Des Moines Metro Opera

Des Moines Metro Opera is an opera company in Indianola, Iowa, a town of approximately 14,000 inhabitants which lies some 12 mi south of Des Moines, Iowa. It was founded by Robert L. Larsen and Douglas Duncan in 1973. The director is Michael Egel.

During its annual summer opera festival, the company performs three mainstage operas in rolling repertory during June and July.

Programming
Most of the company's opera productions are performed at the Blank Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Simpson College.

In 1986 the company presented a new opera based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, with music by Lee Hoiby and a libretto by Mark Shulgasser.

The company's first performance of an opera in a language other than English was Tosca in 1998, at the Civic Center in Des Moines.

Singers
Singers who had their start with the company include Kimm Julian.