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When you donate to our Giving Day campaign, your kindness is doubled—every gift matched and every impact multiplied thanks to our generous matching grant. We’ve received a matching grant to DOUBLE THE IMPACT of all donations up to $12,500!

An investment in El Paso Opera will support:

Your generous contribution will directly support our 32nd Season featuring: •La Bohème-Puccini’s masterpiece is beloved for a reason! La Bohème captures the raw beauty of youth, love and loss in artistic Paris. Puccini’s lush score paints a portrait of passion that flickers brightly before fading into silence. Producing grand opera on a large stage comes with significant costs. To manage these expenses without compromising artistic excellence, we have relocated our performances to St. Rogers Depot. By transforming this event venue into a fully realized theatrical space, we not only maintain high production standards but also elevate the audience experience through amenities such as a VIP Lounge, attentive service, and convenient parking. This season we will expand to five performances spanning January 30-February 7, 2026. Learn more at epopera.org.

•Artist Ambassador Performance Tour of “Bohemios“-‘Artist Ambassador’ is the new name for our Resident Artist program because what are our local artists if not ambassadors for us in the community? Originating from the same source material as La Bohème, this Spanish zarzuela will be specially designed for a citywide tour, bringing live performances to a variety of venues across El Paso.This tour will be offered for free as a part of our dedication to community service. The purpose of Bohemios is to make opera matter—to more people, in more places, in more meaningful ways. Opera has long been viewed as an elite, inaccessible art form. This project turns that notion upside down by presenting Bohemios, a Spanish-language zarzuela, for free in four neighborhood spaces across El Paso. With an all-local cast and performances in community centers and churches, this project offers cultural visibility and connection to audiences who may never have felt opera was for them.Through this project, we aren’t just producing a performance—we are fulfilling a purpose: to serve, to reflect,to connect, and to inspire.

• Continued free programming via our treasured #CurbsideOpera program bringing art into the community and brightening people’s day all year long! (featuring performances by our Artistic Ambassadors).

•Continuation of our Education program with Youth Night at the Opera and our Teaching Artist bringing opera into the schools. Youth Night at the Opera is a personal favorite as we watch children experience the magic happen on stage. The excitement and smiles are contagious! New this year is our behind-the-scenes Secrets of the Stage program to share how the on-stage magic happens.

Community Impact Donations to El Paso Opera are vital to the continuation of all the above programming that contributes directly to El Pasoan’s quality of life! Art and music are not just something that brings us joy—research shows a reduction in anxiety, blood pressure, and pain while also improving mood and sleep. In addition to these personal benefits, our shows contribute a large amount to the local economy by employing multiple artists, multiple crew members, and renting city venues. Our events help drive sales at surrounding restaurants, bars, parking garages, and hotels. By contributing to El Paso Opera, you will be directly affecting the quality of life for this community while helping us support the local economy. It’s the best of both worlds!

Why donate to El Paso Opera? We want to do more but we need help. With a small organization like ours you can easily see the effect of your donation. It can be seen in the details of the shows we produce; the salaries we pay our staff and the programming we offer the community. Your donation is a part of every single one of these.

With gratitude, Arianne Marcee, Executive Director