by Anchorage Opera | Jan 10, 2023 | News, Press Releases
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...
by Anchorage Opera | Oct 11, 2022 | News, Press Releases
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...
by Anchorage Opera | Feb 2, 2022 | News, Press Releases
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...
by Anchorage Opera | Jan 14, 2022 | News, Press Releases
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,...
by Anchorage Opera | Jan 11, 2022 | News, Press Releases
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...
by Anchorage Opera | Sep 13, 2021 | News, Press Releases
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...
