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June 3, 2020 – Arts United STL Raises $350,000 for Artist Relief Fund
May 11, 2020 — Announcing "Arts United STL" Benefit Concert for the Regional Arts Commission’s Artist Relief Fund
April 7, 2020 — Opera Theatre Cancels 2020 Festival Season Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
February 6, 2020 — Opera Theatre Receives $45 Million Bequest from Life Board Member Phyllis Brissenden
November 6, 2019 – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Ends Fiscal Year 2019 with Expanded Audience and Increased Fundraising
August 21, 2019 – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Appoints New Managing Director of Advancement and Director of Marketing and Public Relations
August 1, 2019 – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Announces New Members of Artistic Leadership Team
May 21, 2019 – Opera Theatre Announces 2020 Season Repertory
March 24, 2019 – Opera Theatre Inaugurates 2019 Festival Season on May 11 with Annual Spring Gala
March 14, 2019 – World Premiere of Tobias Picker and Aryeh Lev Stollman’s Awakenings to Continue New Works, Bold Voices Series in 2020
March 12, 2019 – Opera Theatre’s Artists-in-Training Program continues with the partnership of Bayer Fund: Annual Spring Recital will be held April 14
February 20, 2019 – Opera Tastings Series Returns to Venues Across St. Louis
February 7, 2019 – 10th Annual Sing for Siteman Concert
February 4, 2019 – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Announces Final Casting for the 2019 Festival Season
February 4, 2019 – World Premiere of Terence Blanchard and Kasi Lemmon’s Fire Shut Up in my Bones, based on memoir by Charles Blow, to continue New Works, Bold Voices Series in 2019
January 17, 2019 – Opera Theatre’s Monsanto Artists-in-Training Annual Winter Recital to Be Held on January 20
January 16, 2019 – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Announces High School Composers Workshop THE LAB in Partnership with Terence Blanchard, Lamar Harris, and Jazz St. Louis
January 10, 2019 – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Announces Young Artists for the 2019 Festival Season
December 19, 2018 – Opera Theatre Hosts 24th Annual Wine & Beer Tasting on February 8
December 17, 2018 – Spring Community Tours Announced with Composer/Musician Terence Blanchard and Filmmaker/Librettist Kasi Lemmons
November 29, 2018 – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis's Efforts to Reach Younger, More Diverse Audiences Explored in Written and Video Accounts
November 16, 2018 – Opera Theatre Closes 2018 Fiscal Year Exceeding Both Ticket and Fundraising Goals
November 9, 2018 – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis will host Annual Holiday Celebration on Sunday, December 9
October 3, 2018 – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Announces Representation and Responsibility, a New Four-Part Series of Community Conversations
September 20, 2018 – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis's Opera on the GO! Returns with 20-School Tour and Sensory Friendly Performance
September 20, 2018 – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Announced Among Recipients of Grant from the Monsanto Fund
June 18, 2018 – In Final Week of 2018 Festival Season, Opera Theatre Reports Growth in Audience, Subscription Revenue, and Contributions
June 11, 2018 – OPERA America Announces Details for Opera Conference 2018: Lifting Many Voices
May 16, 2018 – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Announces 2019 Festival Season Repertory
May 12, 2018 – Opera Theatre's "Tweet Seats" Returns for its Sixth Season
April 10, 2018 – Soprano Laura Wilde Announced as the 6th Winner of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis's Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Prize
April 6, 2018 – Andrew Jorgensen Named Fourth General Director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
March 29, 2018 – Opera Theatre Inaugurates 2018 Festival Season on May 12 with a Gala Honoring General Director Timothy O'Leary
February 22, 2018 – 2018 Opera Tastings Series Brings Unique Pairings of Music, Food, and Drink to Venues across St. Louis and from Central Missouri to Edwardsville, Illinois March 9–20, 2018
February 6, 2018 – Opera Theatre to Present World Premiere of New Opera by Terence Blachard and Kasi Lemmons, Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Based on Memoir by Charles Blow, in 2019
February 6, 2018 – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Announces Productions and Final Casting for the 2018 Festival Season
February 6, 2018 – World Premiere Full-Length Opera, An American Soldier, by Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang to Continue Opera Theatre's New Works, Bold Voices Series in 2018
January 12, 2018 – Opera Theatre Hosts the 23rd Annual Wine & Beer Tasting on February 9
January 11, 2018 – Opera Theatre's Monsanto Artists-in-Training Program Annual Winter Recital To Be Held on January 14
December 20, 2017 – Composer Huang Ruo and Librettist David Henry Hwang to make St. Louis Appearances January 25–29 to Discuss World Premiere of An American Soldier
December 12, 2017 – $250,000 challenge gift from Cathy & Jim Berges and Noémi & Michael Neidorff to support the 2018 Spring Gala in honor of Timothy O'Leary
November 20, 2017 – Holidays at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis: Gift Packages, Caroling, and Annual Holiday Celebration Ring in the Season
November 16, 2017 – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis will host Annual Holiday Celebration on Sunday, December 10
November 8, 2017 – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Partners with The Big Muddy Dance Company for 2018 Production of Gluck's Orfeo & Euridice
November 7, 2017 – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis 2017 Fiscal Year Closes with New Records in Fundraising and Endowment Support
October 21, 2017 – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis's Opera on the GO! Returns October 23–November 3 With Performance of Mozart's The Magic Flute