Opera Theater
For over twenty years our mission has been to raise the quality and awareness of opera in the local Tucson and surrounding borderland area and throughout the state of Arizona.
The Opera Theater program promotes opera as a living and essential art form; opera provokes, thrills and transforms human lives through its unique combination of music and storytelling.
The Opera Theater program is committed to diverse programming including production of new and contemporary works; works in English and in Spanish; standard repertory; and the essential re-imagining of operatic works for the stage.
The Opera Theater program encourages the development of young opera artists as well as cultivating opera enthusiasts of the future. The Opera Theater program builds community to ensure the success of our students, as they become opera practitioners, teachers and leaders of the future.
Opera Theater Events
University of Arizona Opera Theater Presents
Cosi fan tutte
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Set in the 1980’s in the downtown rock and roll scene, two bachelors bet their girlfriends’ loyalty can withstand the temptation of their absence. They return, disguised as suspiciously flamboyant rock stars. The girlfriends, guided by a scheming maid, start falling for the “new” suitors quickly.
What follows is a series of crazy situations until finally they all learn that love is hard, trickery will destroy you and Mozart/DaPonte were a pair of comic geniuses.
Student Night at the Opera (free)
7pm Wednesday April 9, 2025
To reserve your seats and get a show study guide, please contact cynthiastokes@arizona.edu
Ticketed Performances
7:30 Friday April 11, 2025 • BUY TICKETS
3:00 Sunday April 13, 2025 • BUY TICKETS
Crowder Hall 1017 N. Olive Road Tucson, AZ 85721
Tickets: $20, 15, 10
Box office: 520.621.3341
boxoffice@arizona.edu
Faculty
Cynthia S Stokes
Associate Professor
Associate Professor, Applied Intercultural Arts Research - GIDP
Endowed Chair, Amelia T Rieman
cynthiastokes@arizona.edu
Music Bldg, Room 229
520-626-0322
Thomas Cockrell
Professor, Music
Director, Orchestral Activities
Endowed Chair, Nelson Riddle-Music
cockrell@arizona.edu
Music Bldg, Room 153
520-621-7028
