Opera Orlando celebrates turning ten this season with a dynamite lineup of opera favorites and Company remounts, back by popular demand. The 2025-26 10th Anniversary season features three original productions On the MainStage in Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, and A Decade of Divas, a one-night-only concert with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra also in Steinmetz Hall. Opera Orlando brings back All is Calm: the Christmas Truce of 1914, presented in partnership with Orlando Family Stage, and The Secret River, presented in partnership with Mead Botanical Garden, along with the Company’s annual Summer Concert Series and The Mozart Dinner. Season packages for the Opera’s Dr. Phillips Center productions start at just $89, and subscribers can save up to $50 with season launch pricing through July 4.
“It’s time to party! And from what I hear, no one parties quite like the Opera,” shares Opera Orlando general director Gabriel Preisser. “Each production this season is a look back and a look forward for the Company, celebrating our past and highlighting continued artistic and organizational growth for years to come.”
Opera Orlando has experienced exponential growth since its first season in 2016, launching from a modest $250,000 budget to now over $3 million while staying fiscally solvent, building cash reserves, and creating an endowment fund thanks to angel donor Helen Hall Leon. The Company started with only two productions per season at the Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater, to now producing three large-scale operas at Steinmetz Hall, one of the top-rated venues in the world, along with a site-specific production, a touring production in the schools, and a community-focused production each season. Additionally, the Opera presents multiple concerts, education programs, and other auxiliary events throughout the season, and our 10th Anniversary season even has some extra surprises in store.
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OPERA ORLANDO IN CONCERT: SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
Sundays | August 10, 17, 24, 2025 at 2 p.m.
University Club of Winter Park
Enjoy an entertaining and diverse selection of songs, arias, and duets from artists featured throughout the Opera’s 10th Anniversary season, including a return of The 3 Baritones and the Opera Orlando debuts of soprano Bizhou Chang and tenor Brendan J. Boyle. Pre- and post-show receptions with wine, appetizers, and desserts included. Summer Concert Series subscriptions on sale HERE. Individual tickets on sale June 20.
OPERA ON THE MAINSTAGE | LA BOHÈME
music by Giacomo Puccini and libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
sung in Italian with English and Spanish supertitles
Friday | October 3, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday | October 5, 2025 at 2 p.m.
Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
This production is graciously supported by AdventHealth.
A star-studded cast takes the stage as Puccini’s lovesick, young bohemians in this original production that transports the action from Paris, France to the “Paris of the east,” Shanghai during the 1930s. La Bohème is the definitive depiction of the joys and sorrows of love and loss. Enjoy Puccini’s glorious music at the world-renowned Steinmetz Hall and see the opera that has inspired multiple generations over its 130 year existence, while also serving as the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Rent.
Conductor Allan R. Scott makes his Company debut leading the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra in the pit. The cast features soprano Bizhou Chang as Mimì, tenor Yi Li as Rodolfo, baritone SeungHyeon Baek as Marcello, mezzo-soprano Ruoxi Bian as Musetta, and the Opera Orlando Studio Artists, Chorus, and Youth Company. La Bohème has a run time of 2 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission. Part of Opera Orlando’s On the MainStage series, subscriptions on sale HERE.
OPERA IN THE TRENCHES | ALL IS CALM: the Christmas Truce of 1914
written by Peter Rothstein with vocal arrangements by Erick Lichte and Timothy C. Takach
sung a cappella in English with English dialogue
Friday | December 12, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday | December 13, 2025 at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday | December 14, 2025 at 2 p.m.
Universal Orlando Foundation Theatre at Orlando Family Stage
A German soldier steps into No Man’s Land to sing “Stille Nacht (Silent Night),” which began an extraordinary and unprecedented night of music, acceptance, and peace. Back by popular demand, Opera Orlando is thrilled to remount one of its most beloved productions at Orlando Family Stage. This community-centered production serves as a lead up and preview to the MainStage version of the same story, Silent Night. All Is Calm performances will be presented FREE for the community. Full details on how to RSVP and secure tickets to be released soon.
THE MOZART DINNER: 10 years of Opera in Orlando
Saturday | January 31, 2026 at 6 p.m.
Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Enjoy an evening unlike any other in Orlando with an intimate candlelit dinner on stage in Steinmetz Hall, serenaded by a spectacular slate of singers and hosted by Mozart himself. Take a look back on and celebrate Opera Orlando’s ten-year history with opera and musical theater favorites, all to raise money for the Company’s future programming. This event will sell out. To purchase a table, please contact GPreisser@OperaOrlando.org.
