Hello World! It's Colleen the Intern here at the amazing Detroit Opera House. We are launching our blog which will be updated a few times a week giving you insider information about the DOH. Some things you can look forward to are behind the scenes photos and videos, interviews with the performers at the DOH, interactive quizzes and trivia about opera and dance, along with many other exciting news and updates of the DOH.
If you haven't seen our main website (www.michiganopera.org), let me tell you that we have a fabulous season going on! We will have the incredible Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Grand Rapids Ballet Company's Aladdin, American Ballet Theatre's Romeo and Juliet, the children's opera Brundibar, The Elixir of Love, and Carmen.
In case any of you readers are wondering what that big white building in Grand Circus Park is by Comerica Park...well, it's us- The Detroit Opera House. The building originally opened in 1922 as the Capitol Theater with 4,250 seats it was claimed to the the fifth largest in the world. Back in the day, there were vaudeville shows and moving pictures here at the DOH. In 1960 the theater was renovated and had several names including the Paramount Theater and the Grand Circus Theater. In November 1985 there was a small fire and the theater was abandoned for three years. But then the Michigan Opera Theatre fell in love with what we now call home and restored this beautiful building to what it is now. For more information on the Detroit Opera House history, click here.
Come back for more insider information!
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