Tenor George Shirley Awarded National Medal of Arts
Tenor George Shirley, a renowned opera singer and educator with Eugene connections, received the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in a White House ceremony on September 10, 2015. A...
View ArticleNational Opera Week 2015
This is National Opera Week, October 23-November 1, 2015. Celebrate by coming to our eerily beautiful chamber opera, Britten’s The Turn of the Screw, on October 30 or November 1.
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Maestro Adam Turner awarded fellowship
Adam Turner, our brilliant guest conductor for last season’s Sweeney Todd, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Julius Rudel/Kurt Weill Conducting Fellowship. Maestro Turner will be the cover...
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New CD features Maestro Andrew Bisantz
Eugene Opera Music Director Andrew Bisantz is featured on a new recording of the music of composer Fredrick Kaufman. This past April, Maestro Bisantz conducted singers from Florida Grand Opera’s...
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Eugene Opera Academy: Review of 2015-16 Season
The Eugene Opera Academy (EOA) had a great and busy season in 2015-16, with events preceding each of the four productions. October 19, 2015: We started with a meeting to learn how the Academy works and...
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Eugene Opera Academy: Review of 2016-17 Season
This year’s Academy started off with a bang. We first met with students on September 29, 2016, to get oriented, register, and prepare for upcoming events surrounding the Eugene Opera’s first...
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OPERA America Comes to Eugene
Marc A. Scorca Eugene Opera recently welcomed Marc A. Scorca, president and CEO of OPERA America, for a two-day visit. Scorca addressed an enthusiastic group of Eugene Opera supporters on the evening...
View ArticleOpera Camp for Teens in August 2017
Eugene Opera held its first summer Opera Camp for Teens on August 22-24, 2017. It was a big success! In just 3 days, the participants put together a complete performance of a highly condensed version...
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New Leadership Team
Eugene Opera has adopted a new management model effective with the 2017-18 season. Rather than having a single General Manager, as in the past decade, the company will be co-led by two highly qualified...
View ArticleCritical Praise for María de Buenos Aires
Review: Eugene Opera’s ‘Maria’ a tour de force of musical, artistic and athletic showmanship By Alison Kaufman For The Register-Guard Posted May 5, 2018 at 5:13 PM The sold-out Friday audience was...
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