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	Washington Opera -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Washington National Opera was established in 1957 as the Opera Society of Washington by Day Thorpe, the music critic of the Washington Star.
		Many prominent Washingtonians gravitated enthusiastically to the Opera Society and devoted years of their lives to making the Washington Opera a successful undertaking.
		Martin Feinstein, one of the early directors of the Washington Opera, brought in many wonderful young singers, long before their first appearances at the Metropolitan Opera.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wa/washington_opera.htm (247 words)

	Washington Opera Announces Upcoming Seasons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Four operas will be presented this fall at the Washington Opera's regular home, the Kennedy Center Opera House, before the venue closes in December for a long-planned year of refurbishment.
		Another highlight of the season will be the Washington Opera debut of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa in the title role of "Vanessa," singing the part she created in the opera's 1958 world premiere.
		The Washington Opera will move into a newly restructured DAR Constitution Hall in the spring of 2003 while the Kennedy Center Opera House is renovated, artistic director Placido Domingo announced today.
	www.tenorissimo.com /domingo/Art/wp12402.htm (1558 words)

	Displacement Brought Opera Down an Octave (washingtonpost.com)
		The Washington National Opera, one of the city's richest artistic institutions, took a financial beating during its stay at DAR Constitution Hall last season.
		Opera patrons, who paid up to $285 a seat, said parking was murder, the bathrooms were remote, and some sections of the hall were a sweat box.
		The Washington National Opera's "Aida" was part of a spring 2003 lineup that filled 95.8 percent of the available seats at Constitution Hall.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A27802-2004Jul30.html (1243 words)

	Opera Bel Canto, Washington, D.C. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In Washington, the bass-baritone has sung with the Washington Opera in Rigoletto, Tosca and Le Nozze di Figaro, as well as in concerts and operas with Catholic University’s Summer Opera Theater, the Washington Chamber Symphony, the Alexandria Symphony and the New Dominion Chorale.
		He is artistic director for the Maryland Opera Society, director of music of Theological College at the Catholic University of America and continues as an adjunct faculty member of the University's Benjamin T. Rome School of Music.
		As a singer, she has appeared with the Washington Opera, the professional chorus of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Opera Camerata of Washington, the Shir Chadash Chorale and other groups.
	home.comcast.net /~operabelcanto/favoritacast.html (2126 words)

	The Guide -- Washington Opera Offers Free Concert to GU Students
		Since the number of tickets available for the opera was limited, the Young Singers of the Washington Opera will perform a free concert open to all students.
		In the grand tradition of opera, this tale walloes in its melodrama, with tales of revenge, lust, murder and a strong dose of the supernatural.
		The opera is known for dramatic talking statues and a climax replete with fire and demons as Don Giovanni receives his eternal comeuppance.
	www.thehoya.com /guide/022803/guide4.cfm (632 words)

	Opera Camerata of Washington
		She has sung with the Washington Opera, Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia, the Washington Savoyards, Ltd., and the Victorian Parlour Ensemble.
		Opera News recently commented on the beauty of her singing in Summer Opera Theatre's revival of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda.
		He is tenor soloist at the Church of the Annunciation in Washington and has sung with the Washington Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia and the Opera Camerata.
	members.aol.com /sb1789/artmos.html (799 words)

	#545: 09-23-02 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE WASHINGTON OPERA TO PROVIDE IMPROVED ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice today announced a settlement agreement with The Washington Opera to increase the number and locations of wheelchair-accessible seating at performances held at both DAR Constitution Hall in 2003 and the soon to be remodeled Opera House at the John F.
		Prior to this agreement, the only wheelchair-accessible seats in the Kennedy Center Opera House were the most expensive seats, and the only accessible seats in the DAR Constitution Hall were in the orchestra section.
		These seats will ensure that opera fans who use wheelchairs will have an equal opportunity to enjoy performances by providing a choice of admission prices and lines of sight comparable to that of the general public, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards for accessibility.
	www.usdoj.gov /opa/pr/2002/September/02_crt_545.htm (463 words)

