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May 12, 2026
Opera Memphis closes a strong 2025-26 season with Sondheim's Sweeney Todd at Playhouse on the Square, June 12 through July 12, 2026. Next: a 70th anniversary season announcement in early June.
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Florence Cole Talbert-McCleave, the first Black soprano to perform Verdi's Aida professionally, made Memphis her home for three decades. The McCleave Project carries her…
Soprano Lauren Margison, mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, tenor Limmie Pulliam, and bass Kenneth Kellogg headlined Verdi's Requiem with Opera Memphis and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra…
A new chamber opera by Memphis composer Robert G. Patterson and librettist Jerre Dye premiered at Crosstown Theater on March 6 and 7, 2026.…
Opera Memphis received a $25,000 NEA America250 grant, the only Tennessee organization and one of just two opera companies nationally selected. The grant supports…
Opera Memphis's flagship community program 30 Days of Opera returned for its 14th year in September 2025 with a full month of free pop-up…