OPERA RAPS
Opera Raps are lively and entertaining talks featuring guest artists and opera experts who bring opera stories, excerpts, and behind-the-scenes insights leading up to each Cincinnati Opera Summer Festival season. These delightful and informative experiences will enlighten, engage, and excite both the opera-curious and the seasoned opera lover alike. FREE and open to the public. Reservations required.
Dates for Opera Raps 2025 will be announced in early 2025.
Opera Raps to Go
Can’t join us in person? Enjoy Opera Raps to Go! These bite-sized, virtual reincarnations of our long-running Opera Raps lecture series were served up in 2019 and 2020. Click below and engage with the incredible variety of inspiration that powers our art form.
Liz Grubow, Cincinnati Opera Board Chair
Board Chair Liz Grubow's affiliation with Cincinnati Opera stretches back four decades, to a time when her design firm LPK began branding work for the Opera. In our newest Opera Raps to Go, hear Liz's powerful story and how opera kept her family's spirits alive during difficult times.
Bass Morris Robinson, Cincinnati Opera Artistic Advisor
Cincinnati Opera Artistic Advisor Morris Robinson reflects on what opera means to him, and how, at the age of 30, he discovered that his bass voice is perfect for opera.
Harry Fath, Past Board President
In this episode, we speak with philanthropist and past Cincinnati Opera Board of Trustees president Harry Fath, whose story begins with a 50¢ standing-room-only ticket to Rigoletto.
Chris Milligan, General Director & CEO
Find out how Cincinnati Opera’s General Director and CEO Chris Milligan first fall in love with opera, and which opera breaks his heart every time.
Soprano Adrienne Danrich
In our first few episodes, we’ll connect with opera lovers, opera professionals, and opera artists to hear how they came to love the art form. First up: soprano Adrienne Danrich!