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Enthralling Stories. Exhilarating Music. Exquisite Singing.

2026-2027 Season Announcement!

Coming this Fall, our 28th season brings LIGHTS, LOVE, DRAMA, and, as always Exquisite Singing to Las Vegas! Tickets will be available soon, and in the meantime, we'll see you at the unmissable closer of our current 27th season, Leoncavallo's stirring masterpiece, Pagliacci.

A New Chapter.

Welcome to Opera Las Vegas’s 2025–26 Season!

As I step into my first season as General Director and CEO, I’m thrilled to invite you on a journey of bold storytelling, timeless music, and unforgettable performances. From Mozart’s beloved Le Nozze di Figaro to the emotional intensity of I Pagliacci—starring acclaimed tenor Ben Gulley—this season celebrates opera’s power to move, connect, and inspire.

We’re also spreading holiday cheer with a joyful double bill: Amahl and the Night Visitors and the playful Four Lost Santas. Every production, concert and event this season reflects the beauty, diversity, and vitality of the world around us.

Join us for a season full of possibility, passion, and the magic of live opera. The future of Opera Las Vegas begins now—and we’re so glad you’re part of it.

Cecilia Violetta López
General Director & CEO of Opera Las Vegas

Las Vegas Philharmonic

Continuing partnership and collaboration

Opera Las Vegas is pleased to continue its partnership with the Las Vegas Philharmonic during the 2025-2026 season.

Las Vegas audiences will be able to hear the incredible musicians from the Philharmonic performing this season in the pit for several of OLV’s productions.

We look forward to welcoming audiences to these performances and encourage everyone to also attend the full season of the Philharmonic.

Information available at: https://lvphil.org

Opera Las Vegas Youth Chorus

Young voices take the stage

Opera Las Vegas's youth chorus performing in its 2022 production of "Tosca".

The Opera Las Vegas Youth Chorus was founded in 2017 in collaboration with Thurman White Academy under the direction of Athena Mertes, and made their first appearances in the touring fairy tale opera, John Davies' Pinocchio.

In the fall of that year, they were the animals on the ark in Benjamin Britten's Noah's Flood, with full orchestra. Since then, more fairy tale opera tours ensued to entertain young families with opera-inspired stories like Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, and The Bremen Town Musicians. The group twice participated in Humperdinck's classic, Hansel and Gretel, and were on stage with Metropolitan Opera stars in 2022 Main Stage production of Puccini's Tosca.

Opera Las Vegas is committed to equity and diversity.

Diversity Statement

Critics are raving!

From first-rate lead characters, clever staging, and a delightful women’s ensemble, this production was highly entertaining and enjoyable.

Opera Today

Of Opera Las Vegas's production of Donizetti's "Elixir of Love."

Photo by Richard Brusky

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Opera Las Vegas Announces Incoming Murray Opera Studio Artists

Opera Las Vegas is proud to announce soprano Nina Mutalifu and baritone Isaac Herrera as the incoming OLV/UNLV Studio Artists and members of the Murray Opera Studio for the 2026–27 season.

Developed in partnership with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the OLV/UNLV Studio Artist Program is designed to support the next generation of operatic talent through mainstage performance opportunities, mentorship, education, and community engagement throughout the Las Vegas Valley.

Nina Mutalifu

Soprano

New York–based Uyghur soprano Nina Mutalifu has been praised by Opera News for her “shimmering lyric soprano voice of fine quality.” Her concert appearances have brought her to prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Kaufman Music Center, and Opera America. She made her Carnegie Hall debut after winning the 2019 Talents of the World International Voice Competition.

Her operatic credits include the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro, Alice Ford in Falstaff, Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, Lisa in The Queen of Spades, and Sieglinde in Die Walküre. Additional repertoire includes Rusalka, Don Giovanni, Carmen, and Die Zauberflöte. She has also participated in the Aspen Music Festival, the Georg Solti Accademia, Opera Fuoco Baroque Music Festival, and the Renata Scotto Opera Program.

Isaac Herrera

Baritone

Mexican baritone Isaac Herrera has been recognized for his rich vocal timbre, commanding stage presence, and emotionally compelling performances. His operatic credits include Lescaut in Manon, Escamillo, Morales, and Le Dancaïre in Carmen, Dr. Rappaccini in Daniel Catán’s Rappaccini’s Daughter, and Rodrigo in the Mexican opera by Melesio Morales.

Isaac Herrera, a slim young Mexican man with short hair, a mustache, and a goatee, smiles gently while wearing a button-down collared shirt.

He has appeared as a soloist with the Orquesta Filarmónica del Desierto in Carmina Burana, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Sonora in Messiah, and with the Orquesta Sinfónica UANL and Orquesta de Sinaloa de las Artes in gala performances. Herrera is a former member of MOS Mexico Opera Studio, the Alfonso Ortiz Tirado Opera Workshop (TAOT), and the Taller de Ópera de Sinaloa (TAOS).

As OLV/UNLV Studio Artists and members of the Murray Opera Studio, Nina Mutalifu and Isaac Herrera will perform roles throughout Opera Las Vegas’s 2026–27 season while also participating in the company’s expanding educational and community engagement initiatives across the Las Vegas Valley.

Both artists will continue their studies at UNLV under the instruction of Alfonse Anderson, with Nina pursuing her DMA in Vocal Performance and Isaac pursuing his Master’s degree in Vocal Performance.

Opera Las Vegas is thrilled to welcome these two exceptional artists to the company and to the Murray Opera Studio, and we look forward to sharing their artistry with audiences throughout the upcoming season.