For the third year in a row, Arizona Opera has successfully met the challenge of raising a lot of money in a little time. First it was the Million Dollar May — back-to-back campaigns in 2013 and '14 ...

Arizona Opera members are pushing back against claims that the art form is "dated" as they prepare for a new production of ...

Arizona Opera’s costume shop manager Kathleen Trott designed the costumes using period photographs of frontier people and classic Hollywood Westerns as guideposts. Since August, Trott and her staff, ...

With their productions, Arizona Opera seeks to present classic and modern operatic works. During the 2025-2026 season, they will be giving audiences a taste of different styles of opera. The company ...

It’s been a dirty little secret for far too long that opera is not just for aging Little Lord Fauntleroys and ladies whose cats’ names begin with “Mr.” and “Mrs.” We may hear truth, love, and beauty ...

If you don’t picture cowboy hats and boots when you hear the word opera, you’ve never seen Riders of the Purple Sage. It’s the first opera completely developed in Arizona, and it premiered on Saturday ...

The 2025/26 Season will mark Arizona Opera’s return to a traditional “fall-to-spring” programming schedule and will open with the eagerly anticipated company premiere of Héctor Armienta’s Zorro.

The character of Zorro – the nobleman-turned-vigilante who has captivated audiences for over a century – finds new life in Héctor Armienta’s operatic reimagining. Since Johnston McCulley first ...

In its 41-year history, Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice has not been presented by Arizona Opera—until now. Orfeo ed Euridice is an Italian opera “based on the classic myth of a Greek ...

PHOENIX — The Arizona Opera has named Brian DeMaris as its new president and general director. DeMaris has previously collaborated with the Arizona Opera, conducting the recent performance of "The ...

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