press & publicity
3/4/24 Movers and Shakers, the women powering Wilmington’s art scene (ft. Kerriann Otaño; Out & About Magazine)
1/22/24 OperaDelaware Rings in 2024 with a Crescendo of Community Engagement (Wilmington & the Brandywine Valley)
12/18/23 Meet Kerriann Otaño (VoyageBaltimore)
12/1/23 OperaDelaware celebrates LGBTQ+ Voices (Delaware Public Media)
11/1/23 A Night at the Opera: Benvenuto to host Inaugural Holiday Microgala (Milford Chronicle)
10/31/23 Delmarva Life cooking segment with Chef Zeus promoting OperaDelaware’s Italian Christmas Microgala at Benvenuto on November 17
10/31/23 Delmarva Life segment interview OperaDelaware VP Kerriann Otaño about OperaDelaware’s Italian Christmas Microgala at Benvenuto on November 17
10/18/23 OperaDelaware and Benvenuto partner for Microgala Event (Milford Live)
10/11/23 Singing Delaware's Praises ft. Kerriann Otaño and Dane Suarez (Out and About Magazine)
9/28/23 The Tech Behind: How OperaDelaware breathes new life into classic works (Technical.ly)
8/21/23 Delaware State of the Arts Podcast with Brendan Cooke and Kerriann Otaño
7/26/23 OperaDelaware keeps the music moving with more mobile Pop-Ups (Delaware Public Media, Morning Edition)
7/11/23 "Opera - anywhere, anytime" - Delaware Business Magazine DSCC written by Kerriann Otaño
6/1/23 DETV News Brief with Matt Ford | June 1, 2023
5/30/23 Nadj N Jea sit down with OperaDelaware’s Kerriann Otaño
4/21/23 A Night at the Opera (Delaware Racial Justice Collaborative)
4/20/23 OperaDelaware and Opera Baltimore present Verdi’s La traviata (Broad Street Review)
3/29/23 Bringing Verdi’s La traviata to life at OperaDelaware (Broad Street Review)
3/27/23 OperaDelaware kicks off new season of song with education, inclusion (6ABC Philly, Tom Kretschmer)
3/25/23 Good Morning Wilmington with Maestro Boyagian (hosted by Ivan Thomas and featuring Kerriann Otaño and Domenico Boyagian)
3/16/23 Thank You, Five podcast with OperaDelaware VP of Engagement Kerriann Otaño (hosted by Wyatt Enslen)
3/10/23 Good Morning Wilmington with Kerriann Otaño (Good Morning Wilmington Live on DETV with Vincenza Carrieri-Russo and Ivan Thomas)
2/23/23 OperaDelaware aims to appeal to EVERYONE (WJBR live on the radio with Deanna and Justin in the Morning)
2/12/23 OperaDelaware connects the dots and takes the fear out of opera (Open Call for Delaware Online, guest columnist Kerriann Otaño)
1/28/23 Focus on the Delaware Valley with OperaDelaware VP of Engagement Kerriann Otaño (hosted by Lori Lewis, WJBR)
1/22/23 Thank You, Five podcast with OperaDelaware General Director Brendan Cooke (hosted by Wyatt Enslen)
12/19/22 The Presser Foundation: Spotlight on OperaDelaware (The Presser Foundation blog)
11/1/22 OperaDelaware presents Così fan tutte (Broad Street Review)
10/8/22 Delaware State of the Arts podcast (Delaware Division of the Arts)
10/7/22 Pop-up opera performances inspire hope in Delaware (6abc.com)
10/7/22 Arts & HOPE Outdoors (WITN 22)
Recent praise
Awards & recognition
OperaDelaware was honored to be the recipient of a 2023 Superstars in Business award of excellence !
OperaDelaware was the recipient of the 2023 Creative Business Award from the New Castle County Chamber of commerce!
Brendan cooke was honored by Delaware Business Times as one of the 222 most impactful leaders in the first state in 2023!
Kerriann Otaño was the overall winner of the pete du pont freedom foundation pitch contest with her idea to reinvent delaware as a hub for artistic innovation!
