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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...
Anchorage Opera Announces Alaska Premiere of Frida, a Season Kickoff event and Community Projects for their 2019-2020 “Season of Masterpieces”
Anchorage, Alaska: Anchorage Opera Anchorage Opera (AO) will present the Alaska premiere production of the late 20th century opera Frida, composed by R. X. Rodriguez on February 14, 15 & 16, 2020 in the Sydney Laurence Theatre in the Alaska Center for the...
Rasmuson family donates $1.5 million to Anchorage performing arts organizations
Endowment empowers local arts organizations to have meaningful impact ANCHORAGE, AK – Longtime arts supporters, Ed and Cathy Rasmuson, have established three long-term charitable endowments to support the performing arts in Anchorage. A $1.5 million donation was made...
Anchorage Opera and Anchorage Symphony Orchestra present Candide (Press Release from ASO)
Anchorage Symphony Orchestra Anchorage Opera NEWS RELEASE CONTACT: Jennifer Cargile, 907-274-8668 Anchorage Opera and Anchorage Symphony Orchestra present Candide stage direction by Teresa K. Pond conducted by Charles Prince Saturday, April 7, 2018 – 8:00pm Sunday,...
Anchorage Symphony Orchestra announces Randall Craig Fleischer’s Broadway debut; Charles Prince to conduct upcoming Production of Candide (Press Release from Anchorage Symphony Orchestra)
The Anchorage Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is pleased to share a good news/good news announcement. ASO Music Director Randall Craig Fleischer will make his Broadway debut when his international sensation Rocktopia rocks Broadway for six epic weeks, March 20th thru April...
Anchorage Opera Announces Atwood Foundation $25,000 Challenge Grant and 2017-18 ‘Happily Ever After’ Season
Anchorage Opera (AO) announces their “Happily Ever After” 2017-18 Season, an eclectic mix of repertoire united by one element not always present in opera; everyone is alive and well at the end of the show. AO invites you to smile with them all season long. “We’re...
“Opera in Anchorage has become more inviting to attend as witnessed by this season and especially today’s Extravaganza”
Review by Robert Pond Opera in Anchorage hasn’t come easy. Marita Farrell, who apparently sung for a time at the Metropolitan Opera in NY, came to Alaska and worked with Lorene Harrison in November of 1948 and by 1962, 55 years ago, opera in Anchorage, finally took...
“Anchorage Opera’s latest and most significant offering is Glory Denied… as courageous as it is inventive.”
Review by Robert Pond The Anchorage Opera’s latest and most significant offering is Glory Denied from Tom Philpott’s book on Capt. Floyd James Thompson’s endurance as a Viet Nam POW and what is termed as repatriation. The very title of this evening’s opera defines the...
Anchorage Opera Announces Special Performance for Veterans to Attend Free of Charge
Anchorage Opera (AO) presents Glory Denied by Tom Cipullo, a powerful contemporary show honoring those who serve in our military, on February 10, 12, 16 and 18, 2017 at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. Based on a book of the same title, with a foreword by...