Shows
Yule Tide Songs and Carols
Lutheran Church of Madison—Madison, CT—Saturday December 12, 2026 Once again, celebrate the magic of the holiday season when Opera Theater of Connecticut reprises Yule Tide Songs and Carols concert, a heartwarming event for the whole family, designed to capture the spirit of togetherness and joy. Again this year, our ensemble of talented performers will bring…
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The Morgan School—Clinton, CT—August 8 and 9, 2026Both performances at 3:00PM The general admission tickets are $65 for adults, $60.00 for seniors, and $30.00 for children under 18.CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR TICKETS Thrill to the soaring music of the story of Puccini’s heroine of the Arts in this enduring and memorable opera, illuminating the…
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Opera Talk tickets are $5.00. To order your tickets, click here. Opera Theater features Opera Talk, an informal, informative talk about the evening’s opera and composer by Artistic Director Alan Mann, starting an hour and a half before each performance, in the theater itself. Experience the passion and intrigue of Puccini’s Tosca in a dynamic 30-minute lecture.…
Read MoreWine, Women, and Song 2025
Join us on Sunday, June 22, 2025, starting at 5:00PM, of one of our most popular events, Wine, Women, and Song. Celebrate them in a lovely concert of arias, duets, and ensembles dedicated to the appreciation of wine, women, and, certainly, love! Combine this with an entertaining wine tasting and you have an unforgettable event.This event has grown to become…
Read MoreMelodies of Spring
On Sunday, May 4, 2025, we present Melodies of Spring, a concert celebrating spring, love, and glorious music. The concert begins at 4PM at the beautiful Lutheran Church of Madison. Eric Trudel will accompany the ensemble of professional singers performing a variety of opera, operetta, and musical theater pieces. OTC Artistic Director Alan Mann will…
Read MoreKander and Ebb: Razzle Dazzle and All That Jazz
To start our Ruby Anniversary Season, we return to the Sanibel Music Festival with a concert conceived and created by Artistic Director Alan Mann, titled Kander and Ebb; Razzle Dazzle and All That Jazz on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. The Festival itself returns to Sanibel Island after presenting its past two seasons in nearby Fort…
Read MoreOpera Talk—Verdi: The Opera Composer Who Revolutionized Opera and Unified a Nation
On Saturday, November 9, 2024, 11:00 AM at the Essex Library, Mann will talk about Giuseppe Verdi. Verdi was a leading Italian composer of opera in the 19th century, noted for operas such as Rigoletto (1851), Il trovatore (1853), La traviata (1853), Don Carlos (1867), Aida (1871), Otello (1887), and Falstaff (1893) and for his Requiem Mass (1874). Mann will illuminate the artistic and musical imagination of this profound man whose vision not…
Read MoreCelebrating Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim is described by Frank Rich of The New York Times as “the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American music theater.” Celebrate Sondheim’s amazing and brilliant career with Opera Theater of Connecticut and a group of first-rate professional singers through an exciting selection of moving pieces from his acclaimed and insightful shows,…
Read MoreWINE, WOMEN, AND SONG
We are pleased to announce the return, on Sunday, June 9, 2024, starting at 5:00PM, of one of our most popular events, Wine, Women, and Song. Celebrate them in a lovely concert of arias, duets, and ensembles dedicated to the appreciation of wine, women, and, certainly, love! Combine this with an entertaining wine tasting and…
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