	Opera Pacifica, Olympia Washington Opera Company
		OPERA PACIFICA joins with the OLYMPIA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA.
		Opera Pacifica Education and Repertory Association (O.P.E.R.A.) is a Western Washington opera company.
		Opera Pacifica is a Non-Profit 501©(3) organization founded on 3/20/2002.
	www.operapacifica.org (166 words)

	Opera Camerata of Washington
		In Washington, D.C. she has appeared as soloist with Mstislav Rostropovich and the National Symphony, and in joint recital, here at the Lisner, with Met bass and fellow Ukrainian Paul Plishka.
		He appeared with the Washington Opera at the Kennedy Center this season as a soloist in The Ballad of Baby Doe and has also been cast as the inkeeper in Menotti's Goya and as the jailor in Tosca, both with Placido Domingo.
		This charming soprano was a principal artist of the Tbilisi Opera in the Republic of Georgia.
	orpheusandlyra.homestead.com /files/camerata/Camerata.htm (1547 words)

	Settlement Agreement - Between The United States of America and The Washington Opera
		The Opera represents that in its current 2002-2003 season, it plans to offer 53 performances of seven operas at two venues, due to plans to renovate the Opera House at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Kennedy Center).
		The Washington Opera represents that it plans on moving back into the Opera House at the Kennedy Center in 2004, after renovations are completed.
		The Washington Opera will provide the Advisory Committee with pertinent information, such as the number of requests for wheelchair accessible seating, the number of wheelchair accessible seats sold to persons with disabilities, and the number and types of complaints regarding accessibility.
	www.usdoj.gov /crt/ada/washoper.htm (2038 words)

	The Washington Diplomat
		The Washington Opera is giving the Kennedy Center’s Opera House a splendid and temporary adieu, climaxing the fall season with the presence of big stars in two big productions.
		The Washington Opera will be moving to the Daughters of the American Revolution’s (DAR) Constitution Hall for the remainder of its season in the spring with the beginning of renovations at the Kennedy Center Opera House.
		Kanawa has been something of a legend since her spectacular debut at London’s Royal Opera House in 1971 as the countess in “Le Nozze di Figaro,” quickly becoming an international opera star and performing in all the great opera houses across the world, including the Metropolitan, the Paris Opera and the Vienna State Opera.
	www.washdiplomat.com /02-11/b8_02_11.html (589 words)

	Explore Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Founded in 1956, Washington National Opera is today recognized as one of the leading opera companies in the United States.
		Washington National Opera creates seasons of excitement by balancing popular grand opera with new or less frequently performed works.
		Washington National Opera has a long tradition of identifying and nurturing the careers of talented young opera artists.
	www.explorecompany.com /job_wno.htm (861 words)

	Washington Opera Hoffmann review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Ironically, Domingo's husband, Washington Opera Music Director Placido Domingo, has been a major force for championing the new "Hoffmann." He sang the title role in 1988 when the new edition (though still evolving) was given in Los Angeles.
		It needs to be said: The Washington Opera should hire the most qualified artists it can afford; nothing else should be factored in the decision.
		Sullivan-Genthe is the house designer for the Washington Opera; only in Marta Domingo's productions does one notice rough edges in her work.
	www.r-ds.com /opera/hoffmann/wp91001.htm (999 words)

	Washington National Opera : About the Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Opera may be described as a drama set to music with instrumental accompaniment that is sung by artists usually in costume.
		Opera is one of the most exciting and theatrically impressive art forms.
		Washington National Opera is a charity as defined by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
	www.dc-opera.org /aboutcompany/faq.asp (1590 words)

	Opera Bel Canto, Washington, D.C. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Angel in The Impresario with the Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute, and Leonard Meryll in The Yeomen of the Guard with the Washington Savoyards.
		As a performer, she has appeared with the Washington Opera, the professional chorus of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Opera Camerata of Washington, the Shir Chadash Chorale and other groups.
		She accompanies the vocal students of Maestro Sparacino in his studio and is often called upon to coach the students in Russian diction and vocal repertoire.
	home.comcast.net /~operabelcanto/rigoletto04/rigolettocast.html (2400 words)

