Opera Memphis

During this initial period the Metropolitan Opera Company toured regularly through the area and performed in Memphis two to three times per year.

By the mid-1970s, Opera Memphis began bringing in well-known singers like Leontyne Price, Beverly Sills, Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes, and Birgit Nilsson to perform in lead roles.

Opera Memphis is widely respected for its education and outreach programs, which currently reach over 25,000 children and adults per season.

In March 2004, the company completed a very successful $7.3 million capital drive for the creation and construction of the Clark Opera Memphis Center in East Memphis, a 19,000 square foot administrative center, which includes a rehearsal hall, small performance space, costume shop and small props shop.

[1][2] The company premiered his completely a cappella opera A Midsummer Night's Dream in 2011 at Playhouse on the Square,[3][4][5] and Albany Records released the CD of the production in 2014.