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Artistic & Professional Development Resources
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Opera Conference 2011
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OPERA America will hold Opera Conference 2011 from May 7-11, 2011, in Boston, MA, a culturally rich city with a thriving opera ecology. Professional Company Members Boston Lyric Opera and Opera Boston will serve as lead hosts, joined by numerous other institutions.
“Boston has a vibrant music community,” says Esther Nelson, general and artistic director of Boston Lyric Opera. “Besides all the professional companies, we have college opera programs with very high production values.” Following on the success of their recent production of Britten’s The Turn of the Screw, the company will unveil a new production of Midsummer Night’s Dream at the conference. “Turn of the Screw showed us that our audience has a great appetite for Britten. I think Midsummer Night’s Dream will demonstrate our strength in casting, our philosophy of putting together a strong, evenly matched ensemble.” The cast will include Susanna Phillips, John Gaston, Nadine Sierra, Andrew Shore, Darren Stokes, Heather Johnson, Chad A. Johnson, Matthew Worth and Ann McMahon Quintero in a production by Tazewell Thompson, John Conklin, Kaye Voyce and Robert Wierzel.
Carole Charnow, general director of Opera Boston, also looks forward to welcoming OPERA America members to Boston. “I think there has been an explosion of interest in opera and a willingness on the part of the audience to try new things. There have been some very serious and thoughtful efforts to genuinely lead the audience forward.” The company will feature Barbara Quintiliani in the title role of Maria Padilla in a new production by Julia Pezvner and Alexander Lisyansky, who directed and designed the company’s 2009 production of The Nose.
Highlights include:
- Performances of Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Donizetti’s Maria Padilla and Rameau’s Les Indes Galantes
- New Works Sampler in the A.R.T. Underground Cabaret
- Tour of the M.I.T. Media Lab
- Pre-Conference Seminars on Leadership Training, Development, Marketing, Governance, Musical Entrepreneurship and Baroque Performance Practice
- Co-Production Speed Dating
- The Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Showcase
- Open Sessions and Roundtables for Development, Marketing, Education, Finance/Administration, Technical/Production, Artistic, Trustees and General Directors
- Affinity Group Roundtables
- Company Member Presentations
- smART Bar
- Network Dinners around Boston Common
- Various member performances of traditional and contemporary opera in Boston, Cambridge and the surrounding area beginning Friday, May 6
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2011 Host Committee Organizations
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2011 Participating Organizations
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American Repertory Theater
Arts Boston
Boston Metro Opera
Boston Opera Collaborative
Boston Singers Resource
Cape Cod Opera
Commonwealth Opera
Emerson College
Guerilla Opera
Harvard University
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Intermezzo Opera
Longwood Opera
Longy School of Music
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Metrowest Opera
North of Boston Arts Center
Opera del West
Opera Hub
Worcester Opera Works
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Past Conferences
Introduction to OPERAAmerica.org
Summer 2010 Magazine Issue
- Letter from the President/CEO
- OPERA America News
- National Opera Week
- Looking Back, Looking Forward: Career Service Awards
- Opera Conference 2011
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From Airport:
The easiest way to reach the OPERA America offices is to get a cab at the airport. Cost is $40-45 (not including tip).
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JFK -
Take the AirTrain ($5 - approx. 15 minutes) to the Jamaica Street Station and transfer to the Long Island Railroad (LIRR).
Take the LIRR to Penn Station ($12 - approx. 35 minutes). See Penn Station directions below.
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LaGuardia -
Take the M60 Bus to the Hoyt Ave/31st Street. Get on the
 or  Train and take that to 42nd/Times Square Station.
Follow the Times Square Station directions below.
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Newark - Take the New Jersey Transit train to Penn Station ($15 - approx. 45 min). See
the Penn Station Directions below.
From Penn Station/Madison Square Garden:
Leave the station through the 7th Avenue/33rd Street exit and walk south for four blocks. The building is on the right hand side.
From Grand Central Station:
Take the  Train to the 42nd/Times Square station and transfer to the  Train.
Take the Train to the 28th Street stop and walk north on 7th Avenue.
The building is on the same block as the train stop.
From 42nd Street/Times Square:
Take the Train to the 28th Street stop and walk north on 7th Avenue.
The building is on the same block as the train stop.
For more detailed directions, most up-to-date pricing or to specify a different starting location, please visit the MTA Web site.
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