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Anchorage Opera Retiring General Director Receives Tributes, Accolades and Recognition

by Anchorage Opera | Jun 6, 2023 | News, Press Releases

Anchorage, Alaska: Anchorage Opera (AO) Retiring General Director Reed W. Smith’s last day with AO is June 2, 2023, but before his departure tributes in recognition of his dedicated years of service abounded. On May 6, during Smith’s curtain speech for Carmen by Bizet...

Anchorage Opera Names New General Director

by Anchorage Opera | Feb 3, 2023 | News, Press Releases

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

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...

Anchorage Chamber Celebrates Anchorage Opera’s 60th Anniversary Season with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts

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...
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 Opera is One of Fewer Than 25 Opera Companies Nationwide to Receive American Rescue Plan Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

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...

Anchorage Opera Postpones “Missing” Amid Omicron Variant Spread

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,...
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