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Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Suzanne Nance on Becoming Wexford Festival Opera’s New CEO

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(Photo: AJ Coots) When I was asked to interview Wexford Festival Opera’s new CEO, Suzanne Nance, my thoughts immediately turned to balance sheets, profit forecasts, marketing campaigns, contracts, fundraising and staffing issues. I must admit that it did little to set the pulse racing. However, it turned out be a very different experience than expected. While such issues were touched {…}
Business, News, On This Day

Suzanne Nance To Be Wexford Festival Opera’s Next Executive Director

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(Credit: AJ Coots) Wexford Festival Opera has named Suzanne Nance to the position of Executive Director. Nance, who was recently stepped down from her position at All Classical Radio after 10 years with the company, will take up her new role in January 2026, taking over for Interim Executive Direcor Loughlin Deegan. “I am deeply honoured to join Wexford Festival {…}
Business

All Classical Radio President & CEO Suzanne Nance Steps Down After 10 Years

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Suzanne Nance is stepping down from her position as President and CEO of All Classical Radio following a 10-year stint. Nance will be headed to Ireland to join her husband, composer and conductor Desdmon Early, and take over leadership at a major arts organization in Europe. “I am deeply grateful for this extraordinary chapter of my life,” said Nance, per {…}
Behind the Scenes, Interviews

The Diva Connection – How Shoperatic & Its Creators, Suzanne Vinnik & Sara Duchovnay, Created Opera’s First & Only Multi-User Marketplace For Singers

https://operawire.com/the-diva-connection-how-shoperatic-its-creators-suzanne-vinnick-sara-duchovnay-created-operas-first-only-multi-user-marketplace-for-singers/

It was 2013 and Suzanne Vinnik was contacted by soprano Zulimar López, who was looking to solve a problem that every female opera singer faces – getting rid of a bunch of gowns that were hogging her closet space. “I had also experienced the same issue with my over-stuffed closet in my one bedroom apartment on the Upper West Side,” Vinnik told {…}
News

Wexford Festival Opera Announces Partnership with British Airways

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(Credit: © CLIVE BARDA ArenaPAL) The Wexford Festival Opera has announced a new partnership with the airline, British Airways. Under this new partnership, British Airways will be the Festival’s official airline and production sponsor for Mascagni’s “Iris,” the highly anticipated production that will open the 2026 Festival on Oct. 15 in Wexford’s National Opera House. Beyond the stage, British Airways {…}
Business

All Classical Radio Names New President & CEO

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(Credit: Photo courtesy of All Classical Radio) All Classical Radio has announced that broadcaster and arts advocate Fred Child will become its next President and CEO, starting on Jan. 2, 2026. Child, who is known for his 25-year tenure as host of the nationally syndicated program “Performance Today,” succeeds Suzanne Nance, who stepped down after a decade with the organization. Child, {…}
News, Season Announcement

Wexford Festival Opera Unveils 75th Anniversary Season

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Wexford Festival Opera announces it 2026 season. This article only features opera events. Main Stage Operas First up is Pietro Mascagni and Luigi Illica’s “FIris.” Rosetta Cucchi directs and Francesco Cilluffo conducts. Performance Dates: October 15, 20, 23, 28, & 31, 2026 “L’equivoco stravagante” by Gioachino Rossini and Gaetano Gasbarri is next. Max Hoehn directs. Riccardo Bisatti conducts. Performance Dates: October {…}
Business, News

Alan Flecther Steps Down from Aspen Music Festival & School

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The Aspen Music Festival and School has announced that President and CEO Alan Fletcher will transition out of his role in 2027. Fletcher will become the President Emeritus after more than two decades of leadership. In a statement, Fletcher said, “As we enter the third year of our 75th Anniversary celebrations in 2026, I have proposed to our Board leadership {…}
News

Wexford Festival Opera Invites Audience to Choose Production for Festival’s 75th Anniversary

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(Photo credit: Derek Speirs) For the first time, Wexford Festival Opera is inviting audience members to vote for the opera they would like to be performed at the upcoming 75th anniversary Festival. Artistic Director Rosetta Cucchi has announced that the public can vote between Rossini’s “L’equivoco stravagante,” which was last staged at Wexford Festival Opera in 1968; Paisiello’s “Il barbiere {…}

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