The Baltimore Opera is encouraging a younger audience through discount tickets and exciting programming of less performed works mixed with the standard repertoire.
Company Name: Baltimore Opera
Website Address: www.baltimoreopera.com/
General Director: Michael Harrison
2006-07 Season:
- The Siege of Corinth, Rossini
- Nabucco, Verdi
- The Bartered Bride, Smetana
- Tosca, Puccini
2007-08 Season:
- La Forza del Destino, Verdi
- Maria Stuarda, Donizetti
- Romeo et Juliette, Gounod
- Madama Butterfly, Puccini
Where to get tickets:
- Box Office phone: 410-727-6000
- Box Office Hours: Monday-Friday: 10am – 5pm
- Ticket prices $45-$117 for weeknights; $50-$127 for weekends
- Season tickets available
- Student Rush tickets (with valid student ID) $22 balcony tickets, 1 hour before curtain.
- Extreme Opera Program for young adults age 18-25, $45 includes opera tickets for 2 performances and discount tickets at $20 for best available seats, 1 hour before curtain.
- Performances are at the Lyric Opera House; 110 W. Mt. Royal Ave, Suite 306; Baltimore, MD 21201-5732
Fast Facts:
- Can’t sing, but still want to get involved at the opera? Baltimore Opera Supers (BOPS) is a volunteer support group dedicated to assisting the Baltimore Opera Company. The cool things they get to do include: helping audience members at performances, meeting artists at the airport, operating a backstage canteen at all rehearsals and performances, serve as light walkers in lighting rehearsals, and appear on stage as supernumeraries (non-singing extras) in opera productions.
- The opera company hosts free pre-performance lectures before every mainstage performance.
- The Baltimore Opera’s outreach program, Opera to Go, is quite extensive, offering a variety of shows for grades K-12.
- A limited number of dress rehearsal passes are offered to students for each performance.
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