Detroit Opera – known until 2022 as Michigan Opera Theatre – was founded in 1971 by David DiChiera and is the leading opera company of the state of Michigan. Its home, the Detroit Opera House, is a theatre built in 1922 and lavishly restored in 1996, its reopening regarded as a symbol of Detroit's cultural renewal. The company maintains grand repertoire and presents visiting ballet, and under new leadership has embraced an emphatically forward-looking, director-driven profile. As a cultural anchor of the city, Detroit Opera combines operatic tradition with the renewal spirit of the "Motor City".
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Founded in 1971 by David DiChiera; the Detroit Opera House, restored in 1996, became a symbol of the city's renewal.
At a glance
- Type
- Opera house
- Location
- Detroit, USA
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