2026-27 Season
Season subscriptions are now on sale.
Single tickets will be available August 1, 2026.
Headwaters: A Love Letter to Michigan
September 17, 2026
Varnum
Headwaters is an intimate musical homecoming — a reflection on place, memory, and belonging. Inspired by Michigan’s vast waterways and natural landscapes, this recital traces the beginnings of artistic and personal identity, much like the headwaters that give rise to streams and rivers.
Three Decembers
by Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer
November 6 & 7, 2026
Betty Van Andel Opera Center
Three Decembers is a chamber opera based on the unpublished play Some Christmas Letters by Terrence McNally. The three parts of the opera are set in the month of December in the years 1986, 1996 and 2006 and it tells the story of a famous actress, Madeline, and her two adult children as they struggle to know and love each other.
Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins
by Stephen Temperley
March 12, 2027
St. Cecilia Music Center
This witty and heartwarming comedy celebrates the woman who became one of music history’s most unlikely stars, proving that passion, confidence, and a little audacity can sometimes take you all the way to Carnegie Hall.
VanderLaan Prize
March 20, 2027
Betty Van Andel Opera Center
Join us for the final round concert of the VanderLaan Prize, where ten college-level finalists will compete for nearly $25,000 in prizes.
Carmen
by Georges Bizet
April 30 & May 1, 2027
DeVos Performance Hall
A woman who values freedom above all else. The ultimate operatic rebel…CARMEN. Set in Seville, a soldier, Don José, meets Carmen, a free-spirited beautiful Romani woman living her life on her own terms.