9/13/22 Wilmington’s OperaDelaware Announces 2022-2023 Season (visitwilmingtonde.com)
9/8/22 OperaDelaware buys new mobile stage for outdoor performances (Delaware Public Media)
8/13/22 OperaDelaware’s Kerriann Otaño on the community benefits and impact of the Pop-Up Opera program (WDEL/radio)
6/22/22 David Shengold reviews The Barber of Seville (Opera News online - click link to download PDF)
5/12/22 You Are Invited to a Wedding! OD General Director Brendan Cooke on The Marriage of Figaro (TELEDUCTION)
2/25/22 OperaDelaware Premieres The Barber of Seville This Weekend (Delaware Today)
2/23/22 OperaDelaware reopens shop with The Barber of Seville (Broad Street Review)
2/23/22 Baltimore Concert Opera (in collaboration with OperaDelaware) sells out its fully staged The Barber of Seville (OperaGene)
2/13/22 OperaDelaware & Baltimore Concert Opera’s ‘Barber of Seville’ marks rare return of opera to Baltimore (Baltimore Sun)
2/13/22 ‘A Quick 5’ with Anthony Barrese, Conductor of Baltimore Concert Opera & OperaDelaware’s Full Staging of ‘The Barber of Seville’ (MD Theatre Guide)
2/7/22 OperaDelaware receives 2022 Repertoire Development Grant from OPERA America in support of Derrick Wang’s “Fearless” (OPERA America)
2/6/22 Baltimore Concert Opera & OperaDelaware’s ‘The Barber of Seville’ (OperaWire)
1/16/22 OperaDelaware moves forward with the 'tricky business’ launching productions in a pandemic (The News Journal via Yahoo News)
10/25/21 The Presser Foundation Announces $235,000 in New Special Project Grants to Music Organizations (The Presser Foundation)
9/20/21 Brian Stokes Mitchell, the Delaware Symphony Orchestra & More to Take Part in New Year's Eve Concert at The Grand (Broadway World)
6/27/21 Open Call: OperaDelaware plans to 'look beyond resilience ... toward true transformation' (The News Journal)
2/02/21 OperaDelaware’s series “Sunday Spotlight” streams two shows in February (Broad Street Review)
8/25/20 Delaware COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund awards $194K to nonprofits; OperaDelaware receives grant to create “streamable stage” (Dover Post)
8/14/20 Arts organizations take different paths to surviving the pandemic (Delaware Business Times)
8/11/20 OperaDelaware Holds Pop-Up Concert at Bayhealth Hospital (WBOC News)
7/26/20 OperaDelaware’s production of Scalia/Ginsburg & Trial by Jury to air on WFMT Network on Nov. 7 (WFMT.com)
7/16/20 Pop-Up and Drive-Through: Outdoor performances and LiveNote during COVID-19 (InstantEncore.com)
7/10/20 Four Delaware arts organizations receive $50,000 in CARES Act Funding (Delaware.gov)
7/8/20 OperaDelaware brings Drive-Through Arias to community (Broadway World)
7/3/20 Drive-Through Arias bring OperaDelaware to the community (Delaware Business Now)
7/2/20 Pop-Up Opera event held at Wilmington hospital (CBS Philadelphia)
7/2/20 The opera comes to Christiana Care (The News Journal)
6/9/20 The drive to listen: OperaDelaware presents Drive-Through Arias (Broad Street Review)
3/3/20 Wilmington's opera-singing Starbucks barista joining OperaDelaware's Young Artist Program (The News Journal)
2/28/20 Delaware State of the Arts Podcast - Interview with OD General Director Brendan Cooke (Delaware.gov)
1/30/20 OperaDelaware awarded $15,000 NEA Art Works grant in support of The Tales of Hoffmann (Delaware.gov)
12/2019 OD General Director Brendan Cooke named Person to Watch in 2020 (Delaware Business Times)
7/2019 David Shengold’s review of Dead Man Walking (Opera News; subscriber login required)
5/04/19 Law & Justice in Delaware (The Cultural Critic)
5/03/19 OperaDelaware scores with law-themed festival (WHYY.org)
5/02/19 Love, death & redemption: 'Dead Man Walking' nun visits Wilmington to support opera festival (The News Journal; subscribers only)
4/30/19 In opera we trust: Erin Dohony’s review of Scalia/Ginsburg & Trial by Jury (Broad Street Review)
4/30/19 The journey, not the end: Gail Obenreder’s review of Dead Man Walking (Broad Street Review)
4/27/19 Radio interview: Sister Helen Prejean and OperaDelaware General Director Brendan Cook on the 2019 Festival (WDEL)
4/26/19 You judge whether opera is relevant at OperaDelaware’s legal-themed festival (The News Journal)
4/21/19 OperaDelaware General Director Brendan Cooke talks 2019 Festival with Paul Weagraff (Delaware State of the Arts Podcast)
4/18/19 Spring and Summer Opera Blossoms Across America (WQXR, New York Public Radio)