OPERA ON THE MAINSTAGE | SILENT NIGHT
music by Kevin Puts and libretto by Mark Campbell
sung in multiple languages with English and Spanish supertitles
Friday | February 6, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday | February 8, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Silent Night recounts a miraculous moment of peace during one of the bloodiest wars in human history. Scottish, French, and German officers defied their superiors and negotiated a Christmas Eve truce. This powerful work underscores the yearning, despair, and hope of the soldiers living in the trenches. Silent Night masterfully juxtaposes the bombastic sounds of war with serene songs from home. It stands as a heartfelt hymn to humanity.
Opera Orlando presents a brand new production of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work featuring a stellar cast led by Grammy Award winner Gabriel Preisser and internationally-acclaimed soprano Julia Radosz with Robert Wood conducting the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra in the pit. Silent Night has a run time of 2 hours and 20 minutes with one intermission. Part of Opera Orlando’s On the MainStage series, subscriptions on sale HERE.
OPERA ON SITE | THE SECRET RIVER
music by Stella Sung and libretto by Mark Campbell
adapted from the book The Secret River by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
with illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon
commissioned by Opera Orlando
sung in English and presented outdoors
Friday | March 6, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday | March 7, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Grove Stage at Mead Botanical Garden
Opera Orlando presented the world premiere of The Secret River in 2021 as the Company’s first commission and remounts the work this season on site at Mead Botanical Garden. This one-act chamber opera is set in Central Florida during the Great Depression and follows the journey of Calpurnia, a young, intelligent girl with a robust imagination, as she searches for a secret river to help her family and small town. This story for all ages demonstrates the power of trusting one’s imagination and caring for the community.
Directed by Ayòfémi Demps, who is making their Company debut, this production will feature puppetry from the world premiere, originally designed by Michelee Puppets, dancers from Inez Patricia School of Dance and the Opera Orlando Youth Company. Tickets on sale soon with special family ticket pricing available.
OPERA ON THE MAINSTAGE | THE MERRY WIDOW
music by Franz Lehár and libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein
sung in English with English dialogue and English and Spanish supertitles
Friday | April 24, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday | April 26, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Opera Orlando’s new production of The Merry Widow offers a taste of old-world glamour, catchy melodies, and of course, the can-can with an acclaimed cast led by soprano Sarah Joy Miller in the title role, joined by her husband, tenor David Miller as Camille. Ms. Miller was recently featured in the HBO series The Gilded Age, and her husband is part of the internationally-renowned group Il Divo. Conductor Noam Aviel returns to Orlando to lead the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra in the pit. The production also features dancers from the Orlando Ballet and Opera Orlando Studio Artists and Chorus. The Merry Widow has a run time of 2 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission. Part of Opera Orlando’s On the MainStage series, subscriptions on sale HERE.
OPERA ORLANDO IN CONCERT | A DECADE OF DIVAS
Saturday | May 16, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Celebrate the end of Opera Orlando’s 10th Anniversary Season with stars from the Opera’s past nine seasons singing your favorite opera and Broadway hits along with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and the Opera Orlando Chorus and Youth Company. This one-night-only concert will have the audience singing and partying along with selections from Rigoletto, The Magic Flute, La Traviata, Carousel, Les Misérables, and much, much more. Featured artists include sopranos Cecilia Violetta López, Marnie Breckenridge, Bridgette Gan, and Jamie Chamberlain, mezzo-soprano Amanda Crider, and tenors Nathan Granner and Brian Cheney. A Decade of Divas runs approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes with no intermission. This concert can be added to the On the MainStage series subscription and also includes optional VIP packages that include a pre-show reception and an after party at the Citrus Club called A Toast! A Toast! A Toast! Subscriptions on sale HERE.
Opera on the MainStage subscriptions start at $89 and are on sale through the Dr. Phillips Center’s Bill & Mary Darden Box Office (445 S. Magnolia Avenue, Orlando), online at www.DrPhillipsCenter.org, or by calling (407) 358-6603. Take advantage of special season launch pricing available through July 4 that includes a 10% discount on A Decade of Divas when added to the subscription package.
See YOU at the Opera!
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About Opera Orlando: Celebrating, expanding, and sharing the world’s greatest art form, the 2025-26 season marks Opera Orlando’s 10th Anniversary season of producing high-quality operatic entertainment and educational programs that engage Central Florida audiences.
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