Student Night @ the Opera is designed to provide students and chaperones affordable access to live opera by opening up our final dress rehearsals to student groups. Ticket prices for this program are significantly reduced and offer the chance for students to...

Virginia Opera's Study Guides are a concise introduction to the opera that includes: characters, synopsis, biographies, historical background, and more. The Siegfried Study Guide is available for download in .pdf format. Siegfried Study Guide 23-24

We welcomed sell-out audiences in Richmond and Norfolk to a special workshop presentation of the Act 1 Piano/Vocal score for the upcoming world premiere Loving v. Virginia. Audiences were treated to excerpts from the opera's first act as part of the composition...

Had a wonderful Saturday at the Virginia Beach Schools Back-to-School Care Fair visiting with parents, families and kids of all ages at the Virginia Beach Convention Center.  We talked with at least 450 people about the Opera and its offerings this season, both at the...

Thanks Slover Library here in Norfolk for the opportunity to perform Virginia Opera’s new educational program “Musical Storytime” in their beautiful atrium on a sunny Saturday morning.  Singing artists, Jamilla Ford and Tjaden O-Dowd-Cox, had great fun reading and...

Let’s Talk La Traviata! Join our Resident Scholar, Joshua Borths for an in-depth look at one of opera’s most popular (and most tragic) love stories!

In this episode, Josh Borths will examine the opera Fellow Travelers, including the differences between contemporary and modern operas, the historical background of the 1950s, and what to listen for during the opera.

In this episode, Resident Scholar Josh Borths gives us an in-depth look at the history of the Gilbert & Sullivan classic opera, The Pirates of Penzance.  

This episode will examine the history of the Ring cycle’s most famous opera, The Valkyrie as well as why Wagner’s music is still performed today.

In this episode, Josh Borths will examine “The Marriage of Figaro”! Learn the history behind the hijinks of the beloved Mozart piece, how controversy almost kept the instant classic off the stage, and much more.