4/10/19 OperaDelaware’s Brendan Cooke on Dead Man Walking and Scalia/Ginsburg (The Wilmington Show [video])
4/1/19 Over 40 Things To Do Around Delaware This April (Delaware Today)
2/15/19 The National Endowment for the Arts Announces $27 Million in Grants to Support the Arts; OperaDelaware receives $14,000 Art Works grant (Delaware.gov)
12/31/18 19 Things to do in the Delaware area in ‘19 (The News Journal)
11/13/18 OperaDelaware on the radio: A Babylonian queen rules the airwaves (Broad Street Review)
10/2018 Ruth, Justice, and the American Way (Amtrak Magazine)
7/31/2018 Semiramide to air on WFMT Radio Network Opera Series (WFMT)
7/2018 David Shengold's review of Il Trittico (Opera News)
5/04/18 Gianni Schicchi and what follows (The Cultural Critic)
5/01/18 OperaDelaware presents Puccini’s ‘Gianni Schicchi’ and Ching’s ‘Buoso’s Ghost’: The triptych ends with a "Schi-quel" (Broad Street Review)
5/01/18 OperaDelaware presents Puccini’s ‘Il Tabarro’ and ‘Suor Angelica’: Two-thirds of the triptych (Broad Street Review)
5/01/18 OperaDelaware's Puccini Festival: Well worth the drive (OperaGene.com)
4/27/18 Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend (OperaWire.com)
4/26/18 The Presser Foundation Announces Capital Support Grants (PRNewswire.com)
4/23/18 OperaDelaware presents ambitious Puccini trilogy (WHYY.org)
4/23/18 How Anthony Barrese Is Making Sure Opera Endures (Delaware Today)
4/13/18 7 things opera's Puccini would like about Brandywine Valley (The News Journal)
3/12/18 Make the 2018 OperaDelaware Festival the Hub of a Wilmington, Delaware Weekend Getaway (visitwilmingtonde.com)
3-4/2018 The Little Opera Company That Could (AAA World, March/April 2018 issue, PDF download)
3/02/18 Arts Playlist: OperaDelaware's 2018 Opera Festival; Interview with Brendan Cooke (Delaware Public Media)
2/10/18 OperaDelaware & Wilmington Renaissance Corporation receive NEA grants (Delaware Public Media)
10/05/17 Next Generation North presents $31K in grants to local nonprofits (Dover Post)
09/27/17 Latest act: Using Delaware arts to advance social good (The News Journal)
09/17/17 Delaware Achievers, Arts (The News Journal)
09/2017 The Big Arts Preview: Must-See Exhibits, Musicals & More (Delaware Today)
07/14/17 David Shengold's review of Semiramide (OperaNews.com [log in required], or download PDF here)
05/08/17 Three Rossini Operas Serias (OperaToday.com)
05/08/17 Quest'è un nodo avviluppato (review of 'La Cenerentola') (Taminophile)
05/05/17 The Opera Critic on OperaDelaware's 2017 Rossini Festival (The Opera Critic)
05/03/17 Bravo! And now, an aria of praise for The Grand Opera House (NewMarketWilm)
05/02/17: OperaDelaware presents Gioachino Rossini’s ‘Semiramide’; A family affair (Broad Street Review)
05/02/17: OperaDelaware’s Spring Festival has become a valuable tradition (Newsworks)
05/02/17: Exhilirating ‘Semiramide’ offers first-rate cast (The News Journal)
05/01/17: Hilarious ‘Cenerentola’ showcases singers’ comedy, voices (The News Journal)
05/02/17: Rossini light and dark: OperaDelaware's festival offers the serious, silly side of composer (The News Journal)
04/28/17: OperaDelaware presents Rossini’s rare and familiar at Spring Festival (Newsworks)
04/25/17: It’s All About Rossini at OperaDelaware’s 2017 Festival (Opera Wire)
04/25/17: Mark Your Calendar for OperaDelaware's Upcoming Festival (Delaware Today)
04/22/17: The duPont effect on Delaware's musical traditions (The News Journal)
04/20/17: Top 10 Reasons Rossini would love Wilmington now (The News Journal)
04/19/17: Discover opera with 5 easy-to-love shows in 12 days - and our expert tips (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
04/13/17: Two opera experts will attend, talk at OperaDelaware festival (The News Journal)
03/26/17: Interview with Anthony Barrese (Rossini America)
03/26/17: OperaDelaware's Rossini festival tickets on sale (The News Journal)
03/08/17: Meet Brendan Cooke (NewMarketWilm)
03/06/17: Philly charity donates to Delaware music organizations (The News Journal)
02/24/17: OperaDelaware appoints new board members (Broadway World)
12/29/16: Next! Our 2017 Delaware arts & entertainment preview (The News Journal)
10/01/16: How to give opera a chance in Baltimore (The Baltimore Sun)
07-08/16: Jean-Marc Proust reviews Amleto and Falstaff [PDF] (Opera Magazine; download PDF of English translation)
07/26/16: The Opera Critic on Faccio's Amleto and Verdi's Falstaff (The Opera Critic)
