FIRST FRIDAY AT THE ANCHORAGE MUSEUM

6 - 9 pm Friday, April 5 Free Admission

The museum is your entertainment destination this First Friday! Enjoy free admission to the galleries. Join Anchorage Opera for a Pop-up performance. Come and explore four floors of exhibitions and installations. Create with a local artist in the Art Lab. View rapid space shorts in the planetarium, attend one or all the museum's First Friday docent talks, and round out the night with a buffet of small bites at Muse X Crush Bistro.

Anchorage Opera - Pop-up La Traviata performance 7 & 7:15 pm Art of the North Gallery in the Rasmuson Wing

ArtLab – Alaska Comic Artist Series: Creating Expressive Characters with Lucas Elliott

6 - 8 pm Friday, April 5, Discovery Center, Art Lab 

Thomas Planetarium - Rapid Space Shorts

6:30, 7, 7:30, 8 & 8:30 pm

Muse Restaurant – Museum Lobby

MUSE by Crush Bistro will be open from 6 - 9 pm offering beer, wine, non-alcoholic beverages, and appetizers for purchase 

Spend an afternoon with the cast of one of the most popular operas of all time, La Traviata by Verdi.

$50 per person (ALL inclusive)

$50 STAR Sponsorship (thank you for supporting our artists)

For TICKETS call 907-279-2557

To buy ONLINE: CLICK HERE

The stunning private home of Dr. Brian Chen & Tim Pearson is the setting for an all-inclusive afternoon of food, music, drinks, friends, and FUN! Enjoy an ‘up-close & personal’ panel discussion with the stars. Discover interesting facts about La Traviata, its plot, history, and thrill to excerpts from the production. Q & A from the audience, and more interactive fun. A reception afterwards, with a complete catered buffet of food and drink, is your chance to mix and mingle with the cast one-on-one!

Enjoy appetizers from Fromagio's Artisan Cheese with wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages, AND a complete buffet from Casual Encounters Catering after the program!

MENU

La Traviata inspired French menu:

Smoked Salmon Canapés

&

Quiche Lorraine

&

Boeuf bourguignon

with red wine, pearl onions and bouquet garni

&

Salad Niçoise with leafy greens and lemon vinaigrette

&

Fruit Display of fresh fruit and berry skewers, melon, grapes and chocolate-dipped strawberries

&

Desserts

Macarons, chocolates and small pastries

And when you “Sponsor an Artist” you cover the costs of their reception fare, and receive special recognition from Anchorage Opera, and the Artist personally. BRAVO!

$50 per person (ALL inclusive)

$50 STAR Sponsorship (thank you for supporting our artists)

For TICKETS call 907-279-2557

To buy ONLINE: CLICK HERE

Friday, April 26 at 8 PM

Saturday, April 27 at 8 PM 

Sunday, April 28 at 4 PM

In the Discovery Theatre at the PAC

For Tickets CLICK HERE  or call 907-263-ARTS (907-263-2787)

You're invited to be swept away by one of the greatest love stories ever sung, La Traviata. Verdi’s sublime, soaring saga of passion, love, and loss will tug at your heartstrings and never let go!

If you’re new to opera, this one’s for you! If you’re an opera fan, you’ll LOVE La Traviata! This timeless tale, with memorable melodies, is also famous in pop culture including in the blockbuster movie “Pretty Woman”. One of the most beloved operas of all time, there’s something for everyone in La Traviata!

Starring internationally acclaimed artists and fabulous local talent!

Performed in Italian with English supertitles so you’ll understand every word!

La Traviata. Timeless. Passionate. Not to be missed.

Calling all Alaskan High School students! Apply by April 15 for our exciting new Alaska Artist Development Program! Voice lessons! Diction coachings! Acting! Movement! World renowned faculty! Day Camp from May 26 - June 15 But wait, there's more...you also get to sing in the chorus of our joint production with UAA of Les Mamelles de Tirésias by Poulenc on June 15! To learn more & apply CLICK HERE

Our General Director Ben Robinson is turning 40 years old soon and we think that's a great reason to celebrate! Long-time friend of Anchorage Opera, Jim Rooney, has offered to host the party at his beautiful home and Anchorage Opera favorite Katie Strock and her band will be keeping things lively with all the greatest hits of the 40s! Dancing will not be discouraged, dinner will be served, and champagne will flow! Oh, and there will be CAKE!

Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details!



Ben's 40th Birthday Bash May 1, 2024

7 pm

Jim Rooney Residence

Plan to join us one hour before each performance of La Traviata to learn the interesting background, tidbits of information and fascinating insights into Verdi’s timeless masterpiece.

Fri, Apr 26 at 7 pm

Sat, Apr 27 at 7 pm

Sun, Apr 28 at 3 pm

We are proud to present our colleague in the arts, Zach Milliman, whose research has been featured at annual meetings of the American Musicological Society, the Society for American Music, and many others, and has published with the journal of the International Allegiance for Women in Music.

Don't miss your chance to win a package to Paris & Provence worth $15,000 and support our non-profit at the same time! Bravo & Thank you! We're drawing the winner on April 28th!

LEARN MORE & GET TICKETS>>>

or

Call (907) 279-2557 

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or

Call (907) 279-2557 

Drawing to be held April 28, 2024 at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts 

Need not be present to win

Anchorage Opera

1507 Spar Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501

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Anchorage Opera (AO) receives operating support from the Atwood Foundation, the Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation, the Kumin Foundation, the Rasmuson Foundation, The Carr Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and the Municipality of Anchorage. AO is supported in part by grants from the Alaska State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Official Videographer is Talking Circle Media. Guest Artists’ Sponsors are Alaska Airlines, EasyPark, and The Alaska Club. Anchorage Opera is a member of OPERA America.