Opera Omaha

OPERA COAT RESULT OF UNLIKELY INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION

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Monday, October 16, 2023
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The space inside the garment is empty, allowing the viewer to imagine their own body inside the opera coat.

Key Points: 
  • The space inside the garment is empty, allowing the viewer to imagine their own body inside the opera coat.
  • Most of the casting and enameling of the Opera Coat was completed at the Foundry in Kohler Wisconsin.
  • “Opera Coat” will be exhibited through early February and can be viewed during regular KANEKO library hours.
  • Opera Omaha hopes that through collaboration and creativity, ripples of the possibilities of opera and art will impact thousands in Omaha.

Opera Omaha Announces 23/24 Season

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Friday, February 24, 2023
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Omaha, NE, Feb. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For Embargoed Release: February 27, 2023

Key Points: 
  • Omaha, NE, Feb. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For Embargoed Release: February 27, 2023
    Opera Omaha has a breathtaking 2023/24 season in store, filled with three enthralling productions and captivating artists.
  • This season Opera Omaha examines the fruit of the seeds planted by characters searching for love, independence, and fulfilment.
  • Season tickets for Opera Omaha’s 2023/24 Season are available now.
  • To create the artwork for the 23-24 season, Opera Omaha commissioned Omaha artist Nathaniel Ruleaux.

OPERA OMAHA NAMES ALLISON SWENSON AS NEW GENERAL DIRECTOR

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Allison, Child, Ithaca College, Metropolitan Opera Guild, Integration, Chairperson, Director general, Mackay, Opera, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Opera Omaha, Music, Glimmerglass Festival, Swenson, Creativity, Infant, Human voice, Organization, Santa Fe Opera, Film

Omaha, Nebraska, Jan. 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Key Points: 
  • Omaha, Nebraska, Jan. 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 31, 2023
    (Omaha, NE) – Opera Omaha is thrilled to announce Allison Swenson as General Director.
  • Succeeding Roger Weitz, Swenson will step in as the nineteenth General Director in the company’s history.
  • She currently serves as the Director of Development at the Santa Fe Opera, the largest festival opera company in the United States, beginning as former General Director Charles MacKay’s assistant in 2010.
  • "Opera Omaha is a jewel among American opera companies,” said Swenson.

MALCOLM X OPERA BUILDS MOMENTUM IN OMAHA

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Friday, September 30, 2022
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Omaha, Nebraska, Sept. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X

Key Points: 
  • Omaha, Nebraska, Sept. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X
    The Omaha born, iconic leader, Malcolm X, is getting a lot of attention right now.
  • Serendipitously, this November, Opera Omaha will produce the opera X, the Life and Times of Malcolm X, by Anthony Davis and Thulani Davis, which has been co-produced with the countys leading opera companies and will be performed in Omaha before going to the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
  • In just two years, the production will be presented by its five co-producers: Detroit Opera, Opera Omaha, the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Seattle Opera.
  • New Production co-produced with Detroit Opera, Opera Omaha, The Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera, and Lyric Opera of Chicago