	Domingo and Washington Opera to tour Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		WASHINGTON, June 29 (UPI) -- International tenor Placido Domingo will lead the Washington Opera on a 12-day tour of Japan with a repertory of three of the company's best productions -- Verdi's Otello and Tosca, and Ermanno Wolf Ferrari's Sly.
		Twenty sea containers of scenery, props, costumes, and trunkloads of musical scores of each opera for the members of the orchestra are already en route to Japan.
		Washington critics credit Domingo with transforming the Washington Opera into one of the country's leading opera companies.
	www.jcarreras.com /articles/2002/etc062902a.stm (232 words)

	ipedia.com: Washington Opera Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Washington Opera is an opera company in Washington, D.C, Its artistic director is the Mexican tenor Plácido Domingo.
		The Washington Opera was established in 1957 as the Opera Society of Washington...
		The Washington Opera was established in 1957 as the Opera Society of Washington by Day Thorpe, the music critic of the Washington Star.
	www.ipedia.com /washington_opera.html (145 words)

	IDS: Graduate performs with Washington Opera (Arts, 09/10/2003) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		As an apprentice at the Washington Opera, Hwang studies under the direction of Placido Domingo and a host of other musical celebrities from around the world.
		According to the Washington Opera Web site, www.dc-opera.org, the program is designed for singers on the verge of international careers and includes workshops with world-renowned singers, directors and coaches who work with the Young Artists to guide them in their transition from singer to artist and help them build long-lasting, healthy careers.
		Hwang originally came to the Washington Opera as a summer intern and was later invited to stay as an apprentice, said Katherine Burgun, spokesperson for the IU School of Music.
	www.idsnews.com /story.php?id=18049 (497 words)

	The Washington Diplomat
		Culture, philanthropy and creative diplomacy converged at the French Embassy on June 6 in a memorable evening that raised funds for the Washington Opera and renewed the friendship between France and the United States in the aftermath of the Iraq war.
		James V. Kimsey, chairman of the Washington Opera Board, said it’s now time for Americans and the French to move beyond their differences over Iraq and focus on the future and the values that unite the two nations.
		This year’s ball raised a record $3.15 million for the Washington Opera thanks in large part to the efforts of opera trustee Betty Scripps Harvey and the Edward W. and Betty Knight Scripps Foundation, as well as Kimsey and his foundation.
	www.washdiplomat.com /03-07/b8_03_07.html (553 words)

	The Guide -- Washington Opera’s ‘Norma’ Opens
		She, the Oracle, is Hasmik Papian, the world-renowned soprano famed for her mastery of the seminal roles in modern opera: Tosca, Salome, Aida — and Norma.
		The questions posed by Norma’s conflict are those involving a woman of power caught in complications between her political and spiritual power of the Druid order, and her commitment to Pollione, a Roman with whom Norma has secretly had two children.
		Editor’s Note: The Washington Opera will perform “Norma” through Oct. 20 at the DAR Constitutional Hall, located at 1776 D St., NW.
	www.thehoya.com /guide/101703/guide9.cfm (872 words)

	The Idler,vIIIn158
		As was Baltimore's WBJC, a classical music station listened to by 60,000 residents of Washington's northern fringe (the WBJC signal cannot reach downtown Washington or its Virginia suburbs), which gained as well.
		Washington Post cultural writer Tim Page said, "It is a disgrace that the capital city of the nation does not have the finest opera that is broadcast in the country.
		While Dan DeVany will not admit Patterson's group of opera lovers are responsible for his station's reconsideration of the Met broadcasts, he does confess that when WGMS cancelled the show, he did not pick up the phone and ask Texaco for the series.
	www.geocities.com /dcjarviks/Idler/vIIIn158.html (1257 words)

	Washington National Opera Commemorative Coin Act of 2004
		This Act may be cited as the `Washington National Opera Commemorative Coin Act of 2004'.
		(2) In 2000, the Washington Opera was designated the `National Opera' by an Act of Congress to reflect the significant national arts leadership role of the Opera.
		(3) The Washington National Opera educates and inspires students of all ages through engaging educational programs and innovative partnerships that broaden public awareness and appreciation for opera and are accessible to people of all abilities through needs-based scholarships and accommodations.
	www.theorator.com /bills108/hr5220.html (790 words)

