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The Florida premiere of Scott Joplin’s ‘Treemonisha’ tells an uplifting story of community

This weekend, see the ragtime legend’s long-lost and miraculously found opera

by Juno Le May 14, 2025July 15, 2025

This weekend, see the ragtime legend’s long-lost and miraculously found opera

‘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

Two fresh Orlando productions featuring songs and stories you haven’t seen or heard before, both with strong women anchoring the tale

See ‘Belladonna: The Musical’ and ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’ this weekend

by Seth Kubersky March 12, 2024June 4, 2025

A huge group of spooky steampunk performers, storytellers, dancers, jugglers, puppeteers, etc. are posed in dark, ornate clothing in front of a red velvet curtain.

Fall performing arts guide: Orlando’s best theater, dance, comedy, literary events and classical music

All the autumnal cultural touchstones, from Orlando Shakes to Electric Daisy Carnival.

by Kristin Howard and Jessica Bryce Young October 6, 2023December 20, 2024

Central Florida Vocal Arts artistic director Eric Pinder discusses ‘A Little Night Music’ and ‘Cocaine Bear: The Opera’

‘I’m going to make the cocaine bear a countertenor.’

by Seth Kubersky August 16, 2023June 27, 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

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

Jim Ireland, former head of Orlando Opera, dies at 69

Jessica Bryce YoungSeptember 4, 2012April 13, 2025