Productions
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For the safety and well-being of our staff, cast, crew and audiences this production is currently postponed until a later date TBD.
DIVAS & DRAG IV
(2025)
D&D IV spotlights some beloved operas and Broadway musicals that have a lot in common - scenes from RENT, La Boheme, West Side Story, and Romeo and Juliet (yes, both Gounod’s and Bellini’s ya opera nerds!) Come for the art, stay for the party.
Past Productions:
opera underground (2025)
no pomp. just circumstance. AOT invites you to the unknown. welcome to opera underground. allow yourself to be taken somewhere you didn’t expect to go.
DIVAS & DRAG
2024
D&D showcases the art of Drag and the spectacle of Opera as Drag and Opera artists forge their brilliance for unforgettable mashups celebrating self-expression through the most spectacular art forms ever to grace the stage.
September 19-23, 2024 @ 825 Arts
The Cradle Will Rock
(2024)
AOT’s new production on this satirical comedy about the corruption of capitalism and corporate greed lined up against people’s rights and the working class of America.
AOT’s production fused shadow puppetry and live music theater performance to tell this exuberant, funny, and zesty tale of our time.
Mináǧi kiŋ dowáŋ: a Zitkála-Šá Opera (2022)
Mináǧi kiŋ dowáŋ (My Spirit Sings in Dakota): a Zitkála-Šá Opera is a cinematic opera that tells the remarkable story of Zitkala-Ša, a Yankton Nakota woman. Through Dakota words and original music, this 30-minute film challenges and decolonizes the traditional boundaries of opera and shows the possibilities of Native storytelling.
Lucretia
(2022)
The Rape of Lucretia, based on the ancient Roman tragedy of Lucretia, was the first of Britten’s chamber operas.
WE OUT: The Air We Breathe (2021)
A program of music, film, words, and conversation grounded in the realities of climate justice.
In the Midst
of Things (2021)
A 15-minute opera short commissioned for AOT’s Education Immersion Program.
The Sky Where
You Are (2020)
AOT’s Chapter contribution to the Decameron Opera Coalition’s Tales from a Safe Distance
WE OUT: Voicing Our Truth (2020)
Resilience and Resistance in Black Art, from Black Artists.
World AID’s Day Program (2019)
An evening of remembrance and awareness inspired by musical stories centered around the AIDS crisis.
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The Consul
(2018)
An Opera Theatre's premiere performance; a NEW production of Gian Carlo Menotti's Pulitzer Prize Winning opera, The Consul.