After two seasons of Saturday matinee performances in Tucson, Arizona Opera next season goes back to two performances, ...

Arizona Opera’s costume shop manager Kathleen Trott designed the costumes using period photographs of frontier people and classic Hollywood Westerns as guideposts. Since August, Trott and her staff, ...

If you don’t picture cowboy hats and boots when you hear the word opera, you’ve never seen Riders of the Purple Sage. It’s the first opera completely developed in Arizona, and it premiered on Saturday ...

With their productions, Arizona Opera seeks to present classic and modern operatic works. During the 2025-2026 season, they will be giving audiences a taste of different styles of opera. The company ...

Arizona Opera has announced its 2025/26 Main Stage Season, in addition to the presentation of mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton in recital in 2026. Arizona Opera’s Main Stage Season and Barton’s recital will ...

It’s been a dirty little secret for far too long that opera is not just for aging Little Lord Fauntleroys and ladies whose cats’ names begin with “Mr.” and “Mrs.” We may hear truth, love, and beauty ...

PHOENIX — The Arizona Opera has named Brian DeMaris as its new president and general director. DeMaris has previously collaborated with the Arizona Opera, conducting the recent performance of "The ...

On many an early morning–while others are stuck in rush-hour traffic–Joel Revzen begins his day on happier notes. He stays at home, locks himself in a room and studies the scores of the greatest ...

2 Reviews/Photos: First Look at Wagner's TRISTAN UND ISOLDE at the Metropolitan Opera 3 Review: Davidsen, an ISOLDE for the Ages, Alongside Spyres' Splendid TRISTAN in Wagner at the Met ...

Previously, Joseph Specter was president and general director of Arizona Opera, a Phoenix-based opera company. (Andrew Pielage/Courtesy Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation) Previously, Specter was president ...

Prop 409, Difference between ER and urgent care, New productions for Arizona Opera 2025. Valleywise Health will ask voters to invest $898 million to build a new, 200-bed behavioral health hospital, An ...

Environmental leaders will discuss what they hope to see come out of the State Legislature's session. Arizona Opera is working to expand and diversify audiences statewide through its NextGen ...