Upcoming events

Upcoming events

 

February 21-22

Let us create some musical magic for you at our annual Exploring Opera symposium and Caterina Jarboro Memorial Concert! We’re delighted to announce that our featured concert soloist is rising star and Metropolitan Opera soprano Leah Hawkins! Leah recently sang the role of Strawberry Woman in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Porgy and Bess. Learn more about Leah here.

Ms. Hawkins will perform a varied program at the concert, which takes place Friday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in UNCW’s Beckwith Recital Hall. Also featured on the program is the Snipes Academy Chorus under the direction of Christa Faison.

You may purchase tickets by calling UNCW’s Kenan Box Office (open Monday-Thursday from noon to 4 p.m.) at 910 962-3500 or online. There is a fee for online purchases.

March 28

Tap your toes and enjoy the memories at Opera Wilmington’s March 28 concert performance of favorites from the Great American Songbook! This program of classic American standards will pay tribute to the best composers and lyricists of the past.

And there’s more!

We also have a special themed event up our collective sleeve, to be hosted in the spring of 2020. Stay tuned, as we say!

Want to be among the first to know about what fun we have in store? Join our mailing list! Send your name and email address to info@operawilmington.org.

Here's this week's Opera IQ question:

On what work was La Bohème based?
  1. La Vie en Rose
  2. Rent
  3. Scènes de la vie de bohème

Click here to find the answer!

 

 

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