Toledo Opera has been awarded a $21,000 FY 2026 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support its “Opera On Wheels” program for the period of January 1 through May 31, 2026. The funding helped underwrite the expansion of the company’s spring touring activities, enabling Toledo Opera to present 40 performances of its 2025-26 “Opera On Wheels” production, {…}

Toledo Opera will present its final Opera Cabaret of the 2025-26 season on May 29, 2026. The showcase, set to start at 7 p.m. local time at the company’s offices, will be hosted by artistic director Kevin Bylsma and features members of the Toledo Opera Chorus in a program ranging from Wagner to Andrew Lloyd Webber. “Get an early start {…}

Toledo Opera has partnered with the Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation to present a free America 250 Concert in Findlay, Ohio. The performance is the final event in Toledo Opera’s “Opera For All series,” a community outreach initiative developed in partnership with presenting sponsor iHeart Media, Inc. The concert will feature Toledo Opera’s 2025-2026 cohort of resident artists, including soprano Sarah {…}

On May 2, 2026, Toledo Opera will bring volunteers and veteran organizations together for a community day of service at Forest Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day. Volunteers will clean, pre-mark, and prepare veteran graves in advance of Memorial Day observances, with tasks available for both seated and walking participants. Of the 5,168 known military veterans buried at Forest Cemetery, more {…}

Toledo Opera will present “America 250 Week,” a series of community events running May 2–9, 2026. The series opens on Saturday, May 2 with “Sing While You Work: Day of Service,” a volunteer gathering at Forest Cemetery from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Community volunteers and veteran organizations will clean and prepare veteran graves ahead of Memorial Day. On Tuesday, {…}

Toledo Opera has partnered with the Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation to bring a free community performance of “Opera ‘Round Town” to Hancock County on Sunday, April 19, 2026. The showcase, which will take place at Winebrenner Theological Seminary at the University of Findlay, is the second in the Opera For All series, developed in partnership with presenting sponsor iHeart Media, {…}

Toledo Opera has partnered with the Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation to present “Opera For All,” a series of free community events in Hancock County this spring. The series launches on March 6 with a “Family Opera On Wheels” performance of the original children’s opera “The Bear Who Couldn’t Fish” at Armes Hall in the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts {…}