Des Moines Metro Opera Announces 2021 Festival With Health And Safety Protocols
Des Moines Metro Opera has announced three major health and safety initiatives to allow live opera to safely return to the stage this summer.by BWW News Desk
Des Moines Metro Opera has unveiled the repertory for its 2021 Summer Festival Season alongside detailed health and safety protocols the organization has implemented to ensure a safe return to the stage this summer for artists, audiences, and all who interact with DMMO.
The 2021 Summer Festival Season, which runs July 2 through July 25, features mainstage performances of Stephen Sondheim s Tony Award-winning musical thriller Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky s haunting drama, The Queen of Spades, and Jean-Philippe Rameau s cheeky Baroque comedy Platée, as well as Gregory Spears s and Greg Pierce s Fellow Travelers and The John Holiday Experience, a special concert featuring countertenor John Holiday, as par
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