Name: Opera à la Carte 2025
Start: 2025-09-06T17:00:00
Location: TBA

Nathan Stark

Tori Adams

Chris Mosz

Bianca Orsi

Roman Guzman

Opera Modesto

Rusalka is a spellbinding Czech opera by Antonín Dvořák, based in part on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid. It has many similarities with the Disney variation on the story, paired with a tragic ending. The story tells the tale of a water nymph who trades her ethereal voice for a human form to win the love of a prince. When her dream turns into rejection, betrayal and tragedy follow. The opera’s most unforgettable moment is the haunting aria “Song to the Moon”, where Rusalka pleads with the moon to carry her love to the prince.  With themes of forbidden love and sacrifice, paired with profoundly beautiful music, Rusalka is a dark fairy tale steeped in magic, longing, and tragedy.  In Czech with English supertitles.  Join us to experience a fateful love that awakens from the depths of a forest lake.

Rusalka

Gallo Center for the Arts

Opera Modesto presents “The Elixir of Love” by Donizetti, set in The Cowboy Capital of the World in the 1800’s.  The story follows Nemorino, a shy ranch hand in love with Adina, a tough, independent ranch owner. She’s more interested in Belcore, an arrogant but charming rodeo star. Desperate, Nemorino buys a “love potion” from the traveling snake oil salesman Dr. Dulcamara, hoping it will win her heart. As Nemorino signs up to be in the traveling rodeo, Adina finally notices his sincere, quiet charm. In the end, it’s Nemorino’s true character—not the potion—that wins her love. Love, comedy, beautiful music and the wild west all rolled into one, in this charming updated production.  In Italian with English supertitles. Saddle up for love and laughs!

The Elixir of Love

This concert combines vocal soloists and instrumentalists of all ages, as they celebrate the many cultural backgrounds in the great Central Valley and beyond, while telling personal stories about the relevance of the music and languages in their own lives.

Around the World Concert 2025

Prospect Theater Project

Now in its second year, this exciting event by Opera Modesto raises essential funds for innovative youth programs like the Summer Opera Institute—empowering young artists through training, mentorship, and performance opportunities in the heart of California’s Central Valley.