Calendar of Events: September 27-October 4

Although Operatober officially begins on October 1, you can get your Pre-Operatober Game on with these beautiful events! Scroll down to view.

Great Lakes Region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Ontario, Wisconsin)

(Ohio)
WHEN: September 27, 2025, 10:00 AM
WHAT: Toledo Opera presents “Carmen in Motion: a Spanish Dance Experience with Rosa Mercedes.”
WHERE: Toledo School of the Arts, 7713, 333 14th St # 4, Toledo, OH 43604
HOW: Click Here to Order Tickets Online
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(Ohio)
WHEN: September 30, 2025, 5:30 PM EST
WHAT: Toledo Opera presents “Unmasking Carmen: Artistry, Identity, & Interpretation.”
WHERE: 1717 Adams St, Toledo, OH 43604
HOW: More information at Opera Toledo’s website: https://www.toledoopera.org/resources/toledo-opera-events-calendar/
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(Ohio)
WHEN: October 1, 2025, 11:30 AM EST
WHAT: The Toledo Opera Guild Luncheon.
WHERE: Highlands Meadow Golf Club, 7455 Erie St, Sylvania, OH 43560
HOW: More information at Opera Toledo’s website:  https://www.toledoopera.org/resources/toledo-opera-events-calendar/
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Gulf/Southeast (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina)

(Alabama)
WHEN: October 1, 2025, 7:30 PM CST; October 2, 7:30 PM; October 5, 3:00 PM CST
WHAT: The University of Alabama Opera Theatre presents Gilbert and Sullivan’s Cox and Box, and Dan Shore’s The Beautiful Bridegroom.
Cox and Box: Sergeant Bouncer, an old soldier, has a scheme to get double rent from a single room. By day he lets it to Mr. Box (a printer who is out all night) and by night to Mr. Cox (a hatter who works all day). His plan works well until Mr. Cox is, unexpectedly, given a day’s holiday and the two lodgers meet. Left alone while Bouncer sorts out another room, they discover they share more than the same bed. Cox is engaged to the widow Penelope Ann Wiggins – a fate that Box escaped by faking his death. When news arrives that Penelope was lost at sea, the men’s cordial relationship turns into a comical battle for an inheritance, disinheritance, and a curious twist of fate.

The Beautiful Bridegroom, a one-act comic opera for six women, has been hailed as “a little masterpiece” by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Del Tredici. Based on an 18th-century play by Ludvig Holberg, this Mozart pastiche tells the story of a widow who has been searching for a young husband – not for her two marriageable daughters, but for herself.

WHERE: Bryant-Jordan Hall, 285 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
HOW: Free
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Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia)

(Tennessee)
WHEN: September 27, 2025, 3:00 PM EST; September 28, 2025, 3:00 PM EST
WHAT: Chattanooga Symphony and Opera presents The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Made possible by the City of Chattanooga, the Family Concert Series brings classic children’s books every child should read with classical music every child should hear. This concert’s story is The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Los Tres Chivitos). Doors will open one hour early for pre-concert activities that includes an instrument petting zoo and interactive, story-related craft making. 

Each 45-minute show begins with a mini-concert performed by CSO’s top musicians and then progresses into a magical storybook performance with live narration (Spanish narration is provided at performances of Three Billy Goats Gruff by Semillas TN). At the end of each performance families are welcome to stay for a brief puppet meet and greet with Playful Evolving Monsters. Each family will receive a copy of the book to take home and enjoy again and again.

WHERE: Chester Frost Park Pavilion, 7989 Causeway Rd, Hixson, TN
HOW: Free, but registration is appreciated. Register here- https://chattanoogasymphony.org/events/genre/family/
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North Central (Iowa, Manitoba, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan)

Events TBA

Northeast (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Vermont)

Events TBA

Northwest (Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)

Events TBA

South Central (Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas)

(Oklahoma)
WHEN: September 29, 2025, 6:00 PM CST
WHAT: The Guild of Tulsa Opera presents “Biga Italian Dinner.”
JOIN US for Wine! Dine! Song! The Guild of Tulsa Opera’s Biga Italian Dinner!

Enjoy fabulous food by acclaimed Chef Tuck Curren, wine pairings, and live performances from the talented Filstrup Resident Artists.
Enter the Raffle for a chance to win a $100 gift card to Duet Restaurant & Bar, a modern American restaurant + jazz club in the Tulsa Arts District. Funds raised will benefit Tulsa Opera’s Songs by Heart Program.

Seating is limited and this fun event sells out every year! Reserve your seat today before they’re all gone.
WHERE: Biga Italian Restaurant, 4329 S Peoria Ave Tulsa, OK
HOW: $100 per person. Register online here https://tgoto.org/events/biga-2025/
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Southwest (Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah)

(Arizona)
WHEN: September 27-October 4, 2025
WHAT: Arizona Opera presents Héctor Armienta’s Zorro.
A whirlwind of action and romance blazes across the stage in ZORRO.

Trained in secret, Diego de la Vega returns home to a land ruled by oppression—and rises as Zorro, the masked swashbuckling defender of the people. Passions ignite and swords clash when he must battle corrupt power, confront lost love, and spark a revolution.
Performed in English and Spanish, the iconic masked avenger is reimagined in a gripping new crowd-pleasing opera that fuses soaring Puccini-inspired melodies with a Latin flair, a revolutionary spirit, and swords ablaze.

WHERE: Phoenix and Tuscon, AZ (view link below for more details)
HOW: Order tickets online https://azopera.org/performances/zorro
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