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The Detroit Opera House is now configured with seating for an audience of 2,700. Since 1996, the opera house has annually hosted five opera productions, five dance productions from touring companies, and a variety of other musical and comedy events. [2] The Opera House is featured prominently in the 2012 documentary Detropia.
The opera company staged most of its productions here through the 1984 season. [7] Restoration efforts began in 1973 and continued for several years. In 1974, the venue was renamed the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts. [3] It is the only remaining venue in Detroit constructed to present live performances. [8]
Next to the Detroit Opera House is the restored 1,700-seat Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts (1928) at 350 Madison Avenue, designed by William Kapp and developed by Matilda Dodge Wilson. The Detroit Institute of Arts contains the renovated 1,150-seat Detroit Film Theatre .
Detroit Opera’s staging takes the characters from their original 1853 setting to the early 20th century to take a progressive look at gender relations and society’s changing views about women.
Ben Taylor (Jan), Kiera Duffy (Bess) and Elizabeth Van Os (Mrs. McNeill) rehearse for Detroit Opera’s performances of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek's "Breaking the Waves" on April 6, 12 and 14.
Ballet and Bono will come together on the Detroit Opera House stage when Complexions Contemporary Ballet returns to the city Dec. 7 and 8. ... 1426 Broadway St., Detroit. Tickets start at $30 and ...
Metropolitan Opera Live in HD (also known as The Met: Live in HD) is a series of live opera performances transmitted in high-definition video via satellite from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City to select venues, primarily movie theaters, in the United States and other parts of the world.
Left to right: Soprano Kisma Jordan, dancer Biba Bell, and baritone Rolfe Dauz perform in John Cage’s Europera 3, presented by Detroit Opera at the Gem Theatre, directed by Yuval Sharon, March 8 ...