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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 28/03/2026

📣 CHORUS AUDITIONS! 📣 Arizona Opera is seeking singers for its 2026/27 Season Chorus! Take the stage in The Pirates of Penzance and La Traviata and be part of a dynamic company bringing world-class opera to Phoenix and Tucson. (1/2)

Arizona Opera announces chorus auditions for the 2026/27 season, casting for *The Pirates of Penzance* and *La Traviata*. Deadline: 5 PM, Sunday, May 17, 2026. Phoenix auditions: May 22, 5–10 PM at Arizona Opera Center. Tucson auditions: May 23, 2–5 PM at Dove of Peace Church. Learn more at azopera.org/auditions. Background shows a costumed opera chorus performing on stage with raised arms.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 13/02/2026

We’re excited to announce Aurelia Andrews has been named Head of Music, Chorus Director and Principal Coach of the Marion Roose Pullin Studio for Arizona Opera, beginning with the 2026/27 Season. (1/8)

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 30/09/2025

Limited tickets remain so get your tickets before they're gone! GET TICKETS: ow.ly/aceg50X45ns Production photos by Tim Trumble Photography

The masked avenger Zorro is held at sword point by Ana María Soza.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 30/09/2025

An INCREDIBLE start to our 2025/26 Season as Hector Armienta's ZORRO is broke fall box office records in Phoenix this past weekend! Audiences continue to share how they loved this production and we can't wait to share it with you all in Tucson this Saturday at 2 PM at The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall.

The masked avenger Zorro effortlessly (and while flirting towards Ana María Soza) parrying a soldier’s attack at a masquerade ball.

The full cast of Héctor Armienta’s new opera ZORRO bows in front of roars of applause from Arizona Opera audience members at Symphony Hall in Phoenix, AZ.

ZORRO Composer and Librettist Héctor Armienta alongside a young audience member dressed as the masked avenger Zorro in Symphony Hall.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 19/08/2025

A Message from our new President & General Director, Brian DeMaris. GET TICKETS: ow.ly/MVG650WAuSk

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 13/08/2025

See you next era... Tickets for ZORRO are on sale now. Get yours today while they last! ow.ly/wvfO50WFCFl #azopera #zorro #opera

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 01/07/2025

In a recent interview with KJZZ Phoenix’s The Show, Arizona Opera’s new President and General Director, Brian DeMaris, shares his inspiring journey from pianist and educator to conductor and now opera leader.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 01/07/2025

After an extensive international search, Arizona Opera is proud to announce Brian DeMaris has been named President & General Director!

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 02/05/2025

Join us this fall as we open our 2025/26 Season with the Company Premiere of Héctor Armienta’s ZORRO, followed by the return of Giacomo Puccini’s timeless masterpiece, MADAMA BUTTERFLY, and finally the semi-staged production of Gioachino Rossini’s delightful opera, CINDERELLA (LA CENERENTOLA).

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 02/05/2025

Together we explored the depths of Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic tale, witnessed love unfold in Paris with a beloved Puccini classic, rediscovered a Mozart masterwork outdoors, and traversed a first-of-its-kind, one-time experimental production.

The Tell-Tale Heart, 2024

📸: John McCoy

La Bohème, 2025

📸: Tim Trumble Photography

The Secret Gardener, 2025

📸: Marion Rhodes Photography

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 27/01/2025

Opera is cool! 😎 Especially such a beautiful one like La Bohème. Thanks for spending your Saturday evening with us! Hope to see you at another performance soon. 📸: Tim Trumble Photography

Photo from Arizona Opera’s 2025 production of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème.

From left to right: Benjamin Taylor as Marcello, Yichen Xue as Schaunard, SeokJohg Baek as Rodolfo, and Peter Barber as Colline.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 15/05/2024

THANK YOU to everyone who helped bring our New Works Festival to fruition. 🙏🥰 And we’re incredible grateful to the hundreds of attendees who joined us on this exploration of contemporary opera. There were so many new faces and we loved meeting you all! 📸: Tim Trumble Photography

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 15/05/2024

This weekend marked the end of our 2023/24 Season culminating in our New Works Festival. The first of its kind at Arizona Opera, the festival celebrated the swashbuckling action of ZORRO, tender romance of INTIMATE APPAREL, heart wrenching story of THE COPPER QUEEN FILM, and more.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 01/05/2024

And don't worry, our season isn't quite finished yet! Our New Works Festival is just around the corner on May 10-12, 2024 at the Arizona Opera Center. Tickets are on sale now: bit.ly/3sOHl15

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 01/05/2024

As the curtains close on DON GIOVANNI, we're grateful to everyone who helped bring life into this production. Thank you to Tara Faircloth, Daniela Candillari, and the entire creative team behind this production that helped make it such a success! 📸: Tim Trumble Photography

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 12/03/2024

From the breathtaking visuals of the video wall sets and costumes to the gorgeous music and artistry, thank you to everyone involved in bringing this classic opera to new life! 📸 : Tim Trumble Photography

Roméo & Juliette, 2024

📸: Tim Trumble Photography

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 12/03/2024

This weekend closed out an incredible run of Gounod's ROMÉO & JULIETTE. Committing to a new production is a massive undertaking and we wouldn't be more proud with the result. 📸: Tim Trumble Photography

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 06/02/2024

We heard everything from “funniest interpreation I’ve ever seen” and “a pure delight” to “visually captivating with using the video backgrounds.” We’re grateful to everyone who joined us for this Main Stage Series opening production. (2/2)

The Barber of Seville, 2024
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📸: Tim Trumble Photography

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 06/02/2024

And thus another show is in the books! Thank you to everyone who helped make our production of THE BARBER OF SEVILLE such a success. Reimagining a beloved classic opera is no easy task, especially one so often performed across the world. (1/2)

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 30/12/2023

As an added incentive, thanks to a generous challenge grant from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, all gifts will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $300,000 – doubling the impact of your year-end gift! MAKE A GIFT: bit.ly/3pqrAaD

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 30/12/2023

The arts sector continues to face challenges ahead, but your commitment allows us to rise to the current moment and look toward the future with optimism. If Arizona Opera has been a valuable part of your 2023, we hope you will consider making a tax-deductible year end gift before December 31.

Taken at The RED PARTY following the World Premiere of Gregg Kallor’s FRANKENSTEIN.

Rafael Moras, tenor performing at one of Arizona Opera’s Holiday Luncheons.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 30/12/2023

As a part of our incredible opera community, YOU help make possible everything that we have accomplished this past year, from the World Premiere of Gregg Kallor’s FRANKENSTEIN to the 150+ Arizona schools visited by the Arlyn M. Brewster OperaTunity education tour.

Production photo from Gregg Kallor’s FRANKENSTEIN. Photo by Tim Trumble Photography.

World premiere of Gregg Kallor’s FRANKENSTEIN.

The Arlyn M. Brewster OperaTunity education tour.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 30/12/2023

Thank you for joining us for 12 Days of Opera! As we approach the final days of 2023, we want to take another moment to thank you for all the ways you have supported us this year, including joining us on our 12 Days of Opera journey!

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 28/12/2023

We're close to the end of our 12 Days of Opera. Today, we'd like you to meet Bravo members Keith Lane and Ben Ragunton.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 24/12/2023

Welcome back to 12 Days of Opera! Dr. Miriam Schildkret, Opera Ambassador, has been performing with Arizona Opera for over a decade as an Education Teaching Artists, chorister, and in Main Stage roles such as Frau Zeller in last season’s THE SOUND OF MUSIC.

Dr. Miriam Schildkret, Arizona Opera Ambassador

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 21/12/2023

Our 12 Days of Opera continues! Karl Klingenberg represents Bankers Trust on Arizona Opera’s Phoenix branch of the Business Council, a networking group for those who share a passion for the arts and have a role in our local business community.

Karl Klingenberg, Arizona Opera Business Council member.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 20/12/2023

Want to become more involved with Arizona Opera? Give someone the gift of opera: bit.ly/40HXn9U Consider making a year-end gift of any amount by Dec 31: bit.ly/3pqrAaD Remember all donations through Dec 31 are being matched dollar-for-dollar by the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust!

Thanks to a generous challenge grant from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, all donations made before Dec 31 will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $300,000, doubling the impact of your gift!

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 20/12/2023

Continuing our 12 Days of Opera, meet Luci Burdick! Luci Burdick is Arizona Opera’s Production Stage Manager. An alumni of Arizona Opera’s Stage Management Apprentice Program, Luci can be found back stage at your favorite shows making sure everyone knows where to go!

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 16/12/2023

Continuing with our 12 Days of Opera, meet OperaTunity artist Micheal Dewayne Jackson.

Micheal Dewayne Jackson, OperaTunity artist

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 14/12/2023

If you've ever heard the soaring notes of the flute in our productions like CARMEN, you likely heard the artistry of our Principal Flutist, Paula Redinger!

Paula Redinger, Principal Flutist of the Arizona Opera Orchestra.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 12/12/2023

Today's another day in our 12 Days of Opera! Becky Giblin and Katie Kenna are two of our staff members in the Marlu Allan and Scott Stallard Costume Artisan Workshop.

Becky Giblin, Master Stitcher for the Marlu Allan and Scott Stallard Costume Artisan Workshop.

Katie Kenna, Lead Cutter/Draper for the Marlu Allan and Scott Stallard Costume Artisan Workshop.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 09/12/2023

The BOLD Card started out as a way for audience members under 40 to get connected to Arizona Opera through great deals on tickets. Not only does the BOLD Card make opera more accessible, but it has become a great way for young professionals to connect with one another as well.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 09/12/2023

12 Days of Opera is back! Meet Charlie Dearmore, one of our BOLD Card members.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 08/12/2023

To all who observe, happy first night of Hanukkah!

HAPPY HANUKKAH! Wishing everyone a wonderful Festival of Lights. From Arizona Opera.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 07/12/2023

We’re back to 12 Days of Opera! If you picked up your tickets for FRANKENSTEIN at Will Call earlier this season, you likely met our Box Office Manager, Morgan Pruitt! She is often the first face you’ll see at our events with a warm, welcoming introduction to the space you are about to step into.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 03/12/2023

Kim Smith founded the Valley Friends League in 2011 and has been cultivating this network of volunteers ever since!

Kim Smith, Arizona Opera Valley Friends League President.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 03/12/2023

Ann Hand joined the Arizona Opera League of Tucson in 2012, became a member of the Executive Committee in 2014, and now serves as their president. However, her time with opera began even earlier!

Ann Hand, Arizona Opera League of Tucson President.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 03/12/2023

12 Days of Opera is back! Did you know that volunteer groups have been part of Arizona Opera’s history since the start? What began as the “Opera Dames” in 1973, a support organization founded by six Tucson businesswomen, has evolved into hundreds of supporters today across all our Opera Leagues.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 02/12/2023

Currently, Glover is in his ninth season as a chorister with Arizona Opera, and our 2022/23 Season production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC marked his 100th Main Stage performance with us.

Ryan Glover back stage, preparing for his role as The Priest in Arizona Opera’s 2022/23 Season production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 02/12/2023

Welcome back to 12 Days of Opera! Ryan Glover is an operatic tenor, a yoga teacher, and a poet. Over the past decade, Glover has performed numerous roles in opera, operetta, musical theatre, and oratorio, including eight years as a staff singer with Trinity Cathedral.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 29/11/2023

She will debut as Juliette in Gounod’s ROMÉO & JULIETTE on Arizona Opera's Main Stage March 3, 2024. Caitlin has graced the stage at Arizona Opera several times! 📸: Tim Trumble Photography

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 29/11/2023

Welcome to 12 Days of Opera! This holiday season, we’re introducing some of the artists, staff, and supporters who make everything at Arizona Opera possible. Today we’d like to introduce you to Caitlin Gotimer, soprano.

