Miss Havisham’s Wedding Night 2025
OPERA WESTERN RESERVE PRESENTS Miss Havisham’s Wedding Night Thursday, May 29, 2025 – 5:30 pmAnne K. Christman Memorial Hall | Stambaugh Auditorium Enjoy a deliciously tragic opera experience as Opera Western Reserve presents Miss Havisham’s Wedding Night on Thursday, May 29th, 2025 in the stunning Anne K. Christman Memorial Hall at Stambaugh Auditorium. Under the […]
Charles Gounod’s Faust 2025
OPERA WESTERN RESERVE PRESENTS CHARLES GOUNOD’S Faust Saturday, September 20 – 7:30 pmEdward W. Powers Auditorium | DeYor Performing Arts Center Faust is an opera in five acts, based on Carré’s play Faust et Marguerite, which itself is a loose adaptation of Faust, Part One by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Gounod’s opera tells the tragic […]
YSU Summer Festival Of The Arts 2025
YSU Summer Festival Of The Arts Saturday, July 12, 2025 & Sunday, July 13, 2025Youngstown State University Campus Join us for one of the region’s most anticipated artistic events—the Summer Festival of the Arts at Youngstown State University! This is your opportunity to showcase your work to an engaged and diverse audience, surrounded by the […]
Carmen
OPERA WESTERN RESERVE PRESENTS CARMEN Friday, November 17 – 7:30 pmDeYor performing arts center Written by Georges Bizet, Carmen is one of the most well-known operas. It follows the title character as she gains the favor of a soldier, Jose, who is already involved with Micaela all while the bullfighter, Escamillo, tries desperately to catch […]
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Opera western reserve emerging artists present JACK AND THE BEANSTALK Sunday, march 12 | 2:00 pm Follow Jack’s adventure atop a magical beanstalk, where our hero finds himself in a confrontation with an impolite giant. The audience will learn about the importance of acceptance of people who may be different than themselves. This performance is […]
La Bohème – 2022
Opera Western Reserve Presents La Bohème November 11, 2022 – 7:30 pm La bohème, an opera in four acts composed by Giacomo Puccini, is a triumphant blend of grim reality and soaring romanticism. The narrative, set around the late 1830s in Paris, tells the story of a poor seamstress and her artist friends. Synopsis Cast […]
Romeo + Juliet – 2021
An adaptation of the works of William Shakespeare and Charles Gounod. Romeo + Juliet November 12, 2021 Experience the timeless tale of the world’s most famous star-crossed lovers, brought to life in an exciting and immersive re-imagination. OWR’s Romeo + Juliet combines well-known text from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet -spoken in English, with the soaring vocal lines […]
A Taste of Traviata – 2020
Giuseppe Verdi A Taste of Traviata November 13, 2020 A Taste of Traviata highlights Guiseppe Verdi’s opera, La Traviata, and follows Violetta Valery.A consumptive young courtesan who wants to leave her life of revelry, Violetta decides to live her final days devoted to one man, Alfredo Germont. Alfredo’s genuine love rejuvenates Violetta’s health until Alfredo’s father […]
Macbeth – 2019
Giuseppe Verdi Macbeth November 15, 2019 Based on the famous Shakespearean tragedy, Verdi’s Macbeth follows the rise to power of an increasingly paranoid Scottish general and the bloody prophesies steering his fate. After receiving glimpses of the future, Macbeth embarks on a murderous path to the throne, urged on by his wife’s unscrupulous ambition. Losing […]
Madama Butterfly – 2018
Giacomo Puccini Madama Butterfly November 16, 2018 The story of a young Japanese geisha, clinging to the idea that her relationship with a visiting American naval officer is loving and permanent. The opera will be beautifully sung in Italian. Marian Vogel, who has starred in OWR’s productions of La Bohème and Tosca, returns to sing […]