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Anchorage Opera Selected to Serve on National Panel and Announces Veterans Engagement Project
Anchorage Opera (AO) is honored to have been selected by OPERA America (OA), the industry’s national service organization, to participate in a two-year initiative designed to build the field’s capacity for strengthening communities through opera and increase their...
Anchorage Opera Opens its Doors to Students in Celebration of National Arts in Education Week
Anchorage Opera (AO) announces an opportunity for area schools to spend ‘A Day at the Opera’ for a behind the scenes look at all that goes into the production of a mainstage show. “Educational outreach is a high priority for us, so we’re excited to join in this...
Anchorage Opera Unveils Iconic Alaskan Graphic Artwork for a Milestone Anniversary Season
Anchorage Opera (AO) is gearing up for a big milestone this coming season, celebrating its 55th Anniversary as the center of artistic creation, innovation and education through the presentation of opera and related events encouraging public collaboration and community...
New Educational Outreach Program, AO 2 Go, to benefit from 2016 Pick.Click.Give donations
Anchorage, Alaska: Anchorage Opera (AO) announces the non-profit company’s plan to designate all funding from Pick.Click.Give donations in 2016 towards Educational Outreach Programming. General Director, Reed Smith stated, “We’re passionate about serving our...
“The Heat is On” – Anchorage Opera’s ‘Maria de Buenos Aires’, by Susy Buchanan – Anchorage PRESS
Backstage at the Performing Arts Center is a labyrinth of hallways, but last Saturday a clue to the correct door to the Sydney Laurence theater comes in the form of Luis Orozco’s rich baritone going through the scales from behind a dressing room door. The intimate and...
“Tango in the Snow” – Surreal, genre-bending tango opera ‘Maria de Buenos Aires’ debuts in Anchorage, by Mike Dunham, Alaska Dispatch News
“She was born on the day God was drunk.” That description is one of the first things we learn about the title character of the opera “Maria de Buenos Aires,” which has its Alaska premiere this week. A bit unfocused, perhaps, but Astor Piazzolla’s “tango opera” is a...
“UAA production sets ‘Hansel and Gretel’ in the Arctic”
Mike Dunham of the Alaska Dispatch News attended the opening performance of Aklaq and Nayak (An Alaska Native Adaptation of Hansel and Gretel) and had the following to say about the co-production with Anchorage Opera: ("Aklaq and Nayak") retells "Hansel and Gretel" as...
“Good singing, staging produce a solid, steely Carmen” Alaska Dispatch News – Oct 25, 2015
Mike Dunham of the ADN attended opening night and had much to say about the production (all good)...including these excerpts: Audrey Babcock as Carmen: "Bizet's gypsy temptress, powerfully sung by Audrey Babcock is...a steely, adamantine portrayal that gives us a...
Anchorage Opera Unveils New Website, Rebrands for Future
Anchorage, Alaska - September 18, 2015 New Website Spotlights New Look for New Regime. Non-profit arts organization steps into the future with new website launch at start of its 54th Season. Anchorage Opera announced the official launch of a complete website rebuild...
Anchorage Opera Achieves Rasmuson Goal
Anchorage, Alaska: Anchorage Opera Anchorage Opera announces they successfully reached their Ed & Cathy Rasmuson Soar to New Heights Goal of $482,000 for the 2014-15 Season. Thanks to the many generous supporters and loyal patrons of the arts in Anchorage who...