Charlottesville Opera, before 2017 known as Ash Lawn Opera,[1] is an opera company, founded in 1978 in Charlottesville, Virginia. For the company's first thirty years, performances were held in the boxwood garden at Ash Lawn-Highland, the home of President James Monroe. Since 2009 performances have been held at the renovated Paramount Theater in downtown Charlottesville.[2]
Charlottesville Opera currently produces four original productions each season: a semi-staged concert opera in the spring; a full-length opera and a musical in the summer; and a holiday opera in December. In addition to the standard operatic repertoire,[3] Charlottesville Opera's productions have included American musicals and 20th century American operas such as Carlisle Floyd's Susannah,[4] as well as such pieces as Leonard Bernstein's Candide.[5]
Charlottesville Opera also provides a wide range of educational programs for youth and adults; professional training for emerging artists and interns; and seeks to enrich the cultural vitality and quality of life in Virginia and the mid-Atlantic region.[6]
References edit
Notes
- ^ History, Charlottesville Opera
- ^ Blackwell & Causey 2005, "Close Up: Ashlawn Festival", pp. 341–342
- ^ Ash Lawn's past seasons' programs Archived 2014-05-19 at the Wayback Machine on ashlawnopera.com
- ^ "Ash Lawn Opera Announces First Year-Round Season" Archived June 5, 2014, at the Wayback Machine on charlottesvillearts.org. Retrieved 8 June 2014
- ^ Jane Dunlap Norris, "Candide unites Oratorio Society and Ash Lawn Opera for semi-staged Bernstein gem", The Daily Progress (Charlottesville), May 2, 2014
- ^ Mary Burruss, "Ash Lawn Opera’s Amahl and the Night Visitors builds community" on C-Ville Weekly. Retrieved 8 June 2014
Sources
- Blackwell, Mary Alice; Anne Patterson Causey (2005), Insiders' Guide to Virginia's Blue Ridge, 9th edition. Insiders' Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7627-3460-3.
