Grammy Award-winning composer and Tulsa Opera Artistic Director Tobias Picker’s sixth opera, Awakenings, made its world premiere at Opera Theatre of St. Louis earlier this month. Adapted into a libretto by Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and neuroradiologist...
To celebrate Black History Month, we’re taking a look at Oklahoma’s own opera legend Leona Mitchell. Grammy Award-winning and Oklahoma State Cultural Ambassador Leona Mitchell’s long and storied career has taken her to famous opera houses all over...
From The Guardian: “‘This opens doors’: Trans woman to play Don Giovanni in a first for US opera. Casting of Lucia Lucas marks first time a professional US company has hired a trans person to sing the lead in standard work.” Lucia Lucas, the...
Tulsa Opera has the joy of bringing back Christine Taylor Price to a story she took part in as a child. Christine is a native of Tulsa and – as a member of Tulsa Youth Opera – sang in the Children’s Chorus in the 2006 production of The Little Prince....
For 70 years, Tulsa – known for its windswept parries and gushing oil wells, has had another precious resource. Despite its size and location, Tulsa would become the home to a premier opera company. Through its 70 years, Tulsa Opera has consistently been at the...
