Here you can find all of Opera Grand Rapids’ upcoming performances and events. New events are added all the time, so be sure to check back regularly!
Opera Week 2020
October 19–25
Various Events
Opera Grand Rapids is proud to announce the second annual Opera Week in Grand Rapids. Running October 19–25 , Opera Week will once again feature discounts and special deals at local restaurants and businesses with the “Opera Signature Pass.” The week will culminate with performances of Così fan tutte on October 23 & 25.
Così fan tutte
by W.A. Mozart
October 23 & 25, 2020
EGRHS Performing Arts Center
In Mozart’s comedy Così fan tutte or The School for Lovers, Ferrando and Guglielmo boast to their friend, the cynical bachelor Don Alfonso, that their fiancées, Dorabella and Fiordiligi, are unreproachable in their steadfastness and virtue. What happens next is a comedic masterpiece of disguises and deception gone wrong as Alfonso and the clever maid Despina take the two couples to the School for Lovers.
Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
March 19 & 20, 2021
DeVos Performance Hall
Puccini’s final opera takes us to mythical China. The princess Turandot has renounced love. She will only marry a prince who can answer her three riddles. Hundreds have tried – all have failed. Until an unknown Prince solves the mystery of Turandot’s riddles, and the secret to her heart. Featuring opera’s most iconic aria “Nessun dorma,” Turandot is a visual, dramatic and musical feast for the senses not to be missed.
Aida
by Giuseppe Verdi
April 30 & May 2, 2021
DeVos Performance Hall
Verdi’s towering masterpiece Aida is a tale of patriotism, love and betrayal set against the backdrop of ancient Egypt. Aida, princess of Ethiopia, is the captive slave of the Egyptian princess Amneris. Both are in love with Radamès, who commands the Egyptian army against the invading Ethiopians. The love triangle turns to ruin when Aida’s father, Amonasro, appeals to his daughter’s love of country to betray Radamès.