The Kennedy Center - Opera House
The Kennedy Center - Opera House
2700 F Street, NW Washington DC 20566- Phone:
- 202-467-4600
- Website:
- http://www.kennedy-center.org/about/virtual_tou...
- Capacity:
- 2300
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Past Events on Goldstar
Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor at The Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $105.00 - $180.00
- Our Price:
- $52.50 - $108.00
Gaetano Donizetti's operatic adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's chilling novel The Bride of Lammermoor is a dark psychological drama that tells the story of Lucia, a young woman from the Scottish moors, whose... Learn More.
Washington National Opera Presents Puccini's Tosca
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $105.00 - $195.00
- Our Price:
- $63.00 - $117.00
Washington National Opera presents Puccini's powerful masterpiece, Tosca, starring soprano Patricia Racette, tenor Frank Porretta, and DC favorite bass-baritone Alan Held. Plácido Domingo conducts this... Learn More.
CHINA-USA: A Celebration of Music at Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00
CHINA-USA: A Celebration of Music features Chinese orchestral music, excerpts from contemporary Chinese operas that have won fans around the world, and pieces by composers from other countries that have... Learn More.
The World-Famous Royal Danish Ballet Comes to the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $49.00 - $76.00
- Our Price:
- $24.50 - $38.00
One of the world's oldest and most respected ballet companies makes a rare appearance at the Kennedy Center. Under the artistic direction of Nikolaj Hübbe, the Royal Danish Ballet is trained in the... Learn More.
Ballet Nacional de Cuba at The Kennedy Center's Opera House
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $49.00 - $72.00
- Our Price:
- $24.50 - $36.00
Ballet Nacional de Cuba will perform The Magic of Dance, a program that was received with great praise last year while on tour through England. This collection of ballet highlights spanning the classical... Learn More.
Donizetti's Comic Opera Don Pasquale, With James Morris, at Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $80.00 - $245.00
- Our Price:
- $40.00 - $122.50
Bass-baritone James Morris makes his Washington National Opera debut in the title role of Don Pasquale, the wealthy uncle who stands between lovers Ernesto and Norina. The famed comic opera features a sham... Learn More.
Legendary Tenor Placido Domingo Stars in the Washington National Opera's Iphigenie en Tauride
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $160.00
- Our Price:
- $80.00
Grammy Award winner and General Director of the Washington National Opera Placido Domingo stars in this company premiere of Iphigenie en Tauride. Gluck's opera boasts a sweeping score and dramatic story that... Learn More.
New York City Ballet Presents Balanchine's Black and White Dances
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $49.00 - $62.00
- Our Price:
- $24.50 - $31.00
The New York City Ballet presents three mixed repertory programs, representing a definitive collection of the noted "black and white" ballets by NYCB's innovative founder, George Balanchine. These... Learn More.
Protégés III: The International Ballet Stars of Tomorrow
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $29.00 - $39.00
- Our Price:
- $14.50 - $19.50
Protégés III is a program of four ballets performed by up-and-coming talent from four top international ballet schools. Protégés III showcases the stars of tomorrow from Bolshoi Ballet Academy, The Royal... Learn More.
Puccini's Madama Butterfly at Washington National Opera
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $105.00 - $200.00
- Our Price:
- $52.50 - $100.00
Washington National Opera presents Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly. The tragic story of the innocent young geisha who catches the eye of a caddish American Naval officer and becomes his temporary "wife"... Learn More.
American Ballet Theatre Presents a New Work and Old Favorites at the Kennedy Center Opera House
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $62.00 - $76.00
- Our Price:
- $31.00 - $38.00
American Ballet Theatre returns to the Kennedy Center with a program of vigorous new works and D.C. favorites rich with heritage. Accompanied by the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, the repertoire... Learn More.
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Tony-Winning South Pacific at the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $69.00 - $100.00
- Our Price:
- $41.00 - $60.00
Lincoln Center Theater's brilliant revival of South Pacific comes to the Kennedy Center. The winner of seven Tony Awards in 2008, Rodgers and Hammerstein's sweeping romantic story set during World War II... Learn More.