07/26/16: Amleto and Falstaff Captivate OperaDelaware Festival 2016 (Opera con Brio)
06/03/16: Faccio’s Amleto: A Serious and Absorbing Opera Brought Back to Life (Seen & Heard International)
05/24/16: Hamlet and Falstaff Soar in Delaware (Opera Journal)
05/19/16: Hamlet, an effective “new” opera (The Cultural Critic)
05/19/16: 'Brilliant' debut of two Shakespearean operas in Delaware (Newsworks)
05/18/16: Hamlet’s 150-year overnight musical success (The Cultural Critic)
05/17/16: "This is the very ecstasy of love” (Parterre Box)
05/17/16: A long-lost Hamlet (Amleto) debuts in Delaware (Broad Street Review)
05/17/16: Falstaff at OperaDelaware (Taminophile)
05/16/16: Opera festival scores again with masterful ‘Falstaff’ (The News Journal)
05/16/16: OperaDelaware's 'Amleto' offers riveting, unforgettable night (The News Journal)
05/15/16: OperaDelaware's Barrese Resurrects Faccio's 'Hamlet' (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
05/15/16: A lost 'Hamlet' opera's revival offers two happy endings (The Washington Post)
05/15/16: Essere o non essere - questo è il problema (Taminophile)
05/13/16: OperaDelaware presents East Coast premiere of Faccio's 'Hamlet' (Newsworks)
05/06/16: Going big: OperaDelaware bets on festival (The News Journal)
05/06/16: OperaDelaware mounts recently discovered opera version of 'Hamlet' (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
04/29/16: In search of Italian opera's missing Hamlet (Slipped Disc)
04/28/16: OperaDelaware chalks up guerrilla marketing campaign (The News Journal)
04/28/16: Despite Obstacles, OperaDelaware Builds Momentum (Delaware Today, May 2016 issue)
04/27/16: OperaDelaware's Brendan Cooke discusses Spring Festival (Window on Wilmington, WITN 22)
04/16/16: Shakespeare Day marks milestone with a fair occasion (WDEL)
04/16/16: Maryland salutes Shakespeare, 400 years after his death (The Baltimore Sun)
03/31/16: OperaDelaware: New Tactics = New Fans (Out & About)
02/29/16: Live Music, the Opera and the Hospital for Children (Healthcare Success)
02/7/16: Delaware Achievers, Arts: OperaDelaware's Cynthia du Pont Tobias (The News Journal)
02/5/16: OperaDelaware's Brendan Cooke -- Arts: Focus on what we have, not what's missing (Special to The News Journal)
02/4/16: Rites of spring: Classical concerts not to miss (The Washington Post) [Download PDF]
02/2/16: General Director Brendan Cooke discusses OperaDelaware on "The Delaware Way" [video] (KJWP, MeTV2)
02/1/16: OperaDelaware executive wins national award (Delaware Public Radio)
02/1/16: "Music Meets Medicine" at Dupont [video] (6ABC.com)
12/13/15: OperaDelaware Wins Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (Delaware Public Radio)
12/10/15: National Endowment for the Arts awards OperaDelaware $15,000 (Delaware Business Times)
12/09/15: OperaDelaware Receives New Funds from Arsht-Cannon for Children's Project (Broadway World)
12/09/15: OperaDelaware’s Neighborhood Choir Program gets $15,000 grant (Wilmington Sun Times)
12/09/15: OperaDelaware’s Neighborhood Choir Program gets $15,000 grant (Delaware Business Now)
11/23/15: AMLETO Broadcast on WFMT Radio Network This Weekend (Broadway World)
11/18/15: Bregenz shocks festival world with an unknown Hamlet (Slipped Disc)
11/03/15: RECONSTRUCTING A LOST OPERA: AMLETO (Schmopera)
10/20/15: Opera Philadelphia announces new festival for 2017 (Washington Post)
10/06/15: OperaDelaware to Kick Off Season with VIVA ITALIA! Opera, 10/22 (Broadway World)
09/15/15: The Year in Opera (Opera News)
09/01/15: Opera Delaware Appoints Jason Hardy as New Managing Director (Broadway World)
08/19/15: Opera Delaware to Premiere Franco Faccio's HAMLET & More in New Season (Broadway World)
06/12/15: The OperaDelaware and The Wilmington Children's Chorus Teamed Up for the Neighborhood Choir Program (Broadway World)
06/02/15: OperaDelaware gets big grant from Longwood Foundation (Delaware Business Now)
06/02/15: Opera Delaware awarded largest foundation grant in 71-year history (Delaware Business Times)
06/02/15: Opera Delaware is singing a happy tune after winning a major grant (Delaware Public Media)
03/18/15 Music Festivals and Events in Delaware (VisitDelaware)
03/13/15: Opera Delaware Presents Its 2015 Festival, FLOWERS, FOOD & FRENCH OPERA (Broadway World)
12/02/14: OperaDelaware Appoints Kimberly Doucette as Director of Education (Broadway World)
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