Anchorage Opera Explained

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.[2] Lorene Harrison once worked with the opera.[3] Anchorage Opera was the first opera company to perform Behind The Green Door.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.operaamerica.org/applications/membership/byName.aspx?searchText=Anchorage%20Opera OPERA America membership directory
  2. Book: Zietz, Karyl Lynn. Opera Companies and Houses of the United States : A Comprehensive, Illustrated Reference. 1995. McFarland & Company. 9780899509556. Anchorage Opera. 4.
  3. Web site: Baechtel. Mark. A pioneering music to the very end - Anchorage arts patron and musician dies at 100. Alaska. Anchorage Daily News. 5 November 2013.
  4. Web site: Anchorage Municipality County, Alaska . . August 10, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130815140430/http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results . August 15, 2013 .

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