Portland Opera has announced a reimagined 2020-21 season, which will feature a series of virtual showcases presented on the company’s new digital channel “Portland Opera Onscreen.” “The global pandemic has challenged us: to be problem-solvers, to adapt to new technologies, and to deepen the ways that serve the community,” said General Director Sue Dixon in a press release. “Our newly reimagined {…}
The Portland Opera has announced the “Live from the Hampton Opera Center” Virtual Recital Series. These performances will spotlight artists familiar to Portland audiences and will each be an hour-long. They will also be broadcast live from the Hampton Opera Center, Portland Opera’s home in Southeast Portland, where featured artists can follow health and distance protocols. The series begins with {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta) The Portland Opera will present the U.S. professional company premiere of Vivaldi and Piovene’s “Bajazet” starting on March 20, 2020 at the Newmark Theatre in Portland, Oregon. The production, which will run for five total shows through March 28, will be led by Erin Helyard of Pinchgut Opera, in his United States debut. Helyard also edited the {…}
(Credit: Cory Weaver) The Portland Opera is set to present mezzo-soprano Camille Sherman live in concert as part of its 2020 Resident Artist Series. The recital is set for Jan. 14, 2020 at the Whitsell Auditorium at the Portland Art Museum. Shermann, who is in her second year as a resident artist with the company will be accompanied by Chorus {…}
The Portland Opera is set to host a special community recital featuring mezzo-soprano Camille Sherman in her first year as a resident artist with the company. Sherman is set to give a recital accompanied by Portland Opera’s Chorus Master & Assistant Conductor Nicholas Fox. Sherman made her Portland Opera debut this fall as Flora in Verdi’s “La Traviata” and will sing {…}
Portland Opera has announced its 56th season. In a press statement, General Director Christopher Mattaliano said, “The 2019/20 season is a celebration of the art of opera. This season gives us the opportunity to explore works spanning four different centuries, from Bajazet, which premiered in 1735, to Three Decembers which premiered in 2008. We cannot wait to bring our audiences {…}
The Portland Opera has announced its 2018-19 season, which five opera productions. “Each opera in the 2018/19 season brings us on a journey – whether that journey is across land, into the arms of love, or an internal journey into self-acceptance and belonging,” says General Director Christopher Mattaliano in a press release. “These stories inspire us time and time again. {…}
