Atlanta Opera
The Atlanta Opera is an opera in the metropolitan area of Atlanta , founded in 1979. Since 2007, it has performed together with the Atlanta Ballet at the new Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Cumberland (Georgia) and is considered the most important opera house in the American Southeast.
history
When the Metropolitan Opera ended its regular touring performances in Atlanta in the late 1970s , it was a major cultural turning point for the region's opera lovers. With support from both private and public sources, the Atlanta Civic Opera was finally founded in 1979, a merger of two smaller companies, the Atlanta Lyric Opera and the Georgia Opera. The first production was Verdi's La traviata , which premiered on March 28, 1980 at the Fox Theater. In December of the same year, an opera gala was held at the Atlanta Symphony Hall , attended, among others, Catherine Malfitano , Jerry Hadley and Samuel Ramey .
In 1985 the name was changed to The Atlanta Opera. In 1998 the Atlanta Opera moved into its first own house, the Atlanta Opera Center on famous Peachtree Street. From 2003 to 2007 the opera played at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center. Since then, the large and popular productions have all taken place in the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center. Four popular productions are performed there every year.
There are also productions in Downtown Atlanta . On April 5, 2018, the world premiere of the opera Out of Darkness: Two Remain by Jake Heggie , which addresses the survival stories of the Holocaust survivors Krystyna Żywulska and Gad Beck .
Productions
Artistic director
- 1979-1984: Thomas Pasatieri
- Arthur Fagen
- Tomer Zvulun (since 2013)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The Atlanta Opera. The Company. Retrieved April 5, 2018 (English, Chronicle of the Opera).
- ↑ The Atlanta Opera: Out of Darkness: Two Remain on YouTube , accessed April 5, 2018 (announcement, English).