Name: Coffee with the Creatives of Rappaccini’s Daughter
Start: 2025-09-10T12:00:00
Location: Ohio Theatre

Richard Ollarsaba

Rolando Salazar

Brandon McKnight

Gerardo Encinas

Opera Columbus

For more than 250 years, Handel’s Messiah has been a joyfully participatory tradition—and this December, Opera Columbus invites you to sing along in the most Columbus way possible. Join us for an immersive Messiah Sing-Along popping up in your favorite local breweries and cafés across the city. Raise a glass, lift your voice, and experience Handel’s timeless masterpiece infused with laughter, warmth, and community. Equal parts reverent and revelatory, this spirited holiday favorite adds an extra dose of sparkle, connection, and cheer to the season.

Messiah Sing-along

King Arts Complex

The Girl of the Golden West (La fanciulla del West) drops you straight into a rough-and-tumble Gold Rush mining camp where fortunes are chased, guns are loaded, and hope is a dangerous thing. Powered by some of Puccini’s most cinematic, emotionally charged music, the score surges with sweeping romance, tension, and raw intensity. 

When the mysterious Dick Johnson rides into town, Minnie dares to imagine a life beyond the barroom. But Johnson is hiding a dangerous secret, and when his true identity as an outlaw is revealed, everything ignites. With Sheriff Jack Rance closing in and the camp on edge, Minnie is forced to play for the highest stakes of her life: love versus the law, mercy versus vengeance. One audacious gamble will decide who walks free… and who doesn’t.

The Girl of the Golden West

The Westin Great Southern Columbus

Based on the novel by Stephen King, The Shining brings audiences inside the Overlook Hotel as the Torrance family becomes trapped by snow, isolation, and the hotel’s malevolent history. Danny’s sixth sense exposes horrors long buried, while Jack’s struggle with his past turns increasingly dangerous. Wendy refuses to give up without a fight. With a haunting score by Paul Moravec and libretto by Mark Campbell, this opera transforms King’s psychological thriller into a powerful family drama – unnerving, emotional, and impossible to look away from.

The Shining

Palace Theatre 

The Cooper-Bing is an internationally recognized vocal competition that has celebrated and supported emerging young artists in opera. Dubbed “The Olympics of Opera”, this competition encourages talent, creates artistic opportunity, and helps welcome the next generation into the professional opera community. Five finalists compete for the grand prize of $10,000!

The Cooper-Bing Competition 2027

Join us in-person for a FREE Q&A with the creatives of Rappaccini's Daughter. They will share all of the backstage "tea" and insider knowledge while we enjoy coffee and sweets.