Cirque Dreams Holidaze: Musical and Acrobatic Extravaganza at The Kennedy Center Opera House
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $57.00 - $77.00
- Our Price:
- $28.50 - $38.50
The Kennedy Center Opera House hosts Cirque Dreams Holidaze on its national tour. This spectacle from the creator of the groundbreaking Broadway hit Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy features astonishing... Learn More.
Holiday Favorite The Nutcracker by the Joffrey Ballet Returns to the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $79.00 - $99.00
- Our Price:
- $47.00 - $69.00
The Joffrey Ballet's classic version of The Nutcracker returns to the Kennedy Center. Featuring music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, selected choreography by Gerald Arpino and conceived and directed by Robert... Learn More.
Classic 1960s Rock Musical Hair at the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $89.00 - $95.00
- Our Price:
- $53.00 - $57.00
This pioneering Broadway hit tells the story of a group of hippies seeking the dawn of a new age, indelibly capturing the "flower power" era and raising concerns which still resonate today. Hair's rock music... Learn More.
Salome Starring Deborah Voigt, in a New Production from the Washington National Opera
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $80.00 - $240.00
- Our Price:
- $40.00 - $120.00
The Washington National Opera presents an all-new production of Strauss' Salome, with renowned dramatic soprano Deborah Voigt making her WNO debut in the title role. Based on Oscar Wilde's play, the darkly... Learn More.
A Masked Ball: Verdi's Opera of Love and Revenge at Kennedy Center Opera House
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $80.00 - $240.00
- Our Price:
- $40.00 - $120.00
Conductor Daniele Callegari and director James Robinson make their Washington National Opera debuts with Verdi's tale of a king who falls in love with his best friend's wife and unwisely attends a masked... Learn More.
Disney's Mary Poppins: Hit Broadway Musical at the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $85.00 - $90.00
- Our Price:
- $51.00 - $54.00
Mary Poppins, the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical adaptation of Disney's Academy Award-winning film, and the original classic stories by P.L. Travers, is coming to the Kennedy Center. This magical... Learn More.
Ballet Across America II: Presented by the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $55.00
- Our Price:
- $27.50
Ballet Across America II features top regional dance companies performing a wide variety of programs and styles. In their Washington, D.C. debut, the Memphis Ballet presents In Dreams, set to the music of... Learn More.
Hamlet Presented by the Washington National Opera at Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $75.00 - $180.00
- Our Price:
- $37.50 - $90.00
In this operatic version of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, Hamlet, the melancholy prince of Denmark, struggles to avenge his father's murder, while his betrothed, Ophelia, fights to maintain her sanity.... Learn More.
The Marriage of Figaro, from Washington National Opera
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $150.00 - $190.00
- Our Price:
- $75.00 - $95.00
Many consider this Mozart's most perfect -- and hilarious -- opera. After his marriage to Rosina, the Count's palace becomes a tangled web of love affairs. The pageboy Cherubino courts the Countess while the... Learn More.
Gershwin's American Folk Opera Porgy and Bess at the Kennedy Center Opera House
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $100.00 - $200.00
- Our Price:
- $50.00 - $100.00
Washington National Opera presents the George and Ira Gershwin opera, Porgy and Bess. Mixing classical music, popular song, jazz, blues and spirituals, Porgy and Bess follows the crippled Porgy as he sets... Learn More.
The Mariinsky Opera and Orchestra: An Evening of Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky and Borodin in Concert
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $73.00 - $90.00
- Our Price:
- $36.50 - $45.00
Conducted by Valery Gergiev, the Opera sings works from the three most well-known Russian composers who composed in the mid 1800s and were part of a group known as the "Mighty Five." The program includes... Learn More.
The Mariinsky Opera and Orchestra: Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov in Concert
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $73.00 - $90.00
- Our Price:
- $36.50 - $45.00
Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov combines one of the great operatic bass roles with thunderous choral movements of unprecedented power. Chronicling the rise and fall of the notorious Tsar, whose rise to power was... Learn More.
