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Spotlight on Opera

This informative series features an engaging array of invited experts (including conductors, directors, and designers) and performances by our Gerdine Young Artists.  Programs held at the Ethical Society at 9001 Clayton Road (63117) on select Mondays at 7:30 pm, during May.  Tickets for the full series are just $30 (for all four sessions). Click here for more information.

A Little Lunch Music

These three free Monday noontime concerts present performances by the artists featured in main season productions.  Click here for more information.

Special thanks to media sponsor St. Louis Beacon.

Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story Film Screening

Tuesday, June 11, 7pm
A story of violence, love, sex, politics, and media centered around the life of Griffith, a three-time world welterweight champ and a two-time world middleweight champ. Followed by a talk by musician and composer Terence Blanchard. Click here for more information.



Whitaker Music Festival, featuring performance by Terence Blanchard

Wednesday, June 12, 7:30 – 9pm
Birds singing in the warm, rose-scented evenings signal it’s time for the summer Whitaker Music Festival. The open-air festival presents free Wednesday evening concerts under the stars every June through August. Click here for more information.

Grace Hill Whitaker Urban Evening Series, featuring a performance by Terence Blanchard

Thursday, June 13, 7 – 9pm
Don’t miss this free family event at St. Louis Place Park (at Rauschenbach Avenue and St. Louis Avenue), featuring a performance by Terence Blanchard. Click here for more information.

John D. Levy Master Classes

Each year renowned artists share insights with Opera Theatre’s Gerdine Young Artists.  Click here for more information.