A new home for opera
A new opera series is forming in Detroit amid the rapidly growing divide between contemporary and traditional opera lovers, and is throwing down the gauntlet for old-school opera with a classic favorite and an all-star cast.
Detroit’s Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, Oct. 24, announced the launch of its new Classic Opera Series, which will premiere Feb. 28, 2026, with a one-night-only concert production of "Turandot," starring three of the world’s preeminent operatic talents: Limmie Pulliam, Latonia Moore, and Detroit resident Christine Goerke.
Puccini’s 1926 tale of love, passion, power, determination and triumph of the human spirit in the face of challenges will, in this performance, include the famed aria "Nessun Dorma" and will feature a newly commissioned, 40-piece reduction of the original arrangements by David Karp, making it a world premiere orchestration.