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A scene from Detroit Opera's "Così fan tutte."
  • Culture & Music
  • News

Detroit Opera’s Yuval Sharon reimagines Mozart’s ‘Così fan tutte’ through the lens of AI

Amanda LeClaire April 10, 2025

Detroit Opera’s latest production looks to the future by reinterpreting Mozart’s "Così fan tutte" through the lens of artificial intelligence. Artistic...

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The tiger statue sits outside Comerica Park in Detroit
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  • The Metro Events Guide

The Metro Events Guide: Opening Day tailgates, Greek Independence Day Parade and more to do in Detroit this week

Sophia Jozwiak April 3, 2025

This week, we've got Tigers tailgates, cultural parades, celebrated comedians and events selling so fast we couldn't wait another week...

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Exterior of the Detroit Opera House
  • Culture & Music
  • The Metro

The Metro: Detroit Opera puts a new twist on Handel’s ‘Rinaldo’

Ryan Patrick Hooper, David Leins, The Metro February 27, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. A major opera star is under the spotlight at the Detroit...

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U.S. Transportation Security Administration officers discovered 3D-printed replica firearms in a carry-on bag at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on February 20, 2020.
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Detroit Evening Report: Michigan Senate passes ‘ghost gun’ bills; Detroit offers warming centers + more

Hernz Laguerre December 13, 2024

The Michigan Senate has passed a bill that bans the sales and possession of “ghost guns.” Ghost guns are guns...

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Visitors shop vintage WDET merch at Noel Night 2023.
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  • The Metro Events Guide

The Metro Events Guide: Noel Night, holiday markets + more

Sophia Jozwiak December 5, 2024

This week, we’ve got holiday markets for every niche, including ceramics, beauty products, books and more.Plus, a chance to mingle...

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Composer Missy Mazzoli's "Breaking the Waves," inspired by the Lars von Trier film of the same name, runs through April 14, 2024, at the Detroit Opera House.
  • Culture & Music
  • In The Groove

‘Breaking the Waves’ running through Sunday at Detroit Opera House

Ryan Patrick Hooper April 10, 2024

Composer Missy Mazzoli has been called a post-millenial Mozart. This week, Detroiters will have an opportunity to see her work...

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Detroit Opera's 2024–25 opera season will conclude with Anthony Davis’s "The Central Park Five," (May 10–18, 2025), a true-story adaptation of systemic discrimination that earned Davis the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2020.
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Detroit Opera 2024-25 season to feature ‘Central Park Five,’ AI-inspired ‘Così fan tutte’ and more

Jenny Sherman March 18, 2024

Detroit Opera's 2024-25 season will feature an eclectic variety of opera productions written over three centuries, as well as dance...

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Dame Jane Glover, Ryan Patrick Hooper and Key'mon Murrah smile in WDET's main control room
  • Culture & Music
  • CultureShift

Detroit Opera showcases unique talents with ‘Xerxes’

Ryan Patrick Hooper March 3, 2023

Under the leadership of Yuval Sharon, Detroit Opera has put on some groundbreaking productions, and another one opens this weekend....

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Yuval Sharon and Amina Edris smile in front of WDET's logo at our studios in November 2022
  • CultureShift

Detroit Opera sets the stage for a modern-day ‘Faust’

Ryan Patrick Hooper, Ryan Schira November 18, 2022

The Detroit Opera will be showing an updated rendition of 'Faust' with performances on Friday and Sunday this week. Yuval...

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X: The Life and Times of Malcom X
  • Culture & Music
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson

Malcolm X-inspired opera opens Saturday at Detroit Opera House

Detroit Today May 12, 2022

Malcolm X was a minister, human rights activist and prominent Black nationalist leader who served as a spokesman for the...

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X: The Life and Times of Malcom X
  • Community & Quality of Life
  • Culture & Music
  • CultureShift

Life of civil rights icon becomes an opera with “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X”

Ryan Patrick Hooper May 6, 2022

“X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” opens with a heart-wrenching scene in East Lansing and tells the story...

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