Detroit Opera

Countertenor Key’mon Murrah, who stars in the title role of Xerxes, chats with Detroit Opera’s Andrea Scobie and Arthur White about this role and how gospel music informs his opera performance.

OperaHERE: Aida by Detroit Opera

The opening night pre-opera talk for Detroit Opera's FAUST features Director Lileana Blain-Cruz and Movement Director Raja Feather Kelly; moderated by Director of External Affairs Arthur White, and Director of Education Andrea Scobie.

Hosts Arthur White and Andrea Scobie talk all things Faust and interviews baritone Babatunde Akinboboye

Artistic Director Yuval Sharon chats with Director of Education Andrea Scobie and Director of External Affairs Arthur White about realizing the retro-futuristic opera production of The Valkyries with Richard Wagner's "music of the future".

Detroit Opera's Andrea Scobie and Arthur White introduce Yuval Sharon and Christine Goerke for an inside look at The Valkyries, a new production which combines live performance and a projected digital environment, bringing Wagner’s fantastical world to vivid life as you’ve never seen before.

Listen to Yuval Sharon, Artistic Director of Detroit Opera, before the opening night performance as he welcomed composer Anthony Davis , librettist Thulani Davis, and story author Christopher Davis for an inside look at the creation and evolution of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.

Detroit Opera's Andrea Scobie and Arthur White discuss the company's upcoming production of La bohème, and welcome the production's two leading ladies: Brandie Inez Sutton (Musetta) and Marlen Nahhas (Mimi).

MOT’s Andrea Scobie and Arthur White discuss the company's upcoming production of Frida, and welcome two special guests: the opera's composer, Robert Xavier Rodriguez, and Catalina Cuervo, who will be reprising her signature role of Frida.

OperaHERE: Bliss by Detroit Opera