🎉 Happy birthday to baritone Keith Phares! We’ve loved welcoming Keith to the Toledo Opera stage in South Pacific, Cinderella, and The Merry Widow. This season, he returns as Captain Corcoran in H.M.S. Pinafore! ⚓ 🎟️ Catch him Feb. 19 & 21: toledoopera.org

🌎🎶 What connects us? #OperaConnects! This World Opera Day, we’re celebrating how opera brings people together. ❤️

🎂🎶 Happy birthday to former Toledo Opera Resident Artist Emily Cotten! We loved having the mezzo-soprano as part of our 2024–25 season. Join us in wishing Emily a wonderful birthday and a year full of music and success! 💐

⚓ From ancient Egypt to the high seas! Thank you for joining us for Aida. ❤️ Next, we set sail with Gilbert & Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore, full of witty satire, mistaken identities & nautical nonsense! 📅 Feb. 19 & 21, 2027 🎟️ toledoopera.org

📻 Tune in today at 2 p.m. to WGTE FM 91’s Afternoon Classics for a preview of Aida with Brendan Boyle, Kevin Bylsma, Adam Turner & Linda Brovsky! 🎶 Listen live or catch the recording online, then see Aida Oct. 16 & 18 at the Valentine Theatre. 🎟️ toledoopera.org

🎬 Meet Scene Setter Brittany Shaw (@broadcastbrittanyshaw)! ✨ From Toledo’s unexpected charm to Aida’s stunning wardrobe, Brittany brings a little razzle dazzle to our behind-the-scenes coverage. Follow along for her take on Toledo Opera! 🎭

🎭 One week until Aida! Thursday’s final room run brought the cast and creative team one step closer to the Valentine Theatre stage. Next stop: opening night! 📅 Oct. 16 & 18 🎟️ Tickets: toledoopera.org

✨ “I have a special place in my heart for this opera and this role.” Nmon Ford returns to Aida as Amonasro for his Toledo Opera debut. Read his conversation with Asia Nail in The Truth Reporter about the opera that first sparked his love of the art form. Aida: Oct. 16 & 18

🐷🏠 What happens when three little pigs meet Mozart? 🎶 Find out at our FREE Family Opera On Wheels! 📅 Nov. 8 | 4 p.m. 📍 Epworth United Methodist Church 🎟️ FREE & open to all! Stick around after the show for refreshments & a meet-and-greet with the artists. 🎭

Join us Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. for Opera Cabaret, an intimate evening of music with Resident Artists and members of the Toledo Opera Chorus, hosted by Artistic Director Kevin Bylsma. 📍 Toledo Opera Offices 🎟️ Free & open to the public 🥂 Refreshments provided

Start your Sunday with brunch at Carranor Hunt & Polo Club before heading to the Valentine Theatre for the Oct. 18 matinee. ✨ Oct. 18 | 11:30 a.m. 📍 Carranor Hunt & Polo Club 🎟️ $75 Space is limited. Call Tina at 419-874-4292 to reserve.

We’re thrilled to welcome an incredible team of dancers to Toledo for Aida. With experience spanning the Met, Broadway, ballet, tours, film, and TV, they’re bringing plenty of artistry and energy to Verdi’s epic masterpiece. 🎭 Aida | Oct. 16 & 18 📍 Valentine Theatre

✨ The scale of Aida is coming into focus. With every rehearsal, more voices, movement, and people fill the room; and Verdi’s world grows larger. A glimpse from Saturday’s staging rehearsal. 🎭🏺 See Aida Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. & Oct. 18 at 2 p.m. 🎟️

🎂 Happy Birthday to soprano Sarah Rachel Bacani! We’re sending birthday wishes to Sarah, who spent two seasons as a Toledo Opera Resident Artist. We’re grateful for the artistry and beautiful music she shared with our company and audiences. 💙 Wishing you all the best, Sarah!

🎉 Happy Birthday, Joshua Jeremiah! 🎂 We’re wishing a very happy birthday to Joshua, who most recently joined Toledo Opera as Escamillo in Carmen! He first made his Toledo Opera debut as Tateh in Ragtime. Wishing you a wonderful year ahead, Joshua!

📚🎶 Happy World Teachers’ Day! Today, we celebrate the teachers, educators, youth leaders & teaching artists who help young people experience the power of opera. From preschool through college, their work opens doors to music, theater, history & storytelling. ❤️ Thank you!

🍸🎭 What a night! Thanks to everyone who joined us for Get Into the Spirit of Opera: Aida Edition! 🎉 Congrats to our signature cocktail drawing winner! Aida-inspired cocktails remain at @toledospirits through Oct. 16, with a portion of proceeds benefiting Toledo Opera. 💙

✨ Make opening night an experience. Aida All Access includes: 🥂 Operatizer 🚌 Round-trip transportation 🎭 Aida 🥂 Afterglow with the cast & creative team Oct. 16 | 5:30 PM–midnight Toledo Club | $100 🎟️ toledoopera.org

🎭✨ The pieces are coming together. Our Aida cast and creative team are deep in staging rehearsals, bringing Verdi’s epic drama to life one scene at a time. 👀 Opening night is almost here! Oct. 16 & 18 | Valentine Theatre 🎟️ toledoopera.org