Patel Conservatory
Summer camps and classes
Spend your summer with us! Camps and classes in dance, theater and music - for all ages and experience levels - are on sale now.
Opera Tampa
2025 Opera season tickets on sale now
Our 2025 season includes two Opera Tampa premieres and a fresh production of a perennial favorite − in all, a blend of American and Italian fare that will appeal to both die-hard fans and newcomers.
Community Engagement
Arts Legacy REMIX
Arts Legacy REMIX is a grassroots, ground-up undertaking that demonstrates how The Straz continues to discover new and innovative ways to create and present art that is entertaining, accessible, empowering and inspiring.
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Straz Center Blog
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Ballet Life: Float Like a Butterfly, Train Like a Beast
No other arts discipline requires the sheer physicality of ballet. Their strength is built through hours and hours of practice. Plus, particularly in a role such as Giselle, dancers must silently express a range of emotions while executing a range of motions as demanding as that of any athlete.
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Tuba Day Salutes the Big Oom
The tuba’s function in the orchestra is the equivalent of the bass guitar’s in a rock band. Both instruments provide a steady, rhythmic pulse without which the music could descend into chaos. However, while a bass guitar usually weighs little enough that even skinny Englishmen can smash it to pieces, a tuba rests its 25-30 pounds on the lap of its player, ensuring nobody’s gonna be smashing anything up in here.
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You Can Cry If You Want To: The Triumph of Tragedy
When the curtain falls on Opera Tampa’s production of La Traviata, it’s a safe bet the audience will contain several red, tear-moistened eyes, and that the applause will be accompanied by a fair number of sobs and sniffles. Verdi’s 1853 opera is one of the composer’s most-cherished works and a real tear-jerker, too. A story of love, sacrifice, sorrow, suffering and finally … well, no spoilers. But get ready for the waterworks.
