Ann Arbor Festival of Song presents Pre-Art Fair Song Fest 2026 1001 Nights at the Opera (Almost)

Scheherazade spun a thousand and one tales to keep her audience enchanted…and the Ann Arbor Festival of Song knows exactly how she felt. Thursday night’s program gathers an ensemble of vocalists from Michigan and Ohio for an evening of opera’s most irresistible moments: the arias, duets, and ensembles that have kept audiences coming back night after night for centuries. From tragic heroines to comic misunderstandings, from soaring declarations of love to bitter farewells, this is opera distilled to its most captivating essence, no staging required.

Artists: 

Kevin Bylsma, pianist
Vocalists TBA

Free admission; donations to Ann Arbor Festival of Song gratefully accepted at the door.