
MIOpera Summer Season Preview
We sat down with John and Tracy Koch, founders and directors of MIOpera, to learn more about the Bloomington–Normal opera company and its upcoming summer season. MIOpera, founded in 2011 as the Midwest Institute of Opera, is the only professional opera company in Illinois south of Chicago and north of St. Louis. The company's 12th season will feature Gilbert and Sullivan’s witty romp The Pirates of Penzance (June 23–25) and Charles Gounod’s adaptation of Romeo and Juliet (July 21–23).