Opera

Treble Trouble is a hero's tale of how Princess Poco saved the land of Melodia from perpetual silence — and teaching a few lessons along the way.

A modernized version of the Gilbert and Sullivan 1879 operetta kicks off MIOpera's new partnership with the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts. A previously-planned July run of "Romeo and Juliet" has been postponed until next February.

You might not think opera and the #MeToo movement have much in common, but MIOpera director Tracy Koch says the latest production of "Carmen" is about a woman who takes control of her own life. WGLT stopped by a rehearsal to talk to Koch and learn more about opera's sultriest leading lady.

MIOpera had great success earlier this year with a live production of the "The Barber of Seville," a classic comic opera. Now, the company that brings a sometimes hard-to-find artform to Bloomington-Normal is putting on Guiseppe Verdi's "La Traviata," a very different work.

"The Barber of Seville" has been popular for 300 years give or take. The play was in 1775. Mozart did it and then Rossini did it in 1814. Now, MIOpera is doing it in Bloomington-Normal on Aug. 7 at Heartland Community College's Astroth auditorium.

A central Illinois opera singer has won a prestigious singing competition.Kate Tombaugh topped 155 other mezzo-sopranos in the Mildred C. Miller…

If music be the food of love, play on... There’s music, food and love in abundance at MIOpera’s latest event: Musical Delights on Tap. Hosted by Destihl…

Set sail this Thursday, Aug. 1, as Prairie Fire Theatre opens Gilbert and Sullivan’s “HMS Pinafore” at Community Players Theatre.This comic opera parodies…

The Midwest Institute of Opera is gearing up for the 2018 season with pirates on the prowl and the love lessons of a poet.Opening July 22 and running…