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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...
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...
Anchorage Chamber Celebrates Anchorage Opera’s 60th Anniversary Season with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts
Anchorage, Alaska: Anchorage Opera has been selected by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce for a ribbon cutting ceremony in celebration of their 2022-23 Celebrating 60 Season on Friday, October 14 from 4 – 6 PM in the Discovery Theatre at the Alaska Center for the...
Anchorage Opera is One of Fewer Than 25 Opera Companies Nationwide to Receive American Rescue Plan Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
Anchorage, AK—Anchorage Opera (AO) is pleased to announce the company has been approved to receive an American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic. In this highly competitive...
Anchorage Opera Postpones “Missing” Amid Omicron Variant Spread
In response to the ongoing COVID pandemic, and its highly transmissible Omicron variant currently overwhelming our hospitals and endangering our neighbors, we have come to the extremely difficult decision to postpone all performances of Missing scheduled for Feb 11,...
Anchorage Opera to Receive Grant in Support of USA Premiere Production from the National Endowment for the Arts
Anchorage, Alaska: Anchorage Opera has been approved for a $15,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support the USA premiere production of the opera Missing, by distinguished First Nations playwright Marie Clements and Juno–award-winning composer Brian Current, which...
Anchorage Opera Postpones “The Pirates of Penzance” Amid Delta Variant Spread
Our deep commitment to our community means that we must continue to play our role in stopping the spread of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The rapidly escalating situation in Alaska is overwhelming our hospitals and endangering our neighbors. With The Pirates of...
AO Mourns a Great Loss
It is with great sorrow that we share the news of the passing of our dear friend, Dick Block. It is extremely difficult to imagine Anchorage Opera without Dick; his immense contributions to AO over the decades have not only helped our company grow & thrive but...
Anchorage Opera Postpones Tosca and Cancels Take One: Tosca Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Our deep commitment to our community means that we must play our role in curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic among us. As we have been monitoring the rapidly evolving situation, relying on information from local and national authorities, as well as our...
AO Mourns the Loss of One of Our Family
It is with great sorrow that we mourn the loss of a great man and great friend, Peter M. Ricca. All of us at Anchorage Opera are incredibly grateful and humbled to have had him in our lives. One of our most dedicated champions and supporters, he was deeply loved and...