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About us

Shreveport Opera's mission is to produce professional opera and musical productions of the highest artistic quality and to provide educational programming and outreach to students and adults in the Ark-La-Tex region.

 

Annually, Shreveport Opera produces three professional mainstage productions as well as hosts numerous special. Shreveport Opera also tours the Shreveport Opera Xpress (SOX) education and outreach program, reaching approximately 30,000 students and adults with the performances and their social messages. It is the only opera education and outreach program of its kind in the state!

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The strengths of Shreveport Opera are its long and rich history, a dedicated and supportive Board of Directors, the Shreveport-Bossier Opera Guild, our patrons, a strong financial position, and a talented and hardworking staff who are dedicated to bringing the highest artistic quality productions to the Shreveport-Bossier community and region.

 

Shreveport Opera will only thrive in the future with the continued financial support of the individuals, foundations and corporations in our community. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization (Tax ID# 72-6021455), Shreveport Opera is operating in the black in a fiscally responsible way. We are growing our future audience by exposing students to opera via the SOX program, and we simply ask everyone to give opera a chance. You may surprise yourself!

 

For more information on how you can support Shreveport Opera, please contact us at (318) 227-9503 or boxoffice@shreveportopera.org.

OUR HISTORY

Shreveport Opera is one of the oldest continuously operating opera companies in the country and has been privileged to host some of the world’s greatest performers including Beverly Sills, Franco Corelli, Placido Domingo, Renée Fleming, Greer Grimsley, Leontyne Price and Sherrill Milnes. It has also enjoyed the wonderful opportunity to help launch the careers of internationally acclaimed stars such as Renee Fleming and Greer Grimsley.
 

Over the years, there have been many creative leaders of the company, notably Mr. Robert Murray and Mr. Steven Aiken, who each held the reins for 17 years, producing prominent productions while maintaining fiscal responsibility. Nearly all of the traditional operatic repertoire has been presented since its founding in July 1949.

REPERTORY

1776

1971

 

Amahl and the Night Visitors

1985, 2009

 

Aida

1966, 94, 2001

 

Un Ballo in Maschera

1960

 

II Barbiere di Siviglia

1957, 1987, 1994, 2001, 2012, 2022

 

Beauty and the Beast (Giannini)

1993

 

La Bohème

1955, 1977, 1984, 1989, 1997, 2003, 2010, 2016, 2025

 

El Capitan

1978

 

Carmen

1949, 1954, 1975, 1988, 1998, 2007, 2015, 2025

 

Carousel

2007

 

Cavalleria Rusticana

1967, 1993, 2008

 

La Cenerentola

1956, 2015

 

The Chocolate Soldier

1988

 

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

1968, 1983

 

Così Fan Tutte

1998, 2009, 2017, 2024

 

Don Giovanni

1958, 1965, 1992, 2010, 2026

 

Don Pasquale

1993

 

L'Elisir d'Amore

1972, 1990, 2005, 2013

 

The Face on the Barroom Floor

1983, 2019

 

The Fantasticks

2011

 

Faust

1952, 1961, 1992, 2005

 

Feel the Tango

2020

 

La Fille du Régiment

1971, 1994

 

Dead Man Walking

2016

 

Fiddler on the Roof

2017

 

Die Fledermaus

1951, 1962, 1977, 1989

 

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

2018

 

Gianni Schicchi

1994

 

Hansel and Gretel

1981, 1988, 1995, 2026

 

Help, Help the Globolinks!

1994

 

H.M.S. Pinafore

2016

 

The King and I

1983

 

Lakmé

1962

 

Leo

2020

 

Lucia di Lammermoor

1961, 1970, 1983

 

Macbeth

1997

 

Madama Butterfly

1950, 1956, 1974, 1987, 1995, 2000, 2006, 2012

 

Mahagonny Songspiel

2026

 

Man of La Mancha

2009, 2019

 

Manon

1957

 

Manon Lescaut

1978, 2009

The Medium

1986

 

The Merry Widow

1977, 1997, 2011

 

The Mikado

2014

 

My Fair Lady

2006

 

Naughty Marietta

1983

 

Le Nozze di Figaro

1956, 1965, 1966, 1980, 1990, 2008, 2020*, 2021

 

Otello

1964

 

Pagliacci

1967, 1980, 1982, 2002, 2008, 2013

 

Pepito

2020

 

The Pirates of Penzance

2015

 

The Play of the Three Sheperds

1983

 

Porgy and Bess

1996, 2003

 

Rigoletto

1951, 1958, 1965, 1986, 1996, 2021 (video), 2022

 

Roméo et Juliette

1972, 1989, 1999

 

Salome

1954, 1999

 

Samson et Dalila

1952, 1999

 

The Secret of Susanne

1980

 

The Seven Deadly Sins

2026

 

Speed Dating Tonight

2021, 2023, 2025

 

Suor Angelica

1994

 

Susannah

2002, 2027

 

Sweeney Todd

2007

 

The Telephone

2021

 

Threeway: The Companion

2018

 

Threeway: Masquerade

2019

 

Threeway: Safe Word

2018

 

Tosca

1957, 1970, 1982, 1990, 1996, 2004, 2011, 2025

 

La Tragédie de Carmen

2012, 2022

 

La Traviata

1950, 1956, 1966, 1973, 1981, 1991, 2001, 2008, 2014, 2023

 

II Trovatore

1993

 

Turandot

1969, 1991, 2000, 2004, 2014

 

Die Walküre

1959

 

Westside Story

2018

 

Willie Stark

1985

 

Viva la Mamma!

2027

 

Die Zauberflöte

1965, 1984, 1991, 2002, 2017

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* Cancelled (COVID)

 

CONCERTS

1980 - Beverly Sills

1981 - MacNeil and Peters

1982 - Leontyne Price

1983 - Judith Blegen

1984 - Sherrill Milnes

1994 - Marilyn Horne

2009 - Gala

2020 - SOX Anniversary Concert

2023 - 75TH Anniversary Concert

OUR STAFF

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General & Artistic director

Alan E. Hicks, D.M.A.
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patron services manager

René Todaro
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Amelia Osborn

marketing associate

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accountant

Tom Chavanne
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Grant Writer

Sumer Cooner
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office Greeter

Orson

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS

Marcia Moffatt, President

Mark Owen, Executive Vice President

Carol Reyenga, Secretary

Tom Simms III, Treasurer

Sandra Harrold, Past-President

Lacey Moffatt, Guild President

MEMBERS

Clay Abbington
Jack Berg, M.D.
Mikey Carlisle
Marletta Eddy
Elizabeth Glassell
Steve Glassell
Jodie Glorioso
Michael McCarthy
Mark McCrocklin
Lindsey Beckham Melancon
Msgr. Rothell Price
JoAnna Robinson
Robert Robinson, DrPH

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