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2021-22 Press Coverage

Apr 10 2023
Arizona Daily Star
"Arizona Opera after-party mariachi performance"
Nov 02 2022
Frontdoors Media
"Arizona Opera to Release CARMEN: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL"
Oct 17 2022
Opera Wire
"THE COPPER QUEEN FILM: Jonas Kaufmann, Pretty Yende, Benjamin Bernheim, Russell Thomas Nominated for International Opera Awards"
May 18 2022
Arizona Jewish Life
"Singing Joseph Specter's praises at Arizona Opera"
May 12 2022
Frontdoors Media
"Arizona Opera Celebrates 50 Years at 'Gold Rush Gala'"
Apr 14 2022
Tucson Weekly
"Arizona Opera Reimagines Mozart, Minus the Misogyny"
Apr 13 2022
ABC15 Arizona
"Grammy Award-winning conductor hits Phoenix stage with all women-led production"
Apr 11 2022
Arizona Daily Star
"Arizona Opera looks at Mozart's comic 'Cosi' through 2022 lens"
Mar 29 2022
Opera Wire
"Arizona Opera to Adapt ‘Carmen’ into Graphic Novel"
Mar 28 2022
Screen Rant
"Carmen Adaptation Retells Controversial Story With Must-See Art (Exclusive)"
Mar 28 2022
IGN
"Carmen: How an Iconic Opera Is Being Adapted as a Graphic Novel"
Mar 24 2022
Comic Book Resources
"EXCLUSIVE: Carmen Opera Graphic Novel Taps All-Star Artist Roster for Kickstarter Prints"
Mar 17 2022
Tucson Weekly
"A Night At the Opera: An Ode to Stephen Sondheim, to Arizona Art and to Reading Emails More Carefully"
Mar 10 2022
Broadway World
"BWW Review: Arizona Opera presents a captivating production of Sondheim's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC"
Mar 08 2022
Arizona Daily Star
"Arizona Opera looks to make an impact with diverse, representative casting"
Mar 08 2022
Talkin' Broadway
"Regional Reviews: Phoenix (Arizona Opera - A Little Night Music)"
Feb 27 2022
The Arizona Republic
"Arizona Opera provides opportunities for students who can't make it to a theater"
Feb 15 2022
KTAR
"Arizona Opera’s 2022-23 season to feature five productions in Phoenix and Tucson"
Feb 05 2022
Arizona Daily Star
"Susan Graham to returns to Tucson for Desert Song Festival recital"
Feb 02 2022
Arizona Highways
"Q&A: The Real-Life Love Story Behind Arizona Opera’s ‘Carmen’"
Jan 31 2022
Arizona Daily Star
"Couple who found love in 'Carmen' is back for Arizona Opera run"
Jan 28 2022
KJZZ
"Arizona Opera takes to the stage with 'Carmen'"
Dec 12 2021
Arizona Daily Star
"Arizona Opera delivers Christmas gift to Tucson with mariachi opera"
Dec 09 2021
Arizona Daily Star
"Opera lead visits Davis Bilingual Elementary School"
Dec 09 2021
KGUN 9
"Arizona Opera returns to stage with Christmas mariachi opera"
Dec 08 2021
Newsarama
"The iconic opera Carmen is coming to a new stage - comic books"
Dec 06 2021
Arizona Daily Star
"Arizona Opera presenting its 2nd mariachi opera, this one with a Christmas story"
Nov 02 2021
KJZZ
"Arizona Opera turns Bisbee ghost story 'The Copper Queen' into a movie"
Oct 31 2021
Broadway World
"BWW Review: AZ OPERA'S FILM, THE COPPER QUEEN at Home Computer Screens"
Oct 30 2021
Opera Warhorses
"Opera World Premiere Review: Vanessa Becerra Stars in Dramatically Persuasive “Copper Queen” Film"
Oct 26 2021
Two Gay Geeks
"Arizona Opera’s “The Copper Queen” Film is Heartbreakingly Beautiful"
Oct 24 2021
CITY Sun Times
"Arizona Opera’s THE COPPER QUEEN Film Set for Theatrical & Streaming Release, Oct. 29"
Oct 22 2021
Opera News
"Opera News Review: The Copper Queen"
Oct 15 2021
Arizona Daily Star
"Bisbee's Copper Queen Hotel serves as setting for new opera"
Oct 06 2021
The Arizona Republic
"COVID-19 forced Arizona Opera to get creative. Here's how it's reaching out to new audiences"
Oct 06 2021
Broadway World
"Arizona Opera Appoints Courtney D. Clark as Director of Community Alliances"
Sep 24 2021
KGUN 9
"Tucson Music Hall renovations finish in time for return of live shows"
Sep 17 2021
Phoenix New Times
"Several Arizona Arts Organizations Just Got a Nice, Big Cash Infusion"
Aug 31 2021
CITY Sun Times
"Arizona’s Performing Arts Organizations Meet a New Season With Determination, Optimism"
Aug 03 2021
Frontdoors Media
""The Big Return" - Frontdoors Magazine (August/September 2021)"
Jul 26 2021
Arizona Daily Star
"Learn the costume-making secrets of Arizona Opera with these workshops"
Jul 26 2021
Fox 10
"Fox10: Costume workshops at Arizona Opera"
Jul 21 2021
Frontdoors Media
"ICYMI: Community Champion Awards Presented at the Society of Chairs Gala (Part 2)"
Jul 17 2021
Phoenix Business Journal
"Executive Inc.: Arizona Opera's Joseph Specter follows his passions on and off the stage (Video)"
Jul 15 2021
Business Wire
"Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust COVID-19 Response Grants to Help 26 Performing Arts Organizations Move Forward"
Jul 13 2021
Daily Independent
"Arizona Opera costume shop announces public summer masterclasses"
Apr 27 2021
Broadway World
"Arizona Opera Announces Return To In-Theater Performances For Its 2021/22 Season"
Apr 26 2021
Arizona Daily Star
"Arizona Opera to return to Tucson Music Hall in the fall"
Apr 15 2021
Phoenix New Times
"Arizona Photographers Named 2021 Guggenheim Fellows — And More Metro Phoenix Arts News"
Apr 13 2021
Opera Wire
"Patricia Racette & Paulo Szot Lead Arizona’s 2021-22 Season"
Apr 13 2021
Two Gay Geeks
"Arizona Opera Announces 50th Anniversary Season"