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Babatunde brings genre-clash HipHopera show to Judson’s Live

He’s got bars and octaves

by Paige Bright July 15, 2026July 15, 2026

Babatunde HipHopera started in 2018 after a video of him performing a mashup of Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble” and Rossini’s “Largo al factotum” went viral

Music

Orlando’s Helena Collective reclaim vocal arts and Eve’s origin story at Timucua

A hard reset on the story of the biblical OG woman

by Bao Le-Huu March 18, 2026March 19, 2026

Opera Orlando presents ambitious performance of Philip Glass’ and Robert Moran’s ‘The Juniper Tree’

An all-star collab with Alterity Chamber Orchestra, Phantasmagoria and MicheLee Puppets.

by Jessica Bryce Young May 7, 2024May 18, 2025

‘Scalia/Ginsburg’ operatically chronicles the unlikely friendship between two Supreme Court justices

A love letter to an era in our politics that is long gone

by Shelton Hull March 13, 2024July 16, 2025

Opera Orlando to present ‘Together As One’ community panel on trans community and advocacy

by Matthew Moyer May 12, 2021August 16, 2023

Opera Orlando returns this with ‘Die Fledermaus,’ the first indoors opera production in the U.S. since March

Matthew MoyerDecember 15, 2020December 14, 2024

Opera del Sol and Orlando Fringe to present virtual opera-burlesque hybrid ‘Nightwear on Elm Street’

Matthew MoyerOctober 12, 2020August 16, 2023

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UCF professor and composer Stella Sung and Opera Orlando receive $10k grant for opera based on a Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings story

Matthew MoyerAugust 6, 2020May 20, 2025

Orlando Ballet just published a ‘fact sheet’ on their failed negotiations with the Dr. Phillips Center and it pulls no punches

Jessica Bryce YoungAugust 1, 2019May 4, 2025

Opera Orlando takes on Benjamin Britten’s children’s opera ‘Noye’s Fludde’

Jessica Bryce YoungMay 18, 2019July 17, 2024

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One Voice Orlando brings opera stars together to benefit Pulse victims

Matthew MoyerAugust 9, 2016November 23, 2024

29 choice photos from Orlando Museum of Art’s First Thursday

by Orlando Weekly Staff November 10, 2014

Orlando Phil takes you to 1920s Paris with a new La Traviata

Esteban MenesesMay 8, 2014July 19, 2022

Florida Opera Theatre performs Menotti’s short comic opera The Telephone

Jessica Bryce YoungJanuary 26, 2013August 3, 2023

Extended Interview with Florida Opera Theatre’s Eric Pinder

Seth KuberskyDecember 13, 2012February 24, 2025

Baritone Kenneth Stavert to be featured in Florida Opera Theatre’s Opera in the Park series

Jessica Bryce YoungSeptember 7, 2012August 22, 2022

Repo! The Genetic Opera shadow cast tonight at the Enzian

Justin StroutMay 18, 2012November 9, 2023

Selection Reminder: Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and Florida Opera Theatre present Rigoletto

Erin SullivanMarch 2, 2012September 6, 2024

Selection Reminder: The Barber of Seville!

Jessica Bryce YoungJanuary 29, 2012January 17, 2023

Selection Reminder: Hansel and Gretel!

Aimee VitekDecember 22, 2011March 11, 2023