Hailing from Bainbridge Island, WA, mezzo-soprano Aria Minasian is delighted to be a Herndon Foundation Emerging Artist with Virginia Opera for the 2024-2025 season. Ms. Minasian recently spent the summer as a Studio Artist with Wolf Trap Opera covering Anna 1 in...
Soprano Chase Sanders is thrilled to be joining Virginia Opera this season. Sanders was most recently seen at Sarasota Opera as an Apprentice Artist. In 2022, she was a young artist with Opera Saratoga where she performed the role of Elder (Sky on Swings) and covered...
American Bass Wm. Clay Thompson has been praised by Opera News for his “mahogany-timbred” voice. A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Mr. Thompson is a Ryan Opera Center artist at Lyric Opera of Chicago where he sang Zuniga in Carmen on the mainstage last season and...
Hampton Roads, Richmond, Fairfax, VA (May 24, 2024) – Virginia Opera today announced the forthcoming departure in 2025 of Peggy Kriha Miller, General Director & CEO. Miller joined Virginia Opera during a challenging period marked by the global pandemic,...
An All-Female, All Asian Creative Team Shines in the Reimagining of this Timeless Opera Hampton Roads, Richmond, Fairfax, VA – Virginia Opera proudly announces the grand finale of its 2023-2024 season, the iconic opera Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini. Virginia...
