Des Moines Metro Opera

Des Moines Metro Opera is an American opera company based in Indianola, Iowa, which lies some 19 km (12 mi) south of Des Moines, Iowa.

[2] During its annual summer festival, the company typically performs three mainstage operas in rolling repertory during June and July.

[citation needed] In 1986 the company presented a new opera based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, with music by Lee Hoiby and a libretto by Mark Shulgasser.

[4] The company's first performance of an opera in a language other than English was Tosca in 1998, at the Civic Center in Des Moines.

[5] Singers who had their start with the company include Kimm Julian.