The Mariinsky Opera and Orchestra: Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin in Concert
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $73.00 - $90.00
- Our Price:
- $36.50 - $45.00
The Mariinsky Opera and Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky's riveting opera, Eugene Onegin in concert. Based on the Pushkin novel, one of the most treasured works of Russian literature, the opera portrays the... Learn More.
American Ballet Theater Performs a Mixed Repertory of Works at the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $59.00
- Our Price:
- $29.50
As part of its commitment to artistic outreach, American Ballet Theatre returns to Washington DC with a program of mixed repertory. The three programs presented are: Birthday Offering by Frederick Ashton; ... Learn More.
Broadway's Young Frankenstein at the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $85.00 - $90.00
- Our Price:
- $51.00 - $54.00
The Kennedy Center hosts Young Frankenstein, the Broadway hit based on Mel Brooks' classic movie. Brooks reunited with the creative team behind The Producers for this hilarious re-imagining of the... Learn More.
Balanchine and More: New York City Ballet at The Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $59.00
- Our Price:
- $29.50
One of the country's most highly respected and healthiest ballet institutions, New York City Ballet returns to the Kennedy Center Opera House for seven performances comprised of two stunning mixed repertory... Learn More.
Ariadne auf Naxos: Washington National Opera in Strauss' Comic Opera
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $75.00 - $110.00
- Our Price:
- $37.50 - $55.00
Washington National Opera performs Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos. As this brilliantly light-hearted opera begins, a serious opera company and a commedia dell'arte troupe have arrived at a dinner party,... Learn More.
Verdi's Falstaff at Kennedy Center Opera House
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $100.00 - $180.00
- Our Price:
- $50.00 - $90.00
The antics of Shakespeare's infamous rascal Falstaff cause utter mayhem as the merry wives of Windsor teach him a lesson he'll never forget. Falstaff is a delightful fusion of humanist realism and light-... Learn More.
Washington National Opera: An Evening With Olga and Ildar at the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $80.00 - $100.00
- Our Price:
- $40.00 - $50.00
The Washington National Opera presents a concert performance by Russian opera stars Olga Borodina and Ildar Abdrazakov. Joined by conductor Placido Domingo and the WNO Orchestra, the husband and wife duo... Learn More.
The Barber of Seville from Washington National Opera at The Kennedy Center Opera House
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $100.00 - $110.00
- Our Price:
- $50.00 - $55.00
Rossini's cherished classic is a delightful farce filled with high-flying vocal fireworks and gorgeous melodies, including "Largo al factotum," made famous by the iconic line "Figaro, Figaro, Figaro!" To... Learn More.
The Royal Ballet Presents MacMillan's Manon at the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $78.00 - $89.00
- Our Price:
- $39.00 - $44.50
Based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, The Royal Ballet is Great Britain's most prestigious ballet company. Returning to the Kennedy Center for the first time in three years, the Company performs... Learn More.
Washington National Opera Performs Peter Grimes at The Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $68.00 - $225.00
- Our Price:
- $34.00 - $112.50
Benjamin Britten's gripping opera Peter Grimes tells the story of a lonely fisherman who is persecuted and accused of murder. The most-performed 20th century British opera in the international repertoire, ... Learn More.
The New York City Ballet's Mixed Repertory Programs at The Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $69.00 - $75.00
- Our Price:
- $34.50 - $37.50
The acclaimed company, renowned for its purity, balance, and musicality, performs three mixed repertory programs featuring works by Balanchine, Robbins, and Tharp to music performed by the New York City... Learn More.
Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Beethoven's Fifth, with Conductor Lorin Maazel
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50
Lorin Maazel conducts the Arab and western musicians of the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra in their international debut program at the Kennedy Center Opera House. They'll be performing two new works by their... Learn More.
American Ballet Theatre in Mixed Repertory Program at Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $65.00
- Our Price:
- $32.50
The Kennedy Center welcomes American Ballet Theatre. One of the world's foremost dance companies since its founding in 1940, the company will perform a mixed repertory program highlighted by classic works... Learn More.
Legally Blonde: The Musical at The Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $85.00 - $125.00
- Our Price:
- $42.50 - $62.50
Legally Blonde follows sorority star Elle Woods, an underestimated blonde who doesn't take "no" for an answer. When her boyfriend dumps her for someone more "serious," Elle puts down the credit card, hits... Learn More.
