Union Avenue Opera has announced its 2026 Festival Season, running July through August at Union Avenue Christian Church in St. Louis.

Founding Artistic Director Scott Schoonover conducts and Kasey Cox directs “Fiddler on the Roof.” The cast features E. Scott Levin as Tevye, Kate Tombaugh as Golde, Brianna Murray and Eric Botto as Tzeitel and Motel, Vianca Alejandra and John Tibbetts as Hodel and Perchik, Arielle Pedersen and James Stevens as Chava and Fyedka, Sophie Azara Yilmaz and Audrey Sondag as Shprintze and Bielke, Amy Maude Helfer as Yente, and Spencer Reichman as Lazar Wolf.

Performance Dates: July 3 – 11, 2026

Cara Chowning conducts and Jon Truitt directs Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore.” The cast features Kyaunnee Richardson as Adina, Charles Calotta as Nemorino, Junhan Choi as Belcore, John Robert Green as Dulcamara, and Leann Schuering as Giannetta.

Performance Dates: July 24 – August 1, 2026

Scott Schoonover conducts and Kathryn Frady directs Saint-Saëns’s “Samson et Dalila.” The cast features Jonny Kaufman as Samson, Melody Wilson as Dalila, Eliam Ramos as the High Priest of Dagon, Fitzgerald St Louis as Abimélech, and Jacob Lassetter as the Old Hebrew.

Performance Dates: August 14 – 22, 2026