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Welcome to the Ariel-Ann Carson Dater Performing Arts Centre, the historic Ariel Opera House, permanent home of The Ohio Valley Symphony, in the heart of Gallipolis, Ohio. Explore our website for upcoming performances and events, lessons, directions, and history! Be sure to contact the Ariel Opera House Box Office at 740-446-ARTS (2787) if you have any questions or if we may help you in planning your next visit to Gallipolis.
read moreALL HALLOWS’ EVE, The Ohio Valley Symphony
November 1, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. CLICK TO BUY TICKETS NOW! Join us Nov. 1 for All Hallows’ Eve when Matthew Troy leads us in a musical celebration of All Saints Day with Wendel’s Ride of the Headless Horseman, Gounod’s Funeral March of a Marionette and Khachaturian’s Masquerade Suite and Borodin’s Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances as part of an evening of musical tricks and treats. Pianist Michael Chertock returns for Liszt’s Totentanz. Matthew Troy, conductor Matthew Troy was named Music Director and Conductor of the Western Piedmont Symphony (NC)...
read moreThe Magic of Motown Live!
NOVEMBER 22, 2025 Matinee at 2:00 p.m. Evening at 7:30 p.m. Purchase Tickets Now Moxie Events presents and brings to the stage The Magic of Motown! This high energy homage to the legends of Motown will transport you back in time as you visit the very best of “Hitsville, USA!” The show features a cast of power-house vocalists who embody everyone from Diana Ross & The Supremes to Marvin Gay, The Four Tops, and the The Jackson Five! The show has received rave reviews and sold out theaters throughout its highly acclaimed tour. A highlight of...
read moreTHE CHRISTMAS SHOW! The Ohio Valley Symphony
December 6, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. CLICK TO BUY TICKETS NOW! Maestro Steven Huang’s annual Christmas Show on December 6 is a perennial favorite of audiences young and old with carols and songs both new and familiar. Tickets sell out fast so be sure to get yours soon. December is also our annual Maestro for a Moment FUNdraiser when community members vie for the chance to conduct the OVS in Sleigh Ride. Every dollar is a vote for your favorite candidate and helps support The Ohio Valley Symphony with your tax deductible donation. Steven Huang,...
read moreAriel’s Merry TUBACHRISTMAS!
Join the fun at the ARIEL’S MERRY TUBACHRISTMAS! December 13, 2025 at 2 pm FREE CONCERT! MERRY TUBACHRISTMAS is celebrating its 52nd Anniversary (1974-2025). Created by Harvey Phillips, MERRY TUBACHRISTMAS 2025 will be presented in over 300 cities throughout the United States and in several foreign countries. TUBACHRISTMAS ensembles may attract participants aged 8 to over 90 years! The warm, rich organ-like sound of tuba-euphonium choir has won the ears and hearts of every audience! Come and Listen 100% FREE! TUBACHRISTMAS is 100% FREE...
read moreIt’s a Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. & December 21, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW! The historic Ariel Opera House presents for two performances the Ariel Players in It’s a Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry. Inspired by the classic American film It’s a Wonderful Life, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play is performed as a 1940s live radio broadcast in front of a studio audience. Five actors perform the dozens of characters in the radio play as well as produce the sound effects. It’s a Wonderful...
read moreCELTIC DREAMS, The Ohio Valley Symphony
March 21, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. CLICK TO BUY TICKETS NOW! Maestro Peter Stafford Wilson takes us to the British Isles for an evening of Celtic Dreams on March 21 with an evening of music from Ireland, Scotland and England. Doreen Carwithen’s pastoral Suffolk Suite opens the program and Concertmaster Manami White performs Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending. The OVS offers up Malcolm Arnold’s Scottish Dances, Leroy Anderson’s Irish Suite and the evocative Shropshire Lad by George Butterworth. Peter Stafford Wilson, conductor Peter Stafford Wilson...
read moreAMERICAN RHAPSODY: CALL TO FREEDOM. The Ohio Valley Symphony
April 25, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. CLICK TO BUY TICKETS NOW! People everywhere will be celebrating America’s 250th birthday in 2026 and the OVS has commissioned Tim Berens to write a special selection celebrating the life of Harriet Tubman for a performance on April 25. Tim’s poignant arrangement of Amazing Grace that was recently featured at the grand re-opening of the Notre Dame Cathedral will be sung on the Ariel stage by vocalist Mandy Gaines along with other selections as part of the nation’s festivities. Be a part of the creation of...
read more2025-26 SEASON SUBSCRIPTION! The Ohio Valley Symphony
BUY NOW! (click here) EXISTING Subscribers who wish to keep their current seats and NEW Subscribers download order form here and mail, or call the Box Office and leave a message. The 2024-25 Ohio Valley Symphony season is almost upon us. Mark your calendars now and get your season tickets so you can experience the magic of music at every single one. Internationally noted conductor, François López-Ferrer will be back on the Ariel Opera House stage as he leads the OVS through Double Delight on September 13 with Cincinnati Symphony’s principal...
read moreThe Rustic Mechanicals present MACBETH
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 p.m. At Point Pleasant Jr./Sr. High School 280 Scenic Drive Point Pleasant, WV Tickets available at the door. The Rustic Mechanicals’ 2025 Vaulting Ambition Tour of William Shakespeare’s MACBETH! Murder! Prophecy! Witches! …and, surprisingly, Love! The power of a prophecy tempts the ambitious General Macbeth and his passionately persuasive wife to accelerate their road to royalty. Something wicked this way comes when the real-life husband and wife founders of the Rustic Mechanicals play the original...
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