Spotlight on Opera

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Voices After Dark

Spotlight on Opera is Tulsa Opera’s artistic entrepreneurship and training program designed for aspiring artists aged 15 and up.

Students spend five intensive weeks in Tulsa honing their craft with role study, performance experiences, and a unique curriculum designed to meet each artist where they are and provide a transformational experience that will boost their artistry to the next level.

Spotlight expands Tulsa Opera’s educational programming to include high school to post-graduate students and provide them with a vital step in their journey to becoming professional artists, teachers, technical theater professionals, conductors, and coach pianists.

The curriculum includes 1:1 voice lessons, musical and dramatic coachings, and career consultations; classes in acting, diction, the Business of Singing, Development/Fundraising, special topics, and the Audition Makeover Masterclass. Spend the summer honing your artistic skills, adding to your resume, and building your business!

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Acts of Passion: An Evening of Verdi

Join Spotlight on Opera’s distinguished teaching artists as they welcome the 2026 participants with a concert and reception.

STARRING
Megan Barth Argo
Maestro Aaron Beck
Gwendolyn Brown
Machele Miller Dill
Whitney Hollis
Felix Jarrar
Nicholas Simpson
Andrew Stuckey
Cindy Sadler
Kara Shay Thomson
Lori Decter Wright

Baden Hall at The Laven Sowell Opera Center

1610 S. Boulder Ave., Tulsa, OK 74119
Get Directions

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Acts of Passion: An Evening of Verdi

Spotlight teaching artists and participants unite for a riveting evening of selections from Verdi’s greatest compositions, including excerpts from Rigoletto, Falstaff, La traviata, MacBeth, Il trovatore, the Verdi Requiem, and more.

Conducted by
Felix Jarrar

Chorus prepared by
Dottie Randall

Pianists
Megan Barth Argo
Maestro Aaron Beck

CAST
Teaching Artists
Kara Shay Thomson, soprano
Gwendolyn Brown, contralto
Cindy Sadler, contralto
Nicholas Simpson, tenor
Andrew Stuckey, baritone
Matthew Treviño, bass

SOPRANOS
Amanda Britt
Jessica Broaddus
Sabrina Cohn
Faith Dengate
Lila Frazier
Jonel LaTorre
Jenn Liebig
Melody Prater
Jessi Rhinehart
Lauren Stokke
Dalena Williamson
Genevieve Young

MEZZOS
Amelia DeCoster

TENORS
Kyle Gallien
Joshua Ross
Nathan Rothe

BARITONES
Orest Dutko
Kirkland Fenerty

Baden Hall at The Laven Sowell Opera Center

1610 S. Boulder Ave., Tulsa, OK 74119
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Goldie B. Locks and the Three Singing Bears

Tuesday, July 28, 2026
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM & 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Hardesty Regional Library, 8316 E. 93rd St., Tulsa, OK 74133
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Thursday, July 30, 2026
10:00 – 10:30 AM

Central Downtown Library, 400 Civic Center, Tulsa, OK 74103
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Friday, July 31, 2026
10:00 – 10:30 AM

Discovery Lab, 3123 Riverside Dr., Tulsa, OK 74105
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When bug-loving Goldie gets lost while chasing butterflies, she meets the musical Bear family and has to make a tough decision about whether to keep a secret or risk making her new friends mad by confessing to being the sneaky robber who ate their dinner!

Directed by
Nicholas Simpson

Music Director and Pianist
Whitney Hollis

Goldie B. Locks
Lila Frazier, Melody Prater

Peek
Joshua Ross

Mama Bear
Sabrina Cohn

Papa Bear
Kyle Gallien

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Aria Extravaganza Concert

Music Director and Pianist
Aaron Beck

CAST
Amanda Britt
Jessica Broaddus
Sabrina Cohn
Amelia DeCoster
Faith Dengate
Orest Dutko
Kyle Gallien
Kirkland Fenerty
Lila Frazier
Jonel LaTorre
Jenn Liebig
Melody Prater
Jessi Rhinehart
Josh Ross
Nathan Rothe
Lauren Stokke
Dalena Williamson
Genevieve Young

Holliman Center at Trinity Woods

4134 E. 31st St., Tulsa, OK 74135
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Music Director and Pianist
Aaron Beck

CAST
Amanda Britt
Jessica Broaddus
Sabrina Cohn
Amelia DeCoster
Faith Dengate
Orest Dutko
Kyle Gallien
Kirkland Fenerty
Lila Frazier
Jonel LaTorre
Jenn Liebig
Melody Prater
Jessi Rhinehart
Josh Ross
Nathan Rothe
Lauren Stokke
Dalena Williamson
Genevieve Young

College Hill Presbyterian Church

712 S. Columbia Ave., Tulsa, OK 74104
Get Directions

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The Magic Flute concert and film at c Circle Cinema

Music Director
Megan Barth Argo

Pianist
Felix Jarrar

Pamina
Lauren Stokke

Papageno
Kirkland Fenerty

Queen of the Night
Jonel LaTorre

Sarastro
Chris Jenkins

Papagena
Jessica Broaddus

Circle Cinema

10 S Lewis Ave., Tulsa, OK 74104
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Famed Swedish director Ingmar Berman’s childhood enchantment with The Magic Flute led to his award-winning 1975 film version, hailed by critics as a “blissful present, a model of how opera can be filmed.” Featuring a pre-screening concert by Spotlight on Opera cast members.

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The Magic Flute

and

Baden Hall at The Laven Sowell Opera Center

1610 S. Boulder Ave., Tulsa, OK 74119
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Directed by
Cindy Sadler
Conducted by
Megan Barth Argo
Chorus prepared by
Dottie Randall
Principal Pianist
Felix Jarrar
CAST
Pamina
Lauren Stokke
Tamino
Namarea Randolph-Yosea
Papageno
Kirkland Fenerty
Queen of the Night
Jonel LaTorre
Sarastro /
Speaker of the Temple
Chris Jenkins
Papagena
Dalena Williamson
First Lady
Amanda Britt
Second Lady
Jenn Liebig
Third Lady
Amelia de Coster
Monostatos
Nathan Rothe
First Priest /
First Armored Man
Kyle Gallien
Second Priest /
Second Armored Man
Joshua Ross
Third Priest
Genevieve Young
First Slave
Orest Dutko
Second Slave
Sabrina Cohn
Third Slave
Genevieve Young

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Hansel and Gretel


The traditional Grimm fairytale comes to life in this charming children’s opera that the whole family will enjoy. When an exasperated Mother sends Hansel and Gretel into the woods to pick strawberries, the hungry children get lost and then discover a magical cottage made of candy! There’s just one catch: a wicked Witch who wants to eat them. Fully staged and costumed. Sung in English with piano.

Directed by
Machele Miller Dill

Conducted by
Felix Jarrar

Chorus prepared by
Dottie Randall

Principal Pianist
Whitney Hollis

CAST
Hansel
Amelia DeCoster

Gretel
Faith Dengate

Witch
Jessi Rhinehart

Peter (Father)
Kirkland Fenerty

Gertrude (Mother)
Amanda Britt

Sandman
Jessica Broaddus

Dew Fairy
Dalena Williamson

Baden Hall at The Laven Sowell Opera Center

1610 S. Boulder Ave., Tulsa, OK 74119
Get Directions

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Pay your tuition deposit and installment payments here.

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Pay your tuition in full here.

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