Anchorage Opera
Anchorage Opera (AO) is a professional opera company located in Anchorage, Alaska and is a member of OPERA America.[1]
History[]
Anchorage Opera was one of the first major performing arts institutions established by Americans in the Circumpolar North. The company was officially incorporated as Anchorage Civic Opera in 1962.[citation needed] Lorene Harrison once worked with the opera.[2] Anchorage Opera was the first opera company to perform .[3]
References[]
- ^ OPERA America membership directory Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Baechtel, Mark. "A pioneering music to the very end - Anchorage arts patron and musician dies at 100" (PDF). Alaska. Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "Anchorage Municipality County, Alaska". Modern Language Association. Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
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Categories:
- American opera companies
- Musical groups established in 1962
- Performing arts in Alaska
- 1962 establishments in Alaska
- Opera company stubs