Portland Opera announces that the first two operas of the 2020/21 season, Robert Xavier Rodríguez’s Frida and Puccini’sTosca, will be postponed. In accordance with guidance from the office of Governor Kate Brown prohibiting large gatherings through September, and with the health and safety of our patrons and staff in mind, Portland Opera will reschedule these […]
General Director Sue Dixon, and Curtis T. Thompson, MD, President of the Board of Directors, announce the cancellation of the remaining productions in Portland Opera’s 2019/2020 season. In response to recommendations and restrictions of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), Governor Kate Brown, the City of Portland, and local […]
Portland Opera is pleased to announce programming for the 2020/21 season, which will open on September 11, 2020. The season will launch in the fall with Robert Xavier Rodríguez’s Frida, starring soprano Catalina Cuervo in the title role. This will be followed by the company’s fall classic opera, Puccini’s enduring drama Tosca, in October and […]
Portland Opera’s 2020 Resident Artist Series: Geoffrey Schellenberg, baritone Portland Opera is delighted to host a special community recital featuring baritone Geoffrey Schellenberg in his second year as a resident artist with the company. Portland Opera’s Chorus Master & Assistant Conductor Nicholas Fox joins Schellenberg on piano. The recital will feature works by Ralph Vaughan […]
Portland Opera continues the 2019/20 season with a rare production of Vivaldi’s pasticcio Bajazet. This production is a collaboration with Portland Baroque Orchestra, one of the country’s largest period performance orchestras who specialize in the works of the Baroque and Classical eras. Portland Opera is thrilled to welcome numerous artists to the company for the […]
Portland Opera continues the 2019/20 season with the premiere of a new production entitled An American Quartet: Four One-Act Operas. Each of these pieces, written by American composers, will be presented in the intimate black box theatre at Portland Opera’s Hampton Opera Center. In The Telephone, by Gian Carlo Menotti, constant calling interrupts a young man’s intentions […]
Portland Opera’s 2020 Resident Artist Series: Camille Sherman, Mezzo-soprano Portland Opera is delighted to host a special community recital featuring mezzo-soprano Camille Sherman in her second year as a resident artist with the company. Portland Opera’s Chorus Master & Assistant Conductor Nicholas Fox joins Sherman on piano. The recital will feature works by Ravel, Mahler, […]
Portland Opera’s Board of Directors is delighted to announce that Sue Dixon has been named as the company’s sixth general director. “The Board of Directors is confident that Sue’s leadership positions the company to thrive,” says Curtis T. Thompson, MD, president of the board of directors of Portland Opera. “It is an exciting time, and […]
Portland Opera is pleased to announce that Daniel Biaggi, outgoing general director at Palm Beach Opera, and artistic advisor to the Atkins Young Artist Program at the Mariinsky Theatre, will join the company this fall in a newly established role as interim artistic director. “I am so excited to welcome Daniel to Portland Opera as […]
Portland Opera will mark the start of the 2019/20 season with Giacomo Puccini’s powerful drama Madama Butterfly. This production will feature the U.S. debut of acclaimed soprano Hiromi Omura as the title character, a role she has sung with Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House, the Latvian National Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and The […]
Portland Opera is pleased to announce the artists joining the company’s 2019/20 Resident Artist program: soprano Emilie Faiella, returning mezzo-soprano Camille Sherman, tenor Ricardo Garcia, and returning baritone Geoffrey Schellenberg. Portland Opera established the Resident Artist Program in 2005, providing a bridge from the conservatory world to the professional stage for talented emerging singers, who […]
More than 350 cultural, business, civic, artistic, and philanthropic leaders came together in support of Portland Opera on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at the Flora + Fauna Fall Ball at the Sentinel Hotel. Portland Opera is delighted to announce that the event successfully raised over $1 million dollars —as a result of the generosity of […]
Portland Opera is thrilled to present a 50-minute version of Puccini’s La Bohème as the 2019 Portland Opera to Go production. This accessible and romantic Puccini opera concerns the fortunes of four young men, whose lives are changed forever when one of them, the poet Rodolfo, falls in love with the girl upstairs. For almost […]
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 […]