UK Opera Events

Nov 25 2024 | 4:30 - 5:30pm

Undergrad Opera Workshop Performance

Get on the Train or Step Aside!

Arias and duets from late 20th and early 21st century operas

Schmidt Vocal Arts Center
Free
Sun, Dec 15 2024, 2:30 - 3:30pm

Featuring the UK Opera Theatre and Friends

We invite you to help make the 2024 Celebration of Song, presented by Alltech and friends, the most magical one yet.

Alltech’s annual holiday gift to the community since 2006, Celebration of Song features the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre and winners of the Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition. The event is complimentary and open to the public, showcasing the sounds of the season…

Alltech Arena
Kentucky Horse Park
Free
Sun, Dec 15 2024, 5 - 6pm

Featuring the UK Opera Theatre and Friends

We invite you to help make the 2024 Celebration of Song, presented by Alltech and friends, the most magical one yet.

Alltech’s annual holiday gift to the community since 2006, Celebration of Song features the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre and winners of the Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition. The event is complimentary and open to the public, showcasing the sounds of the season…

Alltech Arena
Kentucky Horse Park
Free
Fri, Mar 7 2025, 7:30 - 9:30pm

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre presents

SANCTUARY ROAD by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and librettist Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell, following the writings of the real life “Father of the Underground Railroad”, William Still. 

This stunningly beautiful and emotional opera relives the telling of enslaved peoples’ journeys to freedom, as they recount their tales to Still, who documented their stories and helped them…

Lexington Opera House
$18-$58+ ticketing fees
Sat, Mar 8 2025, 7:30 - 9:30pm

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre presents

SANCTUARY ROAD by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and librettist Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell, following the writings of the real life “Father of the Underground Railroad”, William Still. 

This stunningly beautiful and emotional opera relives the telling of enslaved peoples’ journeys to freedom, as they recount their tales to Still, who documented their stories and helped them…

Lexington Opera House
$18-$58+ ticketing fees
Sun, Mar 9 2025, 2 - 4pm

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre presents

SANCTUARY ROAD by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and librettist Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell, following the writings of the real life “Father of the Underground Railroad”, William Still. 

This stunningly beautiful and emotional opera relives the telling of enslaved peoples’ journeys to freedom, as they recount their tales to Still, who documented their stories and helped them…

Lexington Opera House
$18-$58+ ticketing fees
Thu, Mar 13 2025, 7 - 9pm

By Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell, premiered in 2022, this oratorio follows the experiences of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island on a single day in 1921.

Singletary Recital Hall
Free
Fri, Jun 13 2025, 7:30 - 9:30pm

UK Opera Theatre's annual It's a Grand Night for Singing! is a popular musical revue featuring the best of Broadway's past and present, starring more than 100 UK Opera Theatre and community performers. In 2017, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Grand Night and won an Emmy for the KET broadcast of the production.

What can you expect from Grand Night? A little of everything! From large dance numbers to…

Singletary Concert Hall
Ticketed
Sat, Jun 14 2025, 2 - 4pm

UK Opera Theatre's annual It's a Grand Night for Singing! is a popular musical revue featuring the best of Broadway's past and present, starring more than 100 UK Opera Theatre and community performers. In 2017, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Grand Night and won an Emmy for the KET broadcast of the production.

What can you expect from Grand Night? A little of everything! From large dance numbers to…

Singletary Concert Hall
Ticketed
Sun, Jun 15 2025, 6 - 8pm

UK Opera Theatre's annual It's a Grand Night for Singing! is a popular musical revue featuring the best of Broadway's past and present, starring more than 100 UK Opera Theatre and community performers. In 2017, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Grand Night and won an Emmy for the KET broadcast of the production.

What can you expect from Grand Night? A little of everything! From large dance numbers to…

Singletary Concert Hall
Ticketed
Fri, Jun 20 2025, 7:30 - 9:30pm

UK Opera Theatre's annual It's a Grand Night for Singing! is a popular musical revue featuring the best of Broadway's past and present, starring more than 100 UK Opera Theatre and community performers. In 2017, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Grand Night and won an Emmy for the KET broadcast of the production.

What can you expect from Grand Night? A little of everything! From large dance numbers to…

Singletary Concert Hall
Ticketed
Sat, Jun 21 2025, 7:30 - 9:30pm

UK Opera Theatre's annual It's a Grand Night for Singing! is a popular musical revue featuring the best of Broadway's past and present, starring more than 100 UK Opera Theatre and community performers. In 2017, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Grand Night and won an Emmy for the KET broadcast of the production.

What can you expect from Grand Night? A little of everything! From large dance numbers to…

Singletary Concert Hall
Ticketed
Sun, Jun 22 2025, 2 - 4pm

UK Opera Theatre's annual It's a Grand Night for Singing! is a popular musical revue featuring the best of Broadway's past and present, starring more than 100 UK Opera Theatre and community performers. In 2017, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Grand Night and won an Emmy for the KET broadcast of the production.

What can you expect from Grand Night? A little of everything! From large dance numbers to…

Singletary Concert Hall
Ticketed