Fifteen years ago, I had just enrolled in my second year at university studying economics. I was working at the small gallery of contemporary art and enjoyed daily communication with living artists, interpretations, ideation, and everything my 18-year-old brain could give to the visual arts. And for five long years, I was absolutely sure that I was doing a great {…}
Haymarket Opera Company has announced that the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the company with its first NEA grant for their upcoming production of Handel’s “Orlando.” The filmed production stars Bejun Mehta, Kim Jones, Emily Fons, Erica Schuller, and Dave Goverston. It follows on the success of the organization’s filmed versions of “Acis and Galatea” in 2020 and {…}
When the COVID crisis has hit literally every opera company — big or small – every manager was forced on deciding how to overcome it, based on their own experiences. Tenor and Opera Manager Chase Hopkins didn’t have much under his belt when in February 2020, just before the pandemic hit the United States, he was offered the position of {…}
The Haymarket Opera Company’s Board of Directors has announced that Chase Hopkins has been appointed as the company’s first General Director. Hopkins brings with him experience as a performer as well as a producer, having a Bachelor’s degree and in Performance and Arts Administration from Northwestern University, as well as a Master’s in Performance from the Royal Northern College of {…}