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Feb 08 2024 - REVIEW: Arizona Opera delivers uproarious laughs in Tucson 'Barber' opening night
Oct 22 2023 - Review: Tucson gets wonderful world premiere of 'Frankenstein' the opera
Oct 16 2023 - 'Frankenstein' the opera coming to Tucson this weekend
Apr 16 2023 - Steampunk 'Magic Flute' returns to Tucson with cinematic twist
Apr 10 2023 - Big musicals, premieres headed to Tucson for 2023/24 Season
Apr 10 2023 - Director revisits inventive 'Magic Flute,' coming to Tucson this weekend
Apr 10 2023 - Arizona Opera after-party mariachi performance
Apr 02 2023 - Met Star Angel Blue Makes Unforgettable Tucson Debut
Mar 23 2023 - Grammy Winner Makes Arizona Debut with Tucson Recital
Mar 07 2023 - Arizona Opera brings 'The Sound of Music' to Tucson stage
Jan 24 2023 - Arizona Opera brings Puccini's 'Tosca' to Tucson
Jan 19 2023 - Puccini's "Tosca" coming to Tucson
Dec 08 2022 - Four Tucson Arts Groups Awarded 2 Million in Grants
Dec 06 2022 - Tucson to experience an opera within an opera
Nov 26 2022 - Where are the audiences? Tucson arts see dramatic decline
Nov 23 2022 - Arizona Opera jumps into graphic novel biz
Oct 23 2022 - Arizona Opera opens Tucson season with cross-over show
Oct 19 2022 - Opera coming to Tucson shares the stories of military soldiers
Apr 11 2022 - Arizona Opera looks at Mozart's comic 'Cosi' through 2022 lens
Mar 08 2022 - Arizona Opera looks to make an impact with diverse, representative casting
Feb 05 2022 - Susan Graham to returns to Tucson for Desert Song Festival recital
Jan 31 2022 - Couple who found love in 'Carmen' is back for Arizona Opera run
Dec 12 2021 - Arizona Opera delivers Christmas gift to Tucson with mariachi opera
Dec 09 2021 - Opera lead visits Davis Bilingual Elementary School
Dec 06 2021 - Arizona Opera presenting its 2nd mariachi opera, this one with a Christmas story
Oct 15 2021 - Bisbee's Copper Queen Hotel serves as setting for new opera
Jul 26 2021 - Learn the costume-making secrets of Arizona Opera with these workshops
Apr 26 2021 - Arizona Opera to return to Tucson Music Hall in the fall
Mar 09 2021 - Arizona Opera launches two-concert Arizona Arias series
Dec 09 2020 - Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Far Exceeds Grantmaking Annual Average With $27.7 Million Awarded so Far in the Year of COVID-19
Sep 10 2020 - Tucson arts organizations stretch themselves to bring creative works to the masses
Jul 27 2020 - Arizona Opera rewrites its 2020-21 season to include concerts, movie in COVID crisis
May 14 2020 - Tucson Desert Song Festival founder Jack Forsythe dies at 72
Mar 27 2020 - Former Tucsonan and wife streaming classical music recital to get our minds off coronavirus
Mar 03 2020 - Arizona Opera brings 'Riders of the Purple Sage' back to Tucson
Feb 01 2020 - Tucson gives rock star reception to opera star Polenzani
Jan 28 2020 - Chinese tenor makes Arizona Opera debut in 'La Boheme'
Nov 12 2019 - Arizona Opera gets in on ground floor of 'Fellow Travelers'
Nov 12 2019 - Arizona Opera gets in on ground floor of 'Fellow Travelers'
Jun 11 2019 - Tucsonan gives $225k to Arizona Opera
Apr 08 2019 - Arizona Opera closes season with beauty and mayhem of Mozart
Jan 27 2019 - Scottsdale native making Arizona Opera debut in 'La Traviata'
Jan 14 2019 - Tucson song fest brings Mexico-Arizona together with a little cultural diplomacy
Jan 02 2019 - A look at the upcoming performing arts events in Tucson this spring
Nov 15 2018 - Jazzy "Charlie Parker's Yardbird" closes out Arizona Opera's inaugural Red Series
Oct 07 2018 - Arizona Opera turns the corner with innovative chamber series
Oct 01 2018 - Arizona Opera breaks ground with "Maria de Buenos Aires"
Sep 20 2018 - Arizona Opera lands $1M endowment, $163k from Tucson donors
Apr 17 2018 - Ex-CEO of Company that Owns Chili's gives Arizona Opera $2 million
Apr 10 2018 - Marking a milestone, Arizona Opera revisits Wagner epic
Feb 26 2018 - Arizona Opera Returns To 'Barber,' The Opera That Started It All
Jan 28 2018 - Arizona Opera takes us on silly ride with Bernstein's 'Candide'
Jan 20 2018 - Worth the wait: TSO’s performance of Bernstein’s ‘Kaddish’ is terrific
Jan 17 2018 - Tucson Desert Song Festival to Reach International Audience
