Portland Opera is pleased to welcome two-time Tony Award-winning actress and singer Sutton Foster to Portland at the Flora + Fauna Fall Ball on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at the Portland Art Museum. The gala event will begin with a champagne and welcome reception, followed by dinner, live auction, and private performance by Foster. The […]
Portland Opera announces an executive leadership transition, with General Director Christopher Mattaliano, who has led the company for 16 years, transitioning to the role of Artistic Consultant beginning with the 2019-20 season. Sue Dixon, current Director of External Affairs will serve as Interim General Director as of July 15. Dixon joined the company in May […]
Portland Opera will present Philip Glass’s In the Penal Colony for the first time, beginning July 26, 2019. In this piece, a visitor is invited to a penal colony to observe the execution of a prisoner at the hands of a nightmarish machine. The colony’s officer extols the virtues of the apparatus, which tortures as […]
Portland Opera is thrilled to present a new production of Mozart’s heartbreaking and comedic work La Finta Giardiniera this July. In this opera from 1775, the heroine Violante goes into hiding as “the disguised gardener” at the Mayor’s (Podesta’s) country estate after escaping her abusive lover, Count Belfiore. As she chooses forgiveness, a dizzying cast […]
Portland Opera is pleased to announce programming for the company’s 56th season, which will open on October 25, 2019. The season will launch with one of the most powerful operas of all time, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, starring internationally acclaimed soprano Hiromi Omura in the title role. In February, the company will present An American Quartet: […]
Portland Opera is thrilled to bring its production of Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville to the stage this June. Considered one of the greatest comic operas of all time, Rossini’s opera tells the story of the Count Almaviva, who has fallen for the charming Rosina, and enlists the help of the town barber Figaro […]
Portland Opera’s 2019 Resident Artist Series: Geoffrey Schellenberg, Baritone Portland Opera hosts a special community recital featuring baritone Geoffrey Schellenberg, in his first year as a resident artist with the company. Portland Opera’s Chorus Master & Assistant Conductor Nicholas Fox joins Schellenberg on piano. The Resident Artist Series features intimate and direct performances – focused […]
Portland Opera is thrilled to present the company’s annual Big Night concert on May 11, 2019 at the Keller Auditorium. Music Director George Manahan will lead the Portland Opera chorus, orchestra, resident artists, and guest soloists in an evening of some of the most beautiful music ever composed, with works by Verdi, Bizet, Mozart, and […]
Portland Opera’s 2019 Resident Artist Series: Thomas Cilluffo, Tenor Portland Opera hosts a special community recital featuring tenor Thomas Cilluffo, in his second year as a resident artist with the company. Portland Opera’s Chorus Master & Assistant Conductor Nicholas Fox joins Cilluffo on piano. The Resident Artist Series features intimate and direct performances – focused […]
Portland Opera is delighted to bring Laura Kaminsky’s beautiful chamber opera to Portland audiences for the first time. In this stunning coming-of-age story, two voices—a mezzo-soprano and a baritone—share the role of our transgender heroine Hannah as she endeavors to resolve the discord between herself and the outside world. Celebrated as one of the most […]
Portland Opera’s 2019 Resident Artist Series: Helen Huang, Soprano Portland Opera hosts a special community recital featuring soprano Helen Huang, in her second year as a resident artist with the company. The recital will focus on works by female composers and poets, and will also feature Chinese folk and art songs. Portland Opera’s Chorus Master […]
Portland Opera is thrilled to present a 50-minute, English and Spanish-language version of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville as 2018’s Portland Opera to Go production. For almost 20 years, Portland Opera to Go has traveled throughout Oregon and SW Washington with an opera adaptation targeted for students. This year, POGO will present nearly 60 performances, […]
Portland Opera is thrilled to announce the artists who will join the 2018/19 season Resident Artist program: returning soprano Helen Huang, mezzo-soprano Camille Sherman, returning tenor Thomas Cilluffo, and baritone Geoffrey Schellenberg. Established in 2005, the Portland Opera Resident Artist Program provides a bridge from the music conservatory world to the professional opera stage. Each […]
Portland Opera is thrilled to begin the 2018/19 season with Verdi’s La Traviata. A crown jewel of grand opera, La Traviata tells the story of the brilliant and beautiful Parisian courtesan Violetta Valéry as she falls in love with Alfredo Germont. Haunted by her reputation and illness, Violetta navigates sexual politics and confronts societal expectations […]
This summer, Portland Opera will host numerous free events as part of the 2018 opera season. From opera in the vineyard, to a live simulcast of Rossini’s Cinderella story, La Cenerentola, opera-lovers of all ages are invited to enjoy these fun, summer events. Cinderella Celebration, Sing-a-Long, and Ice Cream Social July 18, 2018, 12pm; Director […]
Portland Opera is thrilled to present Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice for the very first time in our production history. Based on the myth of Orpheus, this opera tells the tale of a heartbroken Orfeo, who travels the underworld lamenting the death of his beloved, Euridice. Armed with only his lyre, he must charm the furies […]
Portland Opera will present Rossini’s take on the classic Cinderella story, La Cenerentola, beginning on July 13. This storybook new production, directed by General Director Christopher Mattaliano will be conducted by acclaimed conductor Carolyn Kuan, who makes her company debut with this piece, and will star Resident Artist Kate Farrar in the title role of […]
Portland Opera is pleased to announce programming for the company’s 55th season, scheduled to begin in November 2018. The season will launch with the recently announced “November classic” – Verdi’s heartbreaking romance La Traviata – bringing opera back to Portland in the fall months. In March, Portland Opera will present Laura Kaminsky’s brave and beautiful […]
Opening on June 8, Portland Opera will present the West Coast premiere of a groundbreaking new production of Gounod’s Faust. American visual artist John Frame, who exhibited at the Portland Art Museum in 2012, designs this new take on Goethe’s classic tale of making a pact with the devil in exchange for youth. Frame’s remarkable […]
Portland Opera is pleased to present a traditional production of Verdi’s Rigoletto to the Portland community this spring. A staple of the operatic repertory, Rigoletto tells the story of the court jester who amuses the philandering and immoral Duke of Mantua. A doting and protective father to his beloved Gilda, Rigoletto’s life changes forever when […]