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.

hansel and gretel

The traditional Grimm fairytale comes to life in this charming children’s opera that the whole family will enjoy. When an exasperated Mother sends Hansel and Gretel into the woods to pick strawberries, the hungry children get lost and then discover a magical cottage made of candy! There’s just one catch: a wicked Witch who wants to eat them. Fully staged and costumed. 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.