08/27/2026
“An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I’ve left the opera house.”
— Maria Callas
THIS SEPTEMBER: The Paradise Theatre is lifting its curtains to become the finest opera house in town. Join us for a season of majesty, melodrama, and money notes! The Paradise Presents: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA. Coloratura cinema that will stay with you well beyond the opera house.
Thursday, September 3rd
6 PM- A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935) dir. Sam Wood
Saturday, September 5th
7 PM- AMADEUS (1984) dir. Miloš Forman
Monday, September 7th
3 PM- CARMEN JONES (1954) dir. Otto Preminger
Wednesday, September 9th
6 PM- THE MAGIC FLUTE (1975) dir. Ingmar Bergman
Friday, September 11th
6 PM- TOPSY-TURVY (1999) dir. Mike Leigh
Sunday, September 20th
6:30 PM- THE TALES OF HOFFMANN (1951) dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
🎭programming/art by Lucy Walker
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