	Opera Lectures and Educational Programs - The Lyric Opera House Baltimore, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He traveled with the Washington Opera on their 2002 tour to Japan, and made his European operatic debut at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy.
		Her lectures have included programs for The Washington Opera, Washington Concert Opera, and the Phillips Collection.
		He holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree from Peabody Conservatory of Music and is well known in the area as a pianist, organist, singer, composer, lecturer, director, writer, and conductor.
	www.baltimoreopera.com /news/lectures.asp (181 words)

	classical music - andante - washington opera's wonderful walküre
		Die Walküre is the most popular of Wagner's four Ring operas: its music is appealing; its narrative — spiced as it is by incestuous love, marital betrayals and violent action — is compelling; its dimensions, unlike its prophesying and mythologizing companions in the tetralogy, are accessibly human.
		(When the season resumes in March 2004, the Washington Opera will return to its renovated home in the Opera House at the Kennedy Center.) The singing, orchestral playing and staging matched standards set at such well-endowed houses such as the Metropolitan Opera.
		Bellini's opera makes a belated but impressive debut at the Washington Opera, with a sensational turn in the title role by Hasmik Papian.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=22770 (808 words)

	A Month in the Country (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		March 9, 2005 — The Washington University Opera will present Lee Hoiby's A Month in the Country — based on the play by Ivan Turgenev — at 8 p.m.
		First adapted in 1964 for the New York City Opera, under the title Natalia Petrovna, the piece was revised in 1980 but had gone years without a performance until last December, when the Manhattan School of Music launched a well-received production.
		Several costumes are on loan from Opera Theatre of St. Louis, with additional costumes by local designer Micah Beck.
	news-info.wustl.edu /news/page/normal/4870.html (642 words)

	Opera Camerata of Washington
		Lucio Paz, principal tenor of the Opera Camerata of Washington (Poliuto), possesses an exceptional, lyric voice, ideal for the bel canto operas of Bellini, Donizetti and early Verdi.
		The Washington Post extolled the ''rich timbre'' of his voice, in his Kennedy Center debut as the Count of Chalais in Donizetti's Maria Di Rohan, proclaiming that he ''.
		Turning toward opera, he also entered the summer training programs at the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina and the AIMS program in Graz, Austria.
	members.aol.com /sb1789/artpol.html (922 words)

	French culture \| music : Washigton Opera: Massenet's Don Quichotte
		Many composers have tried to turn Cervantes' sprawling novel of the Knight of the Woeful Countenance into an opera but Massenet's "heroic comedy" was the first to conquer the stage.
		Massenet (composer of Le Cid, Manon and Werther) threw himself into the composition of this opera with inspired abandon and created a loving portrait of a tattered idealist who is either a fool or a saint.
		Engagements for the 1999-2000 season included returns to Los Angeles Opera as Dalila and to La Scala as Mere Marie in Dialogues de Carmelites and debuts at two new houses: Michigan Opera Theater as Charlotte in Werther with Andrea Boccelli and the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Carmen.
	info-france-usa.org /culture/music/events/washopera/0010quichotte.html (518 words)

	Bellini Opera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Willard InterContinental, Washington, D.C.'s legendary hotel, welcomes patrons of The Washington Opera to embark on an unforgettable evening with its Norma-inspired pre-opera dinner.
		Like the opera, the three-course, prix fixe dinner is based on early Roman, Gallic and Druid themes, utilizing ancient spices and popular ingredients of the day.
		Just a few blocks from DAR Constitution Hall and a short ride to the Kennedy Center, the Willard InterContinental Washington is the perfect choice for opera goers to enjoy atmospheric fine dining, a nightcap, or a sumptuous overnight stay for The Washington Opera's exciting 2003-2004 season.
	www.postcardsforyou.com /willard.html (606 words)

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