Five professional vocalists in the OPERA Iowa troupe will perform in Ames on Sunday, which will be followed by a meet and greet reception. The Ames chapter of the Des Moines Metro Opera Guild is ...

The Opera Iowa Troupe will perform a free showing of "The Billy Goats Gruff" at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at the Ames Public Library. Opera Iowa is bringing its lively, kid-friendly production of ...

Music education is vital to a well-rounded student’s learning, and Des Moines Metro Opera’s OPERA Iowa program is filling the need to introduce this musical genre to students. Opera is part of the ...

The storied opera singing career of Simon Estes, the baritone-bass from Centerville who broke barriers as an international performer beginning in the 1960s, will come to an end in his home state in ...

In honor of the Des Moines Metro Opera’s 50th anniversary, the company is hosting Estes’ final operatic performance. The show is planned for July, where the Des Moines Metro Opera will present the ...

The drama of love and longing often can only be conveyed through the extravagance of opera, and the University of Iowa’s production of “L’amico Fritz” by Pietro Mascagni brought the lives of ...

Around 1,500 opera houses dotted small towns around Iowa in the late-19th century. Now, some 300 remain and native Iowan Sam Knutson wants to keep that tradition alive with the help of local musicians ...

One of the few remaining historic opera houses in Iowa will hold its first big event tonight following the facility’s grand reopening in early April. De Heaton is the program director at the Corning ...