …

Austin Opera’s season concludes in spring 2022 at the Long Center with Fidelio: A Celebratory Gala Production. Beethoven wrote Fidelio, his only opera, in response to the …

Austin Opera is proud to present the Texas Premiere of Mason Bates and Mark Campbell’s The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, February 3, 5, & 6, 2022. …

The 2021–2022 Season opens at the Long Center in November with Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, which was originally set to appear in November 2020. This inventive and stylish period production from Lyric …

Start your engines! Austin Opera returns to live performance with an innovative outdoor production of   Puccini’s Tosca at Circuit of the Americas, Austin’s Formula …

Everest, with music by Joby Talbot and libretto by Gene Scheer, tells the tale of one of the deadliest years in recorded history, 1996, at …

This tragic story revolving around the unscrupulous Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto’s stunning daughter Gilda is considered to be one …

Soldier Songs combines elements of theater, opera, rock-infused concert music, and video by filmmaker Bill Morrison to explore themes of loss, the exploitation of innocence, and …

Silent Night, with music by Kevin Puts and a libretto by Mark Campbell (The Manchurian Candidate, 2016), is based on the 2005 film Joyeux Noël, which …

Verdi’s tragic heroine takes center stage in one of the most frequently performed operas of all time – La Traviata. Violetta Valery, a courtesan who knows she …

Richard Strauss’ tour de force Ariadne auf Naxos tells the story of a wealthy man who has assembled two groups of performers in his home …

Bizet’s sizzlingly hot opera tells the tale of one of the most dynamic characters in all of the operatic canon, Carmen. It also contains some …

The deepest love, the deepest betrayal. Austin Opera’s 30th Season concludes with what is undoubtedly one of the most beloved operas of all time. Puccini’s heartbreakingly …

High comedy, romance and vocal fireworks. Marie (Rachele Gilmore), the adoptive daughter of 1,500 soldiers of a French army regiment, is the charming tomboy who has …

Deliverance through love. Wagner’s powerful romantic opera, The Flying Dutchman, tells the supernatural tale of a captain cursed to navigate a ghost ship for all eternity — …

From Robert Faires' article in the Austin Chronicle of January 28, 2016:  Forgive the cliché, but how better to break the news about Austin Opera's 30th …

Austin Opera culminates its 2015-16 Season with one of Gioachino Rossini’s perennial favorite The Barber of Seville, foundational support provided by the Georgia B. Lucas Foundation. Rossini’s …

Based on John Steinbeck’s novella “Of Mice and Men,” this riveting American opera is a faithful retelling of one of America’s most celebrated works of …