Imagine this: you’re a young singer, recently armed with a diploma that attests to the time and energy you’ve spent over the last six years. That piece of paper represents hours of practice time, language coachings, stage time at your university, scholarly papers submitted and countless tests taken and passed. Now what? How do you
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We were delighted to welcome our first group of artists to Wolf Trap Opera this weekend. It wasn’t a moment too soon! Our winter and spring workflows are robust, but it’s quiet work. We have many colleagues and patrons who ask what we do outside the summer season, whether we’re employed year-round, and how we
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Wolf Trap Opera has gone through some changes in the last month! With Kim Witman’s retirement, we’ve restructured a bit and added some team members. This month, we’re going to introduce you to your new WTO team. Lee Anne Myslewski first got to know WTO through their Internship program; she was a participant in 2004,
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We’re taking a break from staff introductions to give a well-deserved shout-out to a number of Wolf Trap Opera alums who were honored for their artistry this spring. Roll out the red carpet! Soprano Ailyn Pérez (2006) was honored in April as a recipient of the 14th Annual Opera News Awards. Baritone Will Liverman (2015,
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Wolf Trap Opera has gone through some changes in the last month! With Kim Witman’s retirement, we’ve restructured a bit and added some team members. In April, we’re going to introduce you to your new WTO team. Morgan Brophy is no stranger to Wolf Trap Opera artists and patrons; she joined the team in 2014
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Wolf Trap Opera has gone through some changes in the last month! With Kim Witman’s retirement, we’ve restructured a bit and added some team members. In April, we’re going to introduce you to your new WTO team. Rachel Stanton is our new Assistant Director, Artistic Operations. While she just officially joined our team this spring, Rachel is well known to us: she’s been an important part of our seasonal team since 2016! Rachel brings a love of systems, data and logistics to our operation. Between seeing 98 Degrees
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Wolf Trap Opera has gone through some changes in the last month! With Kim Witman’s retirement, we’ve restructured a bit and added some team members. In April, we’re going to introduce you to your new WTO team. We’ll start with Tehvon Fowler-Chapman, our Coordinator, Company Management. Tehvon joined our team in late spring of 2018,
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2018’s beautiful production of Gounod’s setting of Shakespeare’s tragic meet-cute is streaming now! Join us at the Capulets’ house for the party and cake, stay for an epic story of teen love, questionable decisions and gorgeous music. (We won’t blame you if you keep the tissues handy.)
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It’s ok to feel a little sad, as this is the last weekend you’ll be able to view our production of Mozart’s Idomeneo online. But don’t despair! In just a few short days, we’ll transition over to 2018’s production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette.
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The sounds of singing don’t often fill our rehearsal hall in winter, but this year is an exciting exception! Our first collaboration with Washington Concert Opera features the story of Tristan and Isolde as you’ve never heard it before. Coming up quickly, on February 9 & 10!
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