In our commemorative book, Cincinnati Opera: A Centennial Celebration, dramaturg and opera expert Roger Pines highlights some of the notable singers who have performed on the Cincinnati Opera stage. Here are a few of the highlights.
The Zoo Opera Days
In an excerpt from a new book celebrating our 100th anniversary, Cincinnati Opera: A Centennial Celebration, writer and Opera supporter Cynthia Starr offers a peek at our early outdoor roots.
In Memoriam: Thomas Hammons
A Tribute to Patty Beggs by Evans Mirageas
Intern Spotlight: Samantha Reno
Intern Spotlight: Sam Kerns
Sam Kerns first joined Cincinnati Opera as a School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) trainee in 2016, and it didn’t take long for him to find what he calls his “second family.” Sam came back to join us as a directing intern in 2019 to continue pursuing his passion (and inspiring us with his fashion).
Building Community: Cincinnati Opera at the Villages of Roll Hill
Intern Spotlight: Connie Grubbs
Director Barrie Kosky Zooms in on Eugene Onegin
Cincinnati Opera “Shares the Love” in College Hill
Intern Spotlight: Teddy Gumbleton
What We're Listening To
Looking Back: Cincinnati Opera Staff Favorites
Opera Zoom Flair Pt. II
Opera Flair for your Zoom Meetings
The Transformative Power of Opera
Giving a Voice to the Voiceless
The most remarkable thing about this opera is that it tells the stories of six incredible people in their own words. Their voices were silenced for more than 120 years of imprisonment combined. The opera Blind Injustice has not only given them back their voices, but it has done so in a way that will be heard through the rafters of Music Hall and beyond.
Rise Up Singing
The First Backstage Musical
Each show takes us behind the scenes to reveal that the artists who transport us as performers are still humans, with all their faults and foibles. In Ariadne auf Naxos, librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal and composer Richard Strauss go one step further, by poking gentle fun at themselves as well as their characters.
