While the idea of a summer opera festival located in the Gateway City may not sound like the most obvious idea, it’s a setting that has proven extraordinarily fruitful. Every May and June since 1976, ...

Opera Theater of St. Louis and Jazz St. Louis have commissioned an opera by Terence Blanchard based on the life of the boxer Emile Griffith, whose battering of Benny Paret in 1962 resulted in Paret’s ...

This spring, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis kicks off its landmark 50th anniversary season, a golden milestone celebrating five decades of storytelling, innovation, and community. Founded in 1976, OTSL ...

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ New Works Collective is not your grandmother’s opera about a dying French courtesan. New Works not only reinvents opera, New Works is the future of opera. For its second ...

Krysty Swann and Meroë Khalia Adeeb starred in “On My Mind” at the 2024 New Works Collective. Entering its 50th season, Opera Theatre of St. Louis has showcased 44 world premieres, including perhaps ...

ST. LOUIS — Opera Theatre of Saint Louis General Director Andrew Jorgensen and opera singer Jermaine Smith discuss OTSL’s two nominations at the 2025 International Opera Awards, the “Oscars of the ...

Opera Theatre of St. Louis Celebrated 50 years in 2025 with a production of Don Pasquale. Opera Theatre of St. Louis Celebrated 50 years in 2025 with a production of Don Pasquale. This show was also ...

Ricky Ian Gordon and Lynn Nottage tell the story of three generations in a Harlem home. Enter a second Nottage generation, her daughter, on the creative team. By Anastasia Tsioulcas Patricia Racette, ...