See the classic opera on stage at Straz Center's Ferguson Hall on February 27 and March 1. Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, or The Magic Flute, holds a special place in the hearts of opera lovers and it continues to inspire new and creative productions at opera houses around the world. Straz Center’s Opera Tampa brings to life its own vision of this beloved German singspiel, or “spoken opera,’’ for the 25/26 season, taking to the stage at Ferguson Hall on Friday, February 27 at 8

Opera Tampa stages a two-act musical transformation of The Shining created by the Pulitzer Prize-winning team of composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell. Who would have thought that a story by horror master Stephen King would find its way into the opera house? It will when Straz Center’s Opera Tampa stages a two-act musical transformation of The Shining. Opera Tampa will present a chilling new production of The Shining, the acclaimed two-act opera by Paul Moravec