Jan 10 2018 - Tucson Citizen Music Critic Calls Barber of Seville a Must See
Nov 12 2017 - Arizona Opera adding Temple of Music & Art as secondary venue
Nov 06 2017 - 3 reasons to fall for Arizona Opera's 'Tosca'
Oct 07 2017 - 'Hercules vs. Vampires' is a marriage of opera, movies
Sep 13 2017 - AZ Opera's 'Riders' getting national audience
Sep 08 2017 - Arizona Opera Book Club Meeting
Sep 05 2017 - Performing arts scene's loaded with choices
Apr 24 2017 - Arizona Opera lands 'inspiring' $1 million gift
Mar 29 2017 - Sisterly love? Not so much in 'Cinderella,' this weekend in Tucson
Feb 26 2017 - Historic premiere: 'Riders' puts Arizona Opera in different league
Feb 21 2017 - Arizona Opera set to make history with first Western production
Feb 01 2017 - New wings for 'Madama Butterfly' at Tucson Music Hall
Jan 29 2017 - "Butterfly" takeaways: Boos, cheers and no where to park
Jan 18 2017 - Here's some of the things in the first week of Desert Song Festival
Jan 16 2017 - Artistic synergy hallmark of Tucson song fest
Jan 11 2017 - 19 days, 21 shows — it's time for '17 Tucson Desert Song Festival
Nov 20 2016 - Do we cry? Do we laugh? Apparently both at "Rusalka"
Nov 15 2016 - Arizona Opera mounts fairytale 'Rusalka' this weekend in Tucson
Oct 08 2016 - Met star helping Arizona Opera mark 45th year
Aug 25 2016 - Arizona Opera Studio Director Lands Glimmerglass Gig
Apr 06 2016 - Breaking ground with Arizona's first 'Falstaff'
Mar 30 2016 - Spring is packed with world class artists
Mar 02 2016 - Arizona Opera's accidental winter visitor
Jan 28 2016 - Behind the scenes of 'Carmen'
Jan 27 2016 - Song Fest: Of marriage and music
Jan 27 2016 - Experiencing 'Carmen' from the best seat in the house
Jan 20 2016 - Desert Song Festival lures top singers
Jan 18 2016 - Director of Arizona Opera leaving for Minnesota post
Dec 30 2015 - Arts Quarterly: A preview of the new and classic works ahead
Nov 18 2015 - Arizona Opera takes a riverboat ride down the Amazon
Oct 11 2015 - Review: Arizona Opera's 'Arizona Lady' doesn't take itself seriously
Oct 07 2015 - Arizona Opera: "Arizona Lady" set in Tucson
Oct 02 2015 - Arizona Opera takes bold approach to reach new audiences
Sep 30 2015 - A riches of arts in the year's last quarter
Sep 28 2015 - Check out free tickets to arts and culture events
Sep 16 2015 - Video: Arizona Opera taps stars to promo season
Jul 07 2015 - Arizona Opera reaches fundraising goal
Jun 29 2015 - Arizona Opera down to the wire in '50 for 500'
May 04 2015 - $230K to go in 50 for 500 Arizona Opera Challenge
Apr 19 2015 - Review: Feel free to laugh at Arizona Opera's 'Daughter'
Apr 15 2015 - Arizona Opera ends season on high note(s)
Mar 04 2015 - Steampunk meets Mozart in Tucson
Feb 11 2015 - Opera diva to sing a little Carpenters, Broadway tunes
Feb 01 2015 - Review: Arizona Opera 'Eugene Onegin'
Jan 28 2015 - Arizona Opera announces 2015-16 season
Jan 28 2015 - Long-awaited return of 'Eugene Onegin' marks opera debut in song fest
Jan 08 2015 - Arizona Opera hosts Russian Cultural Fest
Dec 02 2014 - NEA awards $240,000 in grants to Arizona arts organizations
Dec 01 2014 - Half-priced AZ Opera tickets for Cyber Monday
Nov 20 2014 - AZ Opera has leading Verdi baritone, soprano on board for 'Rigoletto'
Oct 11 2014 - 'Where is home?' asks first mariachi opera
Oct 11 2014 - Review - Arizona Opera's 'Cruzar la Cara de la Luna'
Oct 02 2014 - AZ Opera Hosts Season Kickoff Party
Oct 02 2014 - Arts Briefs
Jul 01 2014 - AZ Opera meets $1M challenge, erases debt
Jul 01 2014 - AZ Opera meets $1M challenge, erases debt
Jun 23 2014 - Arizona Opera $85k close to Million Dollar May goal
May 01 2014 - 2nd Million Dollar May Could Erase Arizona Opera Debt
Apr 09 2014 - Season Title Sponsorship Helps Erase Arizona Opera Debt
- Arizona Opera takes 'Roméo & Juliette' to the 1960s
- Review: AZ Opera brings unforgettable 'Romeo & Juliette"' to Tucson
- Arizona Opera ends season in Tucson with laugh-filled 'Don Giovanni'
- Arizona Opera reducing Tucson performances amid financial struggles
- Arizona Opera leader to leave after 2024-25 Season
- Arizona arts organizations see multimillion-dollar cut under new state budget
- Tucson's 2024-25 arts season is falling into place