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Box Office Update
There are just 10 performances left in the 37th Festival Season...If you haven't ordered tickets yet, you're about to miss out! Call the Box Office right away at (515) 961-6221.
Below is a list of show dates and seating sections that are still available:
July 1--Section A1 is available
July 3--Sections A1, A and B are available
July 4--All sections are available
July 7--All sections are available
July 8--Section A1 is available
July 11--All sections are available
Don't despair if your preferred date or section is not available! Call our Box Office at (515) 961-6221 now to be placed on the waiting list. We often have subscribers who wish to exchange their tickets for another date, or patrons who must release their tickets due to an unavoidable conflict, and we can often find seats for those on the waiting list. If your preferred date is on the list above, DON'T WAIT! Order your tickets right away by phone at (515) 961-6221. Want to order your tickets online? Use the links below!
Click here to order tickets for Tosca.
Click here to order tickets for Der Freischütz.
Click here to order tickets for The Barber of Seville.
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AAP One-Act Operas
Thursday, July 2, 7:00 pm at the Des Moines Social Club
Members of DMMO's James Collier Apprentice Artist Program will perform two one-act operas on July 2 at 7:00pm at the Des Moines Social Club (located at 1408 Locust Street in downtown Des Moines). The performance is free, but reservations are required, due to limited seating. Click here to make your reservations.
Continuing with the concept of further exploration into other works written by two of our mainstage composer's, this season's offerings include Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Schicchi (the final opera of his Il Trittico) and Carl Maria von Weber's Abu Hassan.
Gianni Schicchi is a well known operatic comedy and represents one of the few forays Puccini made into lighther repertory. One of the most successful and hilarious of operatic comedies, the piece is based on a story that is referred to in Dante's The Divine Comedy and is best known for the soprano aria, "O mio babbino caro," which has been featured in a number of movies and other works. The opera will be performed in English.
Abu Hassan is an opera in one act by Carl Maria von Weber to a libretto by Franz Hiemer, based on a story in A Thousand and One Nights. It was composed around 1811 and features set numbers with both recitative and spoken dialogue. The piece is occassionally performed in concert but rarely staged. Set in Baghdad, this domestic comedy tells the story of the heavily-in-debt Abu Hassan and his wife Fatime, who pretend to be dead in order to deal with Omar, the moneylender, who is eventually tricked and sent to prison by the Caliph.
Parking at the One-Act Operas will be available on the street and in the Nationwide parking ramp at 12th & Walnut Streets.
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