Homer’s classic tale will be brought to life through epic rock songs and operatic scenes. Hear favorites from bands like Led Zeppelin, Queen, and Jefferson Airplane alongside highlights from The Magic Flute, Il Trovatore, and Madama Butterfly, with playful narration to guide you along the way.

Both events will run 6-8pm.

Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door.

Sotto Voce & Avanti’s production of Beethoven’s FIDELIO was truly a weekend to remember. Many thanks to our artists, audiences, donors, board members, and volunteers for making this powerful production possible!

Stay tuned for more information about our 2026-27 Season, coming soon!

It’s never too early to get your tickets for a night at the opera!

Join us on Friday, August 14th & Sunday, August 16th, 7pm at Asbury Hall (aka Babeville), 341 Delaware Ave in Buffalo, NY to experience the only opera written by one of classical music’s most beloved composers.

Tickets to Friday HERE!

Tickets to Sunday HERE!

You can also now read all about our amazing regional, national, and international artists on our Featured Artists Page. Stay tuned for more details and updates as we draw nearer the production!

Thank you so much to everyone who made last weekend’s production of CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA so special – our artists and production team, board members, donors, hosts, volunteers, and especially our audiences! We can’t wait to share the next show – Beethoven’s FIDELIO on August 14th and August 16th at Asbury Hall – with you all this summer. Stay tuned for more information on that production, outreach events, and our upcoming season!

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in our Fall 2025 Gala and Cavalleria Rusticana Donor Match Challenge! Due to your support, we are now around 70% of the way to our fundraising goal for our upcoming production.

We are very excited to kick off rehearsals in just over a week’s time and to bring you SIX exciting events in the coming month! Our Featured Artists page has been recently populated with bios and headshots from our amazing team members. We encourage you to check it out to learn about the artists working hard to bring you stunning performances!

You can also check out our Events page for ticket information for the mainstage shows, abridged cover cast matinee, and special outreach events at the Centro Culturale Italiano, St. Louis Church, and Nietzsche’s.

Sotto Voce is delighted to announce THE CAVALLERIA DONOR MATCH CHALLENGE, a special initiative to support our most ambitious project to date.  

At our Fall Gala, an Anonymous donor stepped forward with a generous pledge to match 1:1 any donations from individuals received before March 1st, 2026, up to $5,000.  We graciously request your consideration of a contribution of any size to help us to reach this Challenge goal. The fully-realized Challenge Match will fund nearly one-fourth of our Cavalleria production budget!

CLICK HERE TO DONATE!

Or, consider sending us a check in the mail.

See our DONATE page for further information.

Thank you for supporting innovative opera productions in Buffalo, NY!

We invite you to join us in singing in the spirit of the season at the Elmwood Village Holiday Tree Lighting, next Tuesday, December 2nd, from 6 to 7:15pm at Lafayette Presbyterian Church.

Jessie Downs, Beth White, and Helen Lowry will share special seasonal operatic numbers and Elmwood Village’s Music Director, Dave Granville will lead the crowd in singing a variety of holiday favorites.

Our team will also have information about a *special offer* for our upcoming production of CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA.

Stay tuned to our website, newsletter, and socials for

updates about our 2026 season!

THIS COMING WEDNESDAY, October 22nd, 7-8:30pm join Sotto Voce at Randall Baptist Church of Williamsville NY for a special “Let’s Get Together” edition of Amherst’s “Let’s Do Lunch” series and enjoy a musical ‘sampler plate’ of Sotto Voce’s offerings. Vocalists Jessie Downs, Beth White, & Helen Lowry, accompanied by pianist Ivan Docenko, will share arias by Mozart, Debussy, Bizet, Beethoven, Mascagni, and a special ensemble finale by Richard Strauss. Our hosts will also provide desserts… all for just $10!!

Reserve Your Spot HERE!

Many thanks to all those who supported our Fabulous Fall 2025 Gala!

We are thrilled to share that we are now about one-third of the way towards our fundraising goal for CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA! Stay tuned to this page and our socials for updates along the road to this exciting mainstage March show.

Sotto Voce is thrilled to announce our Fall 2025 Gala – an evening of music, mini-movies, food, and fun – honoring 30 years of Opera-Lytes!

Join us on Saturday October 11th at 7pm at the UU Church of Buffalo for a playful program featuring music by Mozart, Bizet, J. Strauss, Beethoven, and Mascagni performed by Holly Bewlay, Jessie Downs, Beth White, Helen Majel Lowry, Jax Hassler, Daniel Barna, Ky Ver Hoef, and Tim Flynn, accompanied by Michael Serio on piano, and short films by Alex Huddleston.

Get your tickets now, or go the extra mile and consider a sponsorship level! All proceeds from this event will help Sotto Voce to fund our March 2026 production of CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA.

We can’t wait to kick off our 2025-26 season with you!

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS & SPONSORSHIPS!

Thanks so much again to everyone who made Grit & Silk possible – our hard-working vocal artists, our amazing collaborators from the UB Department of Theater and Dance and Avanti!, visiting gaygeum player Ji Eun Kim, Calvary Episcopal Church, our donors, volunteers, and YOU! THE AUDIENCE! We are so glad that you enjoyed this special program and we hope to see you again soon for another night at the opera!

Stay tuned to our TICKETS page for information about our 2025-26 season events.