In our sixth season, you’ll find many ways to enjoy the amazing performances at the Touhill – three series subscriptions or create your own tailor-made package with the Choose Your Own option.

Have you always been curious about opera but afraid to ask?  The Touhill’s Opera! Opera! series provides a welcoming environment to experience opera for the first time or revisit with familiar favorites.  As part of the E3! program, subscribers will receive an introductory e-newsletter telling them about the opera going experience.  Then as each performance approaches another e-newsletter will be sent to talk specifically about the opera being presented.  You will also have opportunities to attend pre-show discussions and post-show receptions to further your understanding and engage with other patrons.  If you have ever been interested in opera, now is your chance to give the art form a try, don’t miss it!

PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Presented by New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
Friday, March 13, 8 p.m.
$50, $40, $30
Venerated Gilbert & Sullivan aficionados New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, led by Albert Bergeret, return to the Touhill in a classic production of the G&S powerhouse Pirates of Penzance. With first-rate sets, costumes, soloists and orchestra, this performance is the very model of a modern major-production!  For more information, click here.
E3!   Sponsored by RAC

The Touhill’s partnership with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra continues with a new series providing a variety of classical music experiences.  Each concert has something unique to offer and you can fully immerse yourself into each performance by participating in E3!  Make time to spend three of your Sundays with the SLSO at the Touhill this year and you will be rewarded with an entirely new appreciation of classical music.

EXPLOSIONS PERCUSSION FESTIVAL⁴
Sunday, Nov. 23, 2 p.m.
$35, $25, $15
The heart beats, so does the music. Percussion is versatile and wildly inventive. Whether you listen to rock or country, hip hop or classical, percussion is an integral part of any music. For the fourth year at the Touhill, SLSO musicians explore the exciting possibilities of the most primal human musical act. The beat goes on.  
E3!  Sponsored by Centene

The Touhill is proud to present the Arianna String Quartet this season.  This dynamic and critically acclaimed quartet has been in residence at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and performing in St. Louis and internationally for the last eight years.  If you have not had the opportunity to take part in one of their concerts, this is the year to do so.  Expressions with ASQ will take you through four unique experiences and provide a memorable journey that will add to your appreciation of chamber music and the human condition.  Don’t forget to take advantage of the E3! program to fully engage in the experience and converse with the artists.

FOLK INFUSION
Friday, September 12, 8 p.m.
$20, General Admission
E. Desmond & Mary Ann Lee Theater
Antonín Dvořák:  Quartet in F Major, Op.96 "American"
Leoš Janáček: Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters"
Ernö Dohnányi: Quartet No.3 in A minor, Op.33

The Arianna Quartet opens their ninth season of concerts in St. Louis by bringing together three of Eastern Europe’s musical giants for an unforgettable evening of electrifying folk-inspired music.  The ASQ kicks off the season in style with Dvořák’s ever-popular "American" Quartet, one of classical music’s greatest hits!  Leoš Janáček’s poignant Quartet No.2, Intimate Letters, offers a reflective journey through a life of love, loss, and hope before the Arianna finishes this concert with Ernö Dohnányi’s unforgettably virtuosic Quartet No.3.  This is an evening not to be missed!
For more information, click here.
E3! Welcomed by KFUO-FM

EPIC EXPRESSION
Friday, November 21, 8 p.m.
$20, General Admission
E. Desmond & Mary Ann Lee Theater
W.A. Mozart: Quartet in C Major, K.465 "Dissonant"
Arnold Schoenberg: Quartet No.2 in F sharp minor, Op.10 (1908)
           with soprano, Stella Markou
Piotr I. Tchaikovsky: Quartet No.1 in D Major

In the second series concert, the acclaimed ASQ presents three of the most emotionally charged and moving works in the repertoire.  Following Mozart’s revolutionary "Dissonant" Quartet, the ASQ is joined by soprano Stella Markou in a rare performance of Schoenberg’s romantic Quartet No.2, a piece whose music and words promise a transcendent musical experience.  Tchaikovsky’s enchanting first quartet, a work known for its utter beauty and unforgettable melodies, closes this transporting concert.   For more information about Stella Markou, click here.
E3! Welcomed by KFUO-FM

MESSAGES OF HOPE
Thursday, February 26, 8 p.m.
Friday, February 27, 8 p.m.
$20, General Admission
E. Desmond & Mary Ann Lee Theater
The ASQ presents two concerts dedicated to the music of composers whose lives and profound work were cut short by the horrific crimes of the Holocaust.  Exploring the timeless relevance of music as Messages of Hope, as symbols of resistance, and as the inextinguishable voice of humanity, the ASQ will perform works by composers such as Erwin Schulhoff, Viktor Ullmann, and Gideon Klein.  These performances will also include presentations of film, guest lectures, discussion and art.   For more information, click here.
E3! Welcomed by KFUO-FM

STORYTELLERS
Friday, May 1, 8 p.m.
$20, General Admission
E. Desmond & Mary Ann Lee Theater
Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.12
Leoš Janáček: Quartet No.1 "Kreutzer Sonata"
Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D.956, op. posth. 163,
            with guest cellist, Marc Johnson

The ASQ offers youthful exuberance, dark passions, and consummate serenity in the final concert of the season. After celebrating Mendelssohn’s bi-centennial year with a performance of his sincere and charming Quartet Op. 12, the program rushes to the dark side of romanticism with Janáček’s explosive "Kreutzer Sonata", a musical depiction Tolstoy’s story of passion, love-lost, murder, and repentance.  Then world-renowned cello virtuoso Marc Johnson joins ASQ in performing Schubert’s momentous String Quintet in C Major , one of the crown jewels of the chamber music literature, known for its vast depiction of life, nature, and humanity. For information about Marc Johnson, click here.
E3! Welcomed by KFUO-FM

Series Subscribers may purchase single tickets now!
Non-subscribers may purchase single tickets beginning August 4. 

THE SECOND CITY
DEFACE THE NATION
Wednesday, September 17, 8 p.m.
Thursday, September 18, 8 p.m.
Friday, September 19, 8 p.m.
Saturday, September 20, 5 & 9 p.m.
E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater
$35, General Admission
DeFace The Nation is Second City's all-political revue with customized comedy for the election year. Featuring scenes and songs that poke fun at both political parties and a variety of pundits - Second City proves there's no person off limits and no shortage of comedy coming out of Washington DC in this or any other year. From Bush to Clinton to Obama to the other Clinton, DeFace The Nation is a hilarious romp through the America’s political landscape. For more information, click here.
Intended for Mature Audiences

BRAD GARRETT
Saturday, September 27, 8 p.m.
$100, $55, $45, $30
Emmy Award-winning funnyman Brad Garrett became a household name and endearing personality playing big brother Robert to the title character from the monster hit TV show Everybody Loves Raymond. His versatility in both comedy and acting have been proved time and time again in his numerous successes including his current hit show ‘Til Death, multiple voice-over characters in animated movies including Casper, Ratatouille and Finding Nemo, on Broadway in The Odd Couple and continuous sold-out standup dates all across the country. For more information, click here.
Intended for Mature Audiences