Nashville Opera Association

Nashville Opera
Noah Liff Opera Center in Nashville
Background information
Origin Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Genres Opera
Occupation(s) Opera Company
Years active 1981-present
Website Nashville Opera Web Site
Members General and Artistic Director
John Hoomes
Past members Founder
Mary Cortner Ragland
Thor Johnson
Former Chief Executive Officer
Carol Penterman

The Nashville Opera Association is a professional opera company in Nashville, Tennessee and is a member of OPERA America.[1] The company currently offers four fully staged opera productions and an educational outreach program during an annual season which runs from October through April. Performances are offered at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Downtown Nashville and the Noah Liff Opera Center in the Sylvan Heights section of West Nashville. Designed by architect Earl Swensson, the 26,000-square-foot (2,400 m2) Noah Liff Opera Center houses the company's executive offices, conference facilities, and a rehearsal studio.

History

The Nashville Opera Guild was chartered in 1981 under the direction of Mary Cortner Ragland. They produced their first opera, Madama Butterfly, in the same year. In 1987, the Nashville Opera Guild transferred its charter to the Nashville Opera Association. Two years later, they hired their first permanent director, Kyle Ridout, whose tenure lasted five years. In 1995, the former General Director Carol Penterman (through 2012) and current Artistic Director John Hoomes joined the Nashville Opera.[2] The Nashville Opera merged with the Tennessee Opera Theater in 1997, increasing production from one or two to four operas per season. In April 2009 the Nashville Opera's new facility, the Noah Liff Opera Center, had its grand opening. Current Chief Operating Officer Noah E. Spiegel joined the Nashville Opera staff in 2012.[3]

John Hoomes joined Nashville Opera in 1995 as the Artistic Director, and was named General and Artistic Director in 2012. In 2005, Hoomes collaborated with GRAMMY-Award-winning songwriter Marcus Hummon on Nashville Opera's first world-premiere, Surrender Road. Two years later he directed the world-premiere of composer Robert Aldridge's Elmer Gantry, an operatic adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' groundbreaking novel. Hoomes has directed over 75 productions of opera and musical theater in his career, including nearly every Nashville Opera production since 1995. As a freelance director, he works with companies throughout North America such as Arizona Opera, Kentucky Opera, Cincinnati Opera, The Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Opera Lyra Ottawa, Glimmerglass Opera, Florentine Opera of Milwaukee, Indianapolis Opera, Opera New Jersey and Pittsburgh Opera.

World Premieres

  • The NOA premiered Surrender Road by Grammy Award winning songwriter Marcus Hummon in 2004. A documentary, The Making of Surrender Road, was filmed in association with this production.
  • In November 2007 the Opera produced its second world premiere Elmer Gantry by composer Robert Aldridge and librettist Herschel Garfein.
  • Nashville Opera On Tour premiered The Ugly Duckling by Andrew Duncan in 2008. The 45-minute opera is a musical adaptation of the classic children’s story and includes familiar components from other classic tales.

Repertory

1980-81

1982-83

  • Tosca Puccini

1983-84

1984-85

1985-86

1986-87

  • La Bohème Puccini

1987-88

  • Il trovatore Verdi

1988-89

1989-90

1990-91

  • Rigoletto Verdi

1991-92

1992-93

  • The Barber of Seville Rossini
  • Madama Butterfly Puccini

1993-94

  • Tosca Puccini

1994-95

  • Don Pasquale Donizetti
  • Die Fledermaus Strauss

1995-96

  • La traviata Verdi
  • Stand-Up Opera Ward
  • The Magic Flute Mozart

1996-97

  • La Bohème Puccini
  • Operetta Cabaret
  • The Elixir of Love Donizetti

1997-98

  • Aïda Verdi
  • The Turn of the Screw Britten
  • La Cenerentola Rossini
  • Trouble in Tahiti Bernstein
  • Gianni Schicchi Puccini

1998-99

  • Carmen Bizet
  • H.M.S. Pinafore Sullivan
  • Così fan tutte Mozart
  • Der Rosenkavalier Strauss

1999-00

  • Madama Butterfly Puccini
  • Susannah Floyd
  • The Magic Flute Mozart
  • The Flying Dutchman Wagner

2000-01

  • Don Giovanni Mozart
  • The Mikado Sullivan
  • Regina Blitzstein
  • Otello Verdi

2001-02

  • Turandot Puccini
  • Hansel and Gretel Humperdinck
  • The Pearl Fishers Bizet
  • Rigoletto Verdi

2002-03

  • The Barber of Seville Rossini
  • La traviata Verdi
  • Porgy and Bess Gershwin
  • La Bohème Puccini

2003-04

  • Tosca Puccini
  • Pagliacci Leoncavallo
  • The Pirates of Penzance Sullivan
  • Salome Strauss

2004-05

  • Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti
  • La Voix Humaine Poulenc
  • The Lighthouse Davies
  • Die Fledermaus Strauss
  • Carmen Bizet

2005-06

  • Faust Gounod
  • Surrender Road Hummon
  • Iolanthe Sullivan
  • Turandot Puccini

2006-07

  • Aïda Verdi
  • Amahl and the Night Visitors Menotti
  • Les Enfants et les Sortilèges Ravel
  • Romeo and Juliet Gounod
  • Madama Butterfly Puccini

2007-08

2008-09

  • Don Giovanni Mozart
  • The Student Prince Romberg
  • Amahl and the Night Visitors Menotti
  • La Bohème Puccini

2009-10

  • Tosca Puccini
  • The Fall of the House of Usher Glass
  • Rigoletto Verdi

2010-11

  • Andrea Chénier Giordano
  • Hansel and Gretel Humperdinck
  • The Marriage of Figaro Mozart
  • Carmen Bizet

2011-12

  • La Traviata Verdi
  • I Pagliacci Leoncavallo
  • The Girl of the Golden West (La Fanciulla del West)" Puccini

2012-13

  • Madame Butterfly Puccini
  • The Difficulty of Crossing a Field Lang
  • Cinderella Rossini
  • The Magic Flute Mozart

2013-14

  • The Pearl Fishers Bizet
  • The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat Nyman
  • The Barber of Seville Rossini
  • Otello Verdi

2014-15

  • La Boheme Puccini
  • Romulus Hunt Simon
  • Florencia en el Amazonas Catan
  • The Pirates of Penzance Gilbert & Sullivan

2015-16

  • Turandot Puccini
  • Hydrogen Jukebox Glass
  • Così fan tutte Mozart
  • Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss

2016-17

  • Don Giovanni Mozart
  • Glory Denied Tom Cipullo
  • Three Way Robert Paterson
  • Carmen Bizet

References

  1. ↑ Archived 2010-10-07 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Archived 2010-09-24 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Archived 2010-12-04 at the Wayback Machine.
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