New Indianapolis Opera season features 'Rigoletto' and 'Marriage of Figaro.' What else to expect
Filling out the season will be the opera company's annual free outdoor concert and a one-act piece that celebrates Christmas.
Season tickets are on sale now at indyopera.org. Single tickets, which range from $42 to $102, will go on sale Sept. 8. Here's the season schedule.
Sept. 13 at MacAllister Amphitheater at Garfield Park. Free but donations requested.
Star soprano Angela Brown and Maestro Alfred Savia will host a concert with guests that include baritone Rafael Porto and soprano Cara Collins.
Nov. 14, 15 and 16 at the Tarkington Theater at the Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel
A hunchback jester for the cruel Duke of Mantua often mocks the husbands and fathers of the women the duke romances. But when the duke targets the jester's daughter Gilda, he pursues revenge in a way that alters his and his daughter's lives forever.
'Honest' and 'celebratory': New Conner Prairie exhibit shows Black life
Dec. 21 at the Basile Opera Center
In this one-act Giancarlo Menotti opera, three Magi visit a crippled shepherd boy on their way to see the newborn Jesus in Bethlehem.
May 1, 2 and 3, 2026 at the Tobias theater at Newfields
As Figaro prepares to marry Susanna, he learns that his boss, the Count Almaviva, plans to seduce her. What follows is a comedy of mistaken identities and a clever plot to right wrongs.
Buy tickets and find more information at indyopera.org.
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