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Heroes is streaming until December 31!
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Home Cooked Heroes Artwork: Julio Nieves
Home Cooked Heroes: The Film
Music by Ms. Lotus Fankh   |   Libretto by Brit Nicole
Direction and Videography by Samer Ghani
The old statues have been pulled down. What new figures will take their place? This October, the indie companies of the Decameron Opera Coalition return to your favorite small screen with Heroes: seven world premiere opera short films presented in three episodes.

Learn more about Home Cooked Heroes here!
"A celebration of the idealism of a restaurant that uses fresh, healthy,
​locally-grown ingredients to bring meals and people together."
~Russ Bickerstaff, The Small Stage
All tickets $15
Order Online!
One ticket gives you On Demand access to all three Heroes episodes through the end of the year!
Only one ticket per computer/household required.
Check out our Home Cooked Heroes trailer, courtesy of Samer Ghani!

The Aria Project continues!

Superstar Soprano Nicole McCarty performs "Porgi amor" from Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro
Directed by Catie O'Donnell

From Nicole...
"When thinking about this video and how the pandemic has impacted me, the first thing that came to mind was masks and how difficult it is to sing with them on. It sometimes feels like all of the progress I've made as a singer goes out the window, and all of my focus is on making sure that I'm still able to get enough air. Even so, I can't really complain because I've still been afforded performance opportunities, and I've managed to stay healthy (knock on wood).
This time has been a struggle for many, and I wanted to show what it can be like when preparing for a performance with a mask. When you're in the moment, it's frustrating, but when you have a chance to think about it, you're able to find some parts of the experience humorous." ​
And in case you missed it,
check out the previous installments
of The Aria Project here!

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And next month on
The Aria Project...
Intrepid Soprano
​Alexandra Kassouf
​tackles "Mi chiamano Mimì"
from Puccini's La bohème

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Can’t wait to see you inside, outside and online!

Explore the rest of our Season!
The Aria Project
Ongoing (Virtual)
Eight beloved local artists use iconic arias to share something about their personal pandemic experiences.  We’ll deliver one aria to your inbox, free each month, ​from October to May.
Featuring the talents of
Austin Bare, Colleen Brooks, Cecilia Davis, Allison Hull,
Alexandra Kassouf, Nicole McCarty, Adam Qutaishat,
and Nathan Wesselowski!
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Preludes
Spring 2022 (Live/Indoor)
​Music, Book, and Lyrics by Dave Malloy
We (finally) unite with All In Productions to present Preludes, a musical fantasia set in the mind of Sergei Rachmaninoff.  Delving into the composer’s troubled psyche, Preludes deftly blends the classical and contemporary in a meditation on ambition, failure, and lilacs.
L'Orfeo
Spring 2022 (Live/Indoor)
Sponsored by Jan Serr and John Shannon
Music by Claudio Monteverdi   |  Libretto by Alessandro Striggio
English Translation by Danny Brylow and Joseph Krohlow
We close our season with a co-production of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, partnering with Aperi Animam to commission and perform a new English translation of this masterpiece of early opera, now fully realized with lights, staging, costumes, ​the whole shebang!
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Plus ten monthly Voice Labs!
Voice Lab dates coming soon!  We'll start out virtual and switch to in-person as soon as it's safe.
Graphic Design: Andrea Klohn

Our season was supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board
with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Our Mission

We are Milwaukee’s micro-brewery for opera, proudly producing small batches of high quality, local lyric theatre.
​​We tell stories through music...unconventionally.
Milwaukee Opera Theatre is a registered 501(c)(3) organization.
Mailing Address:
Milwaukee Opera Theatre
PO Box 182 
​
Elm Grove, WI 53122
Jill Anna Ponasik
Producing Artistic Director 
Daniel J. Brylow
Company Manager
​dbrylow@gmail.com
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