PRESS RELEASES

Official OperaDelaware News

 

12/2/24 With support from the Longwood and Presser Foundations, OperaDelaware launches a revolutionary new employment model

11/12/24 - A world-premiere opera takes flight this May with Derrick Wang’s Fearless at OperaDelaware

2/26/24 - OperaDelaware, First State Ballet Theatre, and The Grand partner for A Divine Night in Delaware

2/7/24 - OperaDelaware announces star-studded cast for Turandot and a new ending from Scalia/Ginsburg composer Derrick Wang

1/16/24 - Opera for all and Pop-Up Opera school performances renewed for another season thanks to M&T Bank and The Laffey-McHugh Foundation

5/15/23 - OperaDelaware’s Pop-Up Opera Program is hitting the road with five performances at Delaware schools thanks to the Laffey-McHugh Foundation

2/8/23 - OperaDelaware seeks nominations for FREE Pop-Up Opera performances for Five Local Schools

1/30/23 - OperaDelaware moves closer to OPERA FOR ALL with support from M&T Bank

12/2/22 Lindsay Ohse, Matthew Vickers, and Benjamin Taylor headline Verdi’s La Traviata at The Grand Opera House

11/9/22 OperaDelaware brings comedy and captivating vocals to Così fan tutte; inducts 3 new members to the Hall of Fame

9/27/22 OperaDelaware Brings Pop-Up Opera and the Cast of Così fan tutte to The Wilmington HOPE Commission

8/10/22 OperaDelaware Announces 2022/23 Season & Staff, Board Additions

8/5/22 OperaDelaware Expands Pop-Up Opera & Debuts New Mobile Outdoor Stage

5/18/22 OperaDelaware presents Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, May 20 & 22 at The Grand

1/31/2022 OperaDelaware & Baltimore Concert Opera Present co-production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville in February; offer free tickets to essential workers including healthcare professionals and educators

12/22/2021 New Year’s Eve Concert at The Grand Postponed Due to Increasing COVID-19 Numbers

9/20/2021 OperaDelaware to participate in collaborative New Year’s Eve concert with The Grand, the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, and Broadway’s Brian Stokes Mitchell

12/17/2020 OperaDelaware announces Winter Digital Season

10/30/2020 OperaDelaware’s Trial by Jury & Scalia/Ginsburg to air on national radio broadcast on Nov. 7, part of the WFMT Radio Network Opera Series

7/3/2020 OperaDelaware brings Pop-Up Opera to the community

3/6/2020:  Young Artists: Make a Scene to feature Wilmington’s “singing barista”, tenor Jason Berger; Berger joins emerging artists from across the country for OperaDelaware’s 2020 Young Artist training program

4/22/2019:  2019 Festival featuring Dead Man Walking and a double bill of Scalia/Ginsburg & Trial by Jury to open April 27; Sister Helen Prejean makes special appearance

2/27/2019:  OperaDelaware announces casting for 2019 Festival, plus adds concert performance to Festival lineup

10/08/2018:  OperaDelaware’s 2017 production of Semiramide to air on national radio broadcast on Nov. 18

04/20/2018:  OperaDelaware returns to the Grand Opera House for 2018 celebrating Puccini; announces speakers, collaboration with Stitch House Brewery

02/07/2018:  OperaDelaware to receive $10,000 Grant from NEA; announces casting for 2018 Festival

09/01/2017:  OperaDelaware announces new Music Director, staff additions/changes

04/11/2017:  Rossini experts explain it all at OperaDelaware

03/24/2017:  Final preparations underway for OperaDelaware 2017 Festival

02/24/2017:  Chad Kifer, Samuel Nolan and Sharon Gaudino join OperaDelaware's Board of Directors

10/06/2016:  OperaDelaware announces staff additions as 2016-2017 season begins

10/03/2016:  OperaDelaware announces casting for 2017 Opera Festival

03/03/2016:  Wilmington attorney joins OperaDelaware Board of Directors

01/26/2016:  OperaDelaware Board Member receives 2016 National Opera Trustee Award from Opera America

12/09/2015:  OperaDelaware receives grant from National Endowment for the Arts

12/08/2015:  Arsht-Cannon Fund Provides $15,000 in Renewed Support to the Neighborhood Choir Program

11/25/2015:  Faccio's Hamlet to be broadcast nationwide this Saturday

08/31/2015:  OperaDelaware Appoints Jason Hardy Managing Director

06/25/2015:  OperaDelaware Announces its 2016 Season

06/10/2015:  Neighborhood Choirs Reach Over 150 Underserved Youth

06/02/2015:  OperaDelaware awarded largest foundation grant in 71-year history

02/24/2015:  OperaDelaware Delivers Children's Show to Sunday Breakfast Mission

11/12/2014:  OperaDelaware Ends FY2014 in the Black - Begins FY2015 with Sold Out Shows

 

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