Opera Memphis has received a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the “Celebrating America250: Arts Projects Honoring the National Garden of American Heroes initiative.” The grant will support two events that are part of the company’s 2025–26 season. Opera Memphis is the only organization in Tennessee and one of just two opera companies nationally {…}
Opera Memphis has added a second performance of “Divas in Space” on November 15, 2025, at the AutoZone Sharpe Planetarium. Presented in partnership with the Museum of Science and History, the work will now get performances at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. “Divas in Space” is set aboard an interplanetary cruise ship populated by cloned versions of historic divas, and {…}
Opera Memphis has unveiled its 2025-26 season, which celebrates the company’s 70th anniversary. First up is the “30 Days of Opera,” a series of free performances across the city. The event is sponsored by ArtsMemphis, AutoZone, Tennessee Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, FedEx, Hyde Family Foundation, and The Morton Museum of Collierville History. Performance Dates: Sept. 1 – {…}
(Photo credit: Opera Memphis) The Opera Memphis Handorf Company Artist Program has announced its 2024-25 class. The newest cohort includes soprano Marquita Richardson, mezzo-soprano Sarah Neal, and bass Robert Feng. These young artists will participate in a wide variety of performance opportunities, including roles in our Masterworks Opera series, numerous appearances during Opera Memphis’s award-winning program “30 Days of Opera,” {…}
Opera Memphis has revealed its 2024-25 season. The season opens with “30 Days of Opera,” during which the company brings opera to every zip code in Memphis. Performance Dates: September 2024 Next up “Amadeus: The Music and the Myth,” showcasing the celebrated movie. Performance Dates: Oct. 19, 2024 The company will the showcase “A Tell-Tale Heart & Other Tunes to Terrify.” {…}
Opera Memphis will host the 2025 Opera America Conference. “We couldn’t be more excited or more honored,” said Opera Memphis General Director & CEO Ned Canty in an email announcement. “Most of all, we are grateful–grateful to our patrons and donors who have supported us in pursuing the kind of work that gets noticed by the entire opera community! The {…}
Opera Memphis is set to present “Variations on a Theme – La Divina: A Tribute to Maria Callas” this April. For two nights only, the organization will present a showcase of major artists performing roles and arias associated with the famed diva. Audiences will hear Handorf Company Artists sopranos Kayla Oderah and Marquita Richardson performing alongside local artists soprano Maria {…}
In part of Opera Memphis’ new concert series, “Variations on a Theme” will present “Gershwin and Friends” for its November concert. The cast features Philip Himebook, Marcus King, Kayla Oderah, Marquita Richardson, Shelbi Sellers, and Dexter Tutor. In honor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming show featuring Gershwin and Kurt Weill, the night will include favorites like “Fascinating Rhythm,” “Mack {…}
Over the next month Opera Memphis is set to present several additional concerts and activities. General Director Ned Canty’s interview with Scott Newstok kicks off week three of “30 Days of Opera,” the company’s free concert series starting Sept. 18. The following day Opera Memphis artists will perform at the Memphis Zoo. Next Memphis Animal Services will host the artists {…}
Opera Memphis has announced its 2023-24 season. The company opens with “30 Days of Opera.” Performance Dates: September 2023 Next up will be “The Duncan Williams Asset Management Concert Series” which will take place at Opera Memphis HQ and showcases music by such composers as Gershwin, Schubert, and Britten, among others. Performance Dates: Oct. 7, Nov. 11, 2023, Jan. 27 & {…}
Opera Memphis has announced that Jonathan King will be the new Music Director. King will join the company in August. He recently completed two seasons as Associate Conductor with The Washington Chorus and has served as adjunct faculty at The Peabody Institute, where he coached with Peabody Opera Theatre. King is a doctoral candidate at The University of Maryland and holds {…}