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Anchorage Opera

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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 Behind The Green Door.[3]

References

  1. ^ OPERA America membership directory Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Anchorage Municipality County, Alaska". Modern Language Association. Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)