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CARMEN by Bizet

If you’re new to opera this one’s for you! If you’re an opera lover you’ll be obsessed with Carmen!

Destination: SPAIN

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MISSING - by Marie Clements & Brian Current

The story we need to tell; the women we must remember – Mar 8, 10, 11 & 12 at the PAC

When Words Aren't Enough - A Conversation Addressing MMIW in Alaska

An event in partnership with the Alaska Humanities Forum – Feb 15 from 6-8 pm at the Anchorage Museum

First Friday at the Anchorage Museum

Thank you to everyone who came to this special happening with Mary Kelsay & the Unangax^ dance group!

Family Opera Day at the Museum - Feb 25

Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate Alaska Native culture with arts & craft projects for kids of all ages!

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Anchorage Opera receives operating support from the Atwood Foundation, the Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation, and The Carr Foundation. Anchorage Opera is supported in part by an American Rescue Plan Act grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support general operating expenses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, grants from the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rasmuson Foundation, and  the Kumin Foundation, as well as from many generous individuals and corporate community leaders. Our Guest Artists’ Fitness Sponsor is The Alaska Club, Official Parking Sponsor is EasyPark, Official Videographer is Talking Circle Media. and our Official Airline Sponsor is Alaska Airlines. Season Sponsor is Providence Imaging Center. Anchorage Opera  is a member of OPERA America.

 

Anchorage Opera acknowledges that we gather and are performing on the traditional lands of the Dena’ina Athabascans. For thousands of years the Dena’ina have been and continue to be the stewards of this land. It is with gratefulness and respect that we recognize the contributions, innovations, and contemporary perspectives of the upper Cook Inlet Dena’ina.

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2022-2023 Season – Celebrating 60!

MISSING

March 10, 11 & 12, 2023

“The story we need to tell; the women we must remember”

When Ava, a young white woman, is thrown from her car and badly injured in a crash, she sees another body, a young native girl, lying on the ground. Their eyes meet…their worlds connect. This USA premiere production of Missing, by distinguished First Nations playwright Marie Clements & Juno-award winning composer Brian Current, gives voice, in English and the Native language, Gitxsan, to the stories of missing and murdered Indigenous women. A poetic expression of loss, hope and the spirit finding home.

In English & Gitxsan with English & Gitxsan Supertitles

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CARMEN

May 5, 6 & 7, 2023

SEDUCTION, OBSESSION, BETRAYAL…what could possibly go wrong?

No man can resist the fiery seductress, Carmen, who knows what she wants and knows how to get it. To live free and to die free is her credo. But be careful what you wish for when fate deals its final hand. Don José, obsessed with and possessed by Carmen, sacrifices everything to follow her into a life of crime, only to have her leave him for the dashing bullfighter, Escamillo. But in a realm where desire and hot-blooded passion reign supreme, blind love can turn to blind rage and love triangles can be deadly! One of the most popular operas of all time, Bizet’s flamenco-infused music overflows with famous melodies including the ‘Habanera’ and Toreador Song.
In French with English Supertitles
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THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE 

Oct 21, 22 & 23, 2022

“Ahoy, Matey! Yo Ho Ho! Aarrgghh!”

Toss your worries overboard and set sail for swashbuckling adventure with softhearted buccaneers, dewy-eyed damsels, bumbling British bobbies and “the very model of a modern Major General”. Gilbert and Sullivan’s hilarious, hopeful farce is an action-packed musical romp, overflowing with memorable tunes, tongue-twisting texts and jaunty dances. Chart a course for this fun-filled voyage perfect for the whole family. The Pirates of Penzance – they’ll steal your heart away!

Performed in English with English supertitles

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News and Press

Anchorage Opera Names New General Director

Anchorage, Alaska: Anchorage Opera (AO) Board of Trustees has announced Ben Robinson as the company’s new General Director following Reed W. Smith’s retirement at the end of the 2022-23 Celebrating 60 Season. Originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, Robinson brings a...

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Anchorage Opera General Director/CEO to Retire

Anchorage, Alaska: Anchorage Opera (AO) General Director Reed W. Smith has announced he plans to retire at the end of the 2022-23 Celebrating 60 Season. Hired by the AO Board of Trustees in 2014, Smith is the longest serving CEO in the history of the company. During...

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