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Songs My Mother Taught Me celebrates all the mother figures in our lives with all the (musical) trappings of a Mother’s Day done right: breakfast in bed, flowers, mimosas, and gorgeous poetic odes to the caretakers who raised us. With composers ranging from J.S. Bach and W.A. Mozart to Amy Beach and Jake Heggie, this concert featuring your favorite local artists is sure to delight and tug at the heartstrings in equal measure.

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Songs My Mother Taught Me in Concert

Kentucky Opera

This hilarious one-act operatic comedy by Derrick Wang explores the unlikely friendship between U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia. Their shared love of opera and humor sealed their bond as friends.

Scalia/Ginsburg

Christmas Eve 1914, a lone soldier stepped out of the trenches singing Stille Nacht. This a cappella opera, sung in English, shares the stories of soldiers along the Western Front in the spontaneous Christmas Truce of World War I.

All is Calm

Kentucky Opera Center for Cultural Health

Celebrate Maestro Muspratt’s 25th anniversary season with a concert full of his favorite Italian pieces. From the soaring drama of Cavalleria Rusticana to the sweeping grandeur of Pines of Rome, this program brings Italy’s most beloved music to life. Tenor Jesse Donner lends his powerful voice to favorites like Nessun dorma, O sole Mio and Funiculì, Funiculà, while the orchestra shines in the lush beauty of Cinema Paradiso and Mendelssohn’s vibrant Italian Symphony. Music about Italy, music written by Italians, and even a little Sinatra too! It’s going to be one big party!

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Jesse Donner

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Past events

May 10, 2026

Songs My Mother Taught Me in Concert · Kentucky Opera

10 - 17 Apr, 2026

Scalia/Ginsburg · Kentucky Opera

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Antonin Scalia in Scalia/Ginsburg by Wang

Kentucky Opera

Singer in Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni

Northwest Indiana Symphony

Singer in Songs My Mother Taught Me by

Kentucky Opera

Singer in All is Calm by Takach

Kentucky Opera

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