Welcome to 12 Days of Opera with Arizona Opera!

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 25/10/2023

On this World Opera Day, we’d like to thank everyone involved in making this production a success. And we look forward to more companies sharing Gregg Kallor’s gorgeous addition to the operatic repertoire with audiences across the world. Indeed, opera is alive and well!

Photo of Gregg Kallor’s pre-show talk in The KAX Stage at the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix, Arizona before his opera, FRANKENSTEIN, based on Mary Shelley’s classic novel of the same name, is performed.

Photo of Gregg Kallor’s pre-show talk at The Owls Club in Tucson, Arizona before his opera, FRANKENSTEIN, based on Mary Shelley’s classic novel of the same name, is performed at the Temple of Music and Arts.

Photo of Gregg Kallor’s pre-show talk in the Temple of Music and Arts lounge in Tucson, Arizona before his opera, FRANKENSTEIN, based on Mary Shelley’s classic novel of the same name, is performed on the main hall stage.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 25/10/2023

FRANKENSTEIN has brought us on a beautiful journey to bring operatic life into Mary Shelley’s timeless tale. From reverberating the walls of the Brooklyn Catacombs in 2018 to delighting sold-out theaters in Phoenix and Tucson, it’s clear to us audiences connect with this story.

Production photo from Gregg Kallor’s opera, FRANKENSTEIN, based on Mary Shelley’s classic novel of the same name.

Edward Parks as The Creature and Armando Delgado as William Frankenstein. Production photo of Gregg Kallor’s opera, FRANKENSTEIN, based on Mary Shelley’s classic novel of the same name.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 25/10/2023

Described as “a masterpiece of horror and humanity” (Herbert Paine, Broadway World) and “the very definition of what modern-day opera should aspire to be.” (Cathalena E. Burch, Arizona Daily Star), our production of Gregg Kallor’s FRANKENSTEIN closed this weekend in Tucson, Arizona.

Curtain call for Gregg Kallor’s opera, FRANKENSTEIN, based on Mary Shelley’s classic novel of the same name.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 18/10/2023

It is a true honor having FRANKENSTEIN named "A Masterpiece of Horror and Humanity." Thank you to Herbert Paine with BroadwayWorld for the insightful review! Adapting Mary Shelley's classic novel is no easy task. Hearing audiences connecting with these performances means the world to us.

Review: Arizona Opera Presents FRANKENSTEIN ~ A Masterpiece of Horror and Humanity

The World Premiere of the production moves on from its opening in Phoenix to the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on October 21st and 22nd.

By: Herbert Paine
Oct. 17, 2023

The pulsating crescendo of the overture to Gregg Kallor’s FRANKENSTEIN infuses the theatre with a somber and eerie sense of impending doom. How could it be otherwise when setting the mood for recreating the story of The Monster? The evocative theme of the composition is but one of the elements that makes this musical drama a masterpiece and a significant addition to the operatic repertoire.

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Arizona Opera @azopera.org · 17/10/2023

This weekend we opened our 2023/24 Season with the World Premiere of Gregg Kallor’s FRANKENSTEIN. The reception has been incredible with all 3 performances sold out. Patrons have called it “dark and incredibly moving” and “powerful.” A perfect way to open the season! 📸: Tim Trumble Photography

Terrence Chin-Loy as Victor Frankenstein. Production photo of FRANKENSTEIN. Photo by Tim Trumble Photography.

Ed Parks as The Creature. Production photo of FRANKENSTEIN. Photo by Tim Trumble Photography.

Katherine Beck as Elizabeth Lavenza and Terrence Chin-Loy as Victor Frankenstein. Production photo of FRANKENSTEIN. Photo by Tim Trumble Photography.

Production photo of FRANKENSTEIN. Photo by Tim Trumble Photography.

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