News & Announcements

Portland Opera presents Pagliacci & Carmina Burana

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 23, 2010
CONTACT: Julia Sheridan, 503-295-3508
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PORTLAND OPERA PRESENTS

Pagliacci-Carmina Burana title art

September 24, 26m, 30, October 2, 2010 | Keller Auditorium

Il teatro e la vita non son la stessa cosa
(the theater and real life are not the same thing)

            —line from Pagliacci

 

Public invited to free open chorus rehearsal Aug. 29

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  August 12, 2010
CONTACTJulia Sheridan, 503-295-3508
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PUBLIC IS INVITED TO A FREE
OPEN CHORUS REHEARSAL IN DIRECTOR PARK

 

Sunday, August 29, 3-5pm  |  Director Park
(between SW Taylor & Yamhill and 9th & Park)

 

Over seventy voices will soar into the summer sky when Portland Opera holds a free outdoor chorus rehearsal in Director Park, Portland’s newest downtown piazza.

 

Orange Mountain Music Releases Portland Opera's First-Ever Commercial Recording

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2010
CONTACT: Jim Fullan (503-295-5210)
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ORANGE MOUNTAIN MUSIC RELEASES

PORTLAND OPERA’S FIRST-EVER COMMERCIAL RECORDING

 

2009 PRODUCTION OF PHILIP GLASS’ ORPHÉE NOW AVAILABLE ON CD

Portland Opera's recording of Philip Glass' Orphee CD cover art

Portland Opera presents The Barber of Seville

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 7, 2010
CONTACT: Julia Sheridan, 503-295-3508
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PORTLAND OPERA PRESENTS
The Barber of Seville title art

Gioachino Rossini

May 7, 9m, 13, 15, 2010 | Keller Auditorium

 

Student Blogger Night @ the Opera

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 25, 2010
CONTACT: Julia Sheridan, 503-295-3508
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PORTLAND OPERA PRESENTS

student BLOGGER NIGHT @ THE OPERA

for

The annual Portland Opera Studio Artist’s production of

Bernstein’s TROUBLE IN TAHITI
&
Monteverdi’s
 IL BALLO DELLE INGRATE
(The Dance of the Ungrateful Women)
IL COMBATTIMENTO DI TANCREDI E CLORINDA
(The Battle of Tancredi and Clorinda)

FRIDAY, March 26, 7:30PM | Newmark Theatre

 

"Would You Like an Aria with Those Fries?" March Topic: Trouble in Tahiti

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 18, 2010
CONTACT: Julia Sheridan, 503-295-3508
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PORTLAND OPERA’S
“Would you like an aria with those fries?”
BROWN BAG SERIES

MARCH TOPIC:

Leonard Bernstein's

TROUBLE IN TAHITI

&

Two One-Act MONTEVERDI Works

IL BALLO DELLE INGRATE
(The Dance of the Ungrateful Women)

IL COMBATTIMENTO DI TANCREDI E CLORINDA
(The Battle of Tancredi and Clorinda)

 

The yearly production—now at the Newmark Theatre—by the young Portland Opera Studio Artists has quickly become very popular. Portland Opera Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor Robert Ainsley and the Portland Opera Studio Artists, will explore the of the music and history behind behind this season’s production of a double-bill of Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti and two, one-act Monteverdi works.  The program includes musical highlights from the Studio Artists.    

Trouble in Tahiti opens March 26 at Keller Auditorium with additional performances March 28, April 1, 2.  For more information, visit www.portlandopera.org.

 

Studio Artist Steven Brennfleck in Recital | Tuesday, Feb. 9

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 5, 2010
CONTACT: Julia Sheridan, 503-295-3508
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PORTLAND OPERA STUDIO ARTISTS RECITAL

Tenor

Steven Brennfleck


Tuesday, February 9, 7:00pm | Sherman Clay Pianos


Steven Brennfleck

 

Portland Opera Board Member Receives National Honor

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  January 28, 2010
CONTACT:  Jim Fullan, Director of Marketing and Public Relations
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Blogger Night for Così fan tutte

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 28, 2010
CONTACT: Julia Sheridan, 503-295-3508
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PORTLAND OPERA PRESENTS

BLOGGER NIGHT @ THE OPERA

for
Così fan tutte
(All women are like that)

Mozart’s surprisingly modern—and very funny—tale about
the nature of love and fidelity just begs to be blogged about!

FRIDAY, FEB. 5, 7:30PM | KELLER AUDITORIUM

 

Portland Opera Announces 2010/11 Season: Fantasy or Reality?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 19, 2010
CONTACT:  Julia Sheridan, 503-295-3508
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PORTLAND OPERA ANNOUNCES 2010/11 SEASON

 

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Leoncavallo PAGLIACCI / Orff CARMINA BURANA
Humperdink HANSEL AND GRETEL  Puccini TURANDOT
Ravel L'HEURE ESPAGNOLE  Ravel
L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES