Dear Opera Family, Board members George and Melissa Paz are generously giving their annual Spring Match from the Paz Family Foundation. All donations will be matched up to $7,500 through April 30, 2021! To make a contribution today click here and donate. Winter Opera wants to thank everyone who has supported us this season. Thank you to our donors… Read More Announcing Our Spring Match
Meet the stars of our production of Suor Angelica! Starring as the titular character is local soprano Karen Kanakis and as her aunt, La Zia Principessa, Nora Teipen. Read on to learn more about both of these leading ladies, and join us on March 19th, 20th, or 21st as they perform in Suor Angelica. Soprano Karen Kanakis is… Read More Introducing the Stars of “Suor Angelica”
We are excited to welcome Jason Harris to the Winter Opera family as our new Orchestra Personnel Manager. He will be joining the production team for our upcoming March opera, Puccini’s Suor Angelica. JASON HARRIS holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of Missouri – St. Louis and a Master of the… Read More Meet Our New Orchestra Personnel Manager
Dear Winter Opera friends and family, Winter Opera St. Louis is thrilled to announce a fall $25,000 match generously donated by Mary Pillsbury. Our fall match will go through September 30, 2020 and Mary Pillsbury will match up to $25,000 of the donated funds. Canceling our gala and postponing our first opera until early 2021 will… Read More A Letter from Gina: Fall Donation Match and Season Updates
Dear Winter Opera family, We hope you are safe and well during this time. We look forward to seeing and engaging with you in the near future. Please keep looking on our site for updates as we continue planning and working to provide opera-tunities to you. Our Alterations & Costume Shop has been abuzz during… Read More New Face Masks Available
Winter Opera St. Louis is excited to announce that its new performance home beginning Season 14 will be the new Kirkwood Performing Arts Center. The Center includes a main stage theatre that seats 525 people, a 2,000 square-foot event space, spacious upper and lower level lobbies connected by a grand staircase, a 3,000 square-foot Studio… Read More New Season, New Theatre
Dear friends, We hope this finds you all in good health and good spirits. As you know, our Alterations & Costume Shop has been busy the last few weeks making washable, reusable face masks for the community. Thanks to Nancy Pillsbury’s generous donation, we sent out over 700 masks to our Winter Opera Season 13… Read More A Note from Winter Opera
We are please to introduce our newCostume & Alterations Director, Lauren Smith! We are looking ahead with hopeful hearts that our Costume & Alterations Shop will soon be abuzz with machines running and visitors chatting. In the meantime, we want to take this opportunity to introduce you to our newest team member, Lauren. Lauren is… Read More Meet the Designer