2026 repertoire

the aria extravaganza concert

Each season we showcase our singers with a concert of their very best arias. It’s a great way for our company to get acquainted and for our audiences to catch each rising star on the ground floor, the better to marvel at their exponential growth throughout the summer!

Every singer is featured in up to two solo selections.

ACTS OF PASSION: AN EVENING OF VERDI

Each season Spotlight faculty, students, and guest artists come together to perform a major work and raise money for our scholarship program, ensuring affordable quality training for the stars of tomorrow. Past repertoire includes Verdi’s Aida, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, and epic Tosca! In 2026, we’re planning a stunning evening featuring three different acts from different Verdi operas. Stay tuned for more information.

goldie b. locks and the three singing bears: our 2026 TOURING CHILDREN’S oPERA

Our popular children’s operas tour the region, visiting libraries, art galleries, museums, hospitals, church schools, and clubs in July and August. In 2026, we bring back our popular production of Goldie B. Locks and the Three Singing Bears. Based on the music of Mozart and Offenbach, this delightful 30-minute opera teaches valuable lessons about friendship and honesty.

Performances get booked up quickly! To reserve one for your group, please contact sbriggs@tulsa opera.com.

THE CRUCIBLE

Robert Ward’s 1961 adaptation of Arthur Miller’s searing 1953 play, The Crucible, won both the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Music and the New York Music Critics Circle Citation. It has been a staple of the American operatic stage ever since. An allegory for McCarthyism, the story is set against the backdrop of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692-3 and follows the psychological journey of John Proctor, a good but imperfect man, who struggles to maintain his honor and dignity in a world that seems to value neither. Sung in English, with piano.

the magic flute

W. A. Mozart’s magical tale of prince and princesses, priests and queens, lovelorn birdcatchers and villains all on a quest for wisdom and power never fails to delight with its sparkling score and humor. This opera features some of Mozart’s most beloved and well-known music, including “Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja” “Ach, ich’s fuhl’s” and of course, the famous Queen of the Night Aria, “Der Hölle Rache.” Sung in German; dialogue in English, with supertitles With piano.