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CEDAR RAPIDS OPERA


THE LITTLEST MERMAID

PUBLIC PERFORMANCE DATES AND LOCATIONS:

Saturday, October 4th, 2025 | 10AM

Whipple Auditorium at the Cedar Rapids Public Library

Sunday, October 5th, 2025 | 11:30AM

Iowa Children's Museum

Sunday, October 12th, 2025 | 2:30PM

Kingston Yard Stage

CRO’s Season 28 children’s outreach opera, this show is an adaptation of Dvořák’s Rusalka. Originally a full-length Czech opera with a tragic ending, this charming English adaptation offers a happy ending for the mermaid Rusalka and her prince.

PERFORMANCES AT:

  • National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library

  • Wright Elementary 

  • North Bend Elementary

  • Cedar Valley Christian

  • Pierce Elementary 

  • Harrison Elementary 

  • Hiawatha Elementary 

  • Johnson STEAM Academy 

  • Madison Elementary 

  • Nixon Elementary 

  • Cedar Rapids Public Library

  • Iowa Children's Museum

  • Grant Wood Elementary 

  • Xavier Elementaries

  • Central City Elementary

  • Kingston Yard

  • Marion Homeschool Association

  • Viola Gibson Elementary 

  • Summit Schools

  • Arc of East Central Iowa 

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CAST

Hannah Moreno

Rusalka

Juan Tello

Prince

Virginia Reed

Sea Witch

Haley Guerra

Sister

Hsin-Hui Liu

Pianist

AJ Wester

Stage Director

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