The University of Iowa Martha-Ellen Tye Opera Theater will perform "Trouble in Tahiti" by Leonard Bernstein and "Amelia Goes to the Ball" by Giancarlo Menotti at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 1 and 2, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, in the Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City. Story
Enjoy an evening of song, expert insights, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into the world of Gilbert and Sullivan at a free University of Iowa Alumni Association event featuring UI faculty, staff, and students. Story
The University of Iowa School of Music will present its third free Improvisation for Classical Musicians event of the semester at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, in the Riverside Recital Hall. Story
The most famous operatic adaptation of Shakespeare’s timeless tale of young love doomed by feuding families will come to the stage of the Englert Theatre when the University of Iowa School of Music presents Romeo et Juliette by Charles Gounod April 26-29. Story
For all the acclaim, standing ovations, medals, presidential command performances, and success that Simon Estes has had, he still thinks of himself at times as one of five children in a coal-mining family from Centerville, Iowa. Story from: Quad-City Times
