DETROIT – Dr. David DiChiera is a man who dreams in operatic proportions. Having founded two of the nation's most successful opera companies and transformed a decrepit Detroit movie palace into a ...

Wayne Brown, who recently retired, started his career in Detroit before returning there to run a transformed Detroit Opera. By David Allen Yuval Sharon’s wildly innovative stagings, already celebrated ...

One of Friendship Botanic Gardens’ traditions in Michigan City is Opera in the Gardens, which has continued annually even during the COVID-19 pandemic. After taking place on the Celebration Stage with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michigan Opera Theatre is changing its name after more than 50 years as a Detroit cultural anchor. Detroit Opera will be the new ...

AOP (American Opera Projects) and Composers & the Voice Artistic Director Steven Osgood have selected six composers and three librettists to receive fellowships for its upcoming ninth season of ...

At its Annual Meeting on November 18, 2021, Michigan Opera Theatre (MOT), in partnership with the William Davidson Foundation, announced that the Foundation has awarded a $5,000,000 grant to support ...

Dr. David DiChiera, the 78-year-old founding director at the Detroit Opera House, home to the Michigan Opera Theatre, is a great believer in taking opera to “the people” and removing an antediluvian ...

Michigan Opera Theatre will now be called Detroit Opera. Credit: alisafarov/Shutterstock The Michigan Opera Theatre is making a minor change. After 50 years, the theater company will now be known as ...

One of the world's most acclaimed and visionary opera directors is taking the creative reins of Michigan Opera Theatre. The company announced Wednesday that Illinois-born Yuval Sharon, 40, has signed ...