Mar 23, 2026
Opera Omaha's General Director Allison Swenson Announces 26/27 Season, and it's a real gem!
Jan 21, 2026
“Susannah” Marks Opera Omaha Debut of Soprano Caitlin Lynch, As Well As Making Her Dream Come True…She Explains on “Live & Local”
Oct 22, 2025
Alexander Birch Elliott on Live and Local
Our very own Figaro, Alexander Birch Elliott, sat down with Live and Local on KIOS to talk about bringing this famous character to the Opera Omaha stage.
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Oct 16, 2025
CODA: Katrina Thurman on The Sopranos, singing on Broadway & how she casts a show
CODA: Katrina Thurman on The Sopranos, singing on Broadway & how she casts a show
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Oct 9, 2025
Katrina Thurman on her path to The Met stage, Kristin Chenoweth & the beauty of sound
Katrina Thurman on her path to The Met stage, Kristin Chenoweth & the beauty of sound.
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Oct 7, 2025
OSA Backstage - Figaro Yourself a French Revolution
Dani & Serena talk to Gary Thor Wedow, conductor of Opera Omaha’s “The Barber of Seville,” about great teachers, getting Boulanger’ed, and why the Rossini contagion is the best contagion.
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Oct 1, 2025
Katrina Thurman on Developing "The Barber of Seville"
Director of Artistic Administration, Katrina Thurman, gives insight on creating "The Barber of Seville" for Omaha.
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- Alexander Birch Elliott on Live and Local
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- Katrina Thurman on her path to The Met stage, Kristin Chenoweth & the beauty of sound
- OSA Backstage - Figaro Yourself a French Revolution
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- KIOS-Live and Local: Opera Omaha Unveils 25-26 Season
- Opera Omaha Announces 25-26 Season - KVNO
- Allison Swenson on Oh My Omaha
- Opera Omaha Announces 25/26 Season
- "Barber of Seville" to open Opera Omaha's 25/26 Season
- Allison Swenson announces Opera Omaha's 25/26 Season
- Allison Swenson discuss the thought process As the anticipation builds for our season announcement on Monday (!) our General Director, Allison Swenson sat down with Omapod to discuss the thought process behind choosing repertoire
- Pt. 2 - Omaha native Brian Jeffers discusses his Opera Omaha debut
- Opera Omaha named as AAP COMPASS Partner
- Omaha native Brian Jeffers discusses his Opera Omaha debut
2024
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- Omaha native makes professional opera debut
- Opera Omaha Has Dean Anthony Return To Where His Life Literally Started…And Brings Him Full Circle With "The Marriage of Figaro"
- Opera Omaha Presents The Amusing ‘Marriage of Figaro’
- Meeting the new leaders in Omaha and what plans they have for the city's future
- Mary Feminear and Michael Adams Singing Together in Opera Omaha’s The Marriage of Figaro
- Married couple plays married couple trying to stop another couple from marrying in Omaha show
- Opera Omaha’s New General Director, Allison Swenson, Talks About New City, Job, & Season on KIOS-FM
Feb
Jan
- Area students’ poems selected for 2022-23 Poetry & Music Project
- Opera Omaha to Present ‘Suor Angelica’
- The Business of Performing Arts: Balancing Budgets, Careers and Engagement
- Opera Omaha is thrilled to announce Allison Swenson as General Director.
- Music — especially opera — has been a mainstay in new Opera Omaha leader's life
- "Libretto" Roger Weitz's Opera Omaha Story
2022
Dec
Nov
- Omaha high school students learn from renowned opera singer
- One Man’s Truth
- Opera at The Orpheum: 'X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X'
- Opera about Malcolm X coming to Omaha 36 years after premiere
- The Evolution of Anthony Davis’s ‘Malcolm X’ Opera
- Opera Omaha's 'X' Opens Friday, Baritone Joshua Conyers on His Role, Life, & Our Community on KIOS
- “Malcolm X” traces its roots to Omaha
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2020
2019
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- Ellen Reid Wins Pulitzer for Prism: Composer's Generosity of Spirit and Notes, Berkshire Fine Arts Review
- Opera Omaha gives restored version of 'Faust' a heavenly debut: Omaha World-Herald Review
- Award Winning Theater Director Debuts with Opera Omaha this Weekend
- Disturbing & Fascinating: Les Enfants Terribles Schmopera Review
- Omaha World-Herald Review: Les Enfants Terribles
- Words To Music: Young Poets And Composers Collaborate For Unique Opera, NET Article
- Les Enfants Terribles: Opera News Review
2018
Nov
Oct
- World-Herald Article: James Keene, Friend of the Arts
- A Frighteningly Timeless Story of Abuse: Pagliacci
- He's an Old Chicago bartender who doubles as a fire-breathing clown
- Opera Omaha opens their 2018-19 Season with PAGLIACCI
- BWW Review: PROVING Mazzoli's Place in the New Opera Scene at the Miller in New York
- Mazzoli Explores American Dream Fragile As Glass
Sep
Apr
- OperaWire Review: Medea
- Musical America: ONE Festival, Part II
- Musical America: ONE Festival Proves Up to Its Ambitions
- I Care If You Listen: Proving Up
- OperaWire: Proving Up Review
- Omaha World-Herald: Medea Review
- Opera Omaha Presents "Medea"
- Schmopera Review: Proving Up
- Wall Street Journal Review of Proving Up
- Opera "Proving Up" tells Nebraska Story
- Opera Omaha Introduces ONE Festival