The Joffrey Ballet: The Nutcracker at The Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $83.00
- Our Price:
- $41.50
Chicago's world-renowned The Joffrey Ballet returns with its founder's dazzling family production of The Nutcracker. From its charming Victorian scenery and costumes, to the dozens of dancing and singing... Learn More.
The San Francisco Ballet Performs Giselle at The Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $69.00
- Our Price:
- $34.50
America's oldest professional ballet company returns to the Kennedy Center for the first time in six years to celebrate its landmark 75th season. This timeless ballet follows a beautiful young peasant girl... Learn More.
The San Francisco Ballet in Balanchine's Four Temperaments, D.C. Premieres
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $65.00
- Our Price:
- $32.50
America's oldest professional ballet company, the San Francisco Ballet is celebrating its landmark 75th season. They'll present a mixed repertory program that includes two ballets commissioned for the... Learn More.
Opera Lucrezia Borgia Conducted by Plácido Domingo
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $72.00 - $190.00
- Our Price:
- $36.00 - $95.00
Washington National Opera General Director Plácido Domingo conducts Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia After the Borgia palace is defaced, Lucrezia demands the desecrator's death. When Gennaro (Vittorio Grigolo)... Learn More.
Georges Bizet's The Pearl Fishers from Washington National Opera
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $68.00 - $225.00
- Our Price:
- $34.00 - $112.50
Washington National Opera presents Georges Bizet's exotic feast for the eyes and ears. The prayers of the virgin priestess Leïla (Norah Amsellem) protect the fishermen of ancient Ceylon until Chief Zurga (... Learn More.
Washington National Opera Presents Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana in Concert
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $51.00 - $102.00
- Our Price:
- $25.50 - $51.00
Washington National Opera presents a concert production of Mascagni's beloved opera Cavalleria Rusticana. Set in a Sicilian village, this melodramatic tale of "rustic chivalry" follows the fickle and... Learn More.
Richard Strauss' Elektra: Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $68.00 - $225.00
- Our Price:
- $34.00 - $112.50
A royal family destroyed by conspiracy, madness, and vengeance is the setting for Washington National Opera's riveting Elektra. Richard Strauss' modernist masterpiece stars Susan Bullock, whose performance... Learn More.
The Flying Dutchman from Washington National Opera
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $68.00 - $225.00
- Our Price:
- $34.00 - $112.50
Misfortune, greed, and fidelity collide in this storm-battered tale of one man's quest for life-saving love. Wagner retells the nautical legend of the fearsome Flying Dutchman, cursed to sail the seas until... Learn More.
Rigoletto: Washington National Opera Presents Verdi's Opera at the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $68.00 - $170.00
- Our Price:
- $34.00 - $85.00
Washington National Opera presents Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto. As the libertine Duke of Mantua's jaded jester, Rigoletto is known for sparing no one his biting and often vicious sarcasm. But when courtiers... Learn More.
Washington National Opera Presents A View from the Bridge: Operatic Setting of Arthur Miller
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $68.00 - $225.00
- Our Price:
- $34.00 - $112.50
Set in post-war New York and based on an Arthur Miller play, A View from the Bridge tells the tale of Brooklyn longshoreman Eddie Carbone, whose desire for his adult niece, Catherine, leads to disaster in... Learn More.
Washington National Opera Presents Don Giovanni at Kennedy Center Opera House
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $110.00 - $225.00
- Our Price:
- $55.00 - $112.50
Mozart's celebrated tragicomedy tells the story of the famous womanizer who is given one last chance to repent of his philandering ways. But when he adds murder and blasphemy to his lengthy list of sins,... Learn More.
Washington National Opera Presents Puccini's La Bohème
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
- Full Price:
- $170.00 - $190.00
- Our Price:
- $85.00 - $95.00
Perhaps more than any other classic opera, La Bohème lends itself to contemporary interpretation. Innovative director Mariusz Trelinski updates Puccini's timeless tale in an extraordinary new production,... Learn More.
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