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Join us for Opera in the Outfield on September 29, 2018
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Published: May 8, 2018
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Published: May 1, 2018
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Acclaimed American opera director Francesca Zambello, formerly Washington National Opera's Artistic Advisor, is WNO's new Artistic Director.
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18-19 Season Subscriptions Now Available!
Guarantee your seasts for 2018-2019 Washington National Opera season with a subscription! Led by Artistic Director Francesca Zambello, the 2018–2019 season presents fresh takes on CLASSIC operas, fascinating CONTEMPORARY works, and the best in AMERICAN artistry. Don’t miss Verdi’s La traviata, Kevin Puts’s Silent Night, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Gounod’s Faust, Puccini's Tosca, and much more.
18-19 Season Subscriptions Now Available!: Learn MoreMeet the 2018–2019 Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists
Washington National Opera has announced the roster of emerging talent selected for the 17th season of its Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program, which begins in August 2018. The DCYAP offers intensive training and mentorship in technique, repertoire, language, movement, finance management, and career development as well as extraordinary performance opportunities on the WNO mainstage and around Washington, D.C., for these rising stars. The DCYAP hosts a faculty of leading master teachers and coaches, which will be led in 2018-2019 by returning Artist-in-Residence Alan Held.Through the program, the Young Artists will star in a special performance of Verdi’s La traviata, and perform in A Concert of Comic Masterpieces in the Kennedy Center Opera House; participate in WNO’s annual American Opera Initiative Festival; and appear in a masterclass series, recitals, and concerts in prestigious venues and communities across the region.
Meet the 2018–2019 Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists: Learn MoreBetween 18 & 40 and Love Opera? Join BravO!
Washington National Opera's BravO is DC's premier young professional arts-lover program for those between the ages of 18 and 40! The program is free to join and offers discounted tickets, social events, backstage tours, pre-performance talks, and more.
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Kennedy Center News is now available to read online! The May-August issue features the revival of Rossini's The Barber of Seville; Francesca Zambello's glittering production of Leonard Bernstein's Candide; the WNO Opera Gala Concert featuring Patti LuPone, Tituss Burgess, Nathan Gunn, Kathryn Lewek, and Isabel Leonard; and much more!
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