Ann Craft, OVI President 1991-1994

February 12, 2010

Former OVI President and Lifetime Member Ann Logan Craft, opera lover, super volunteer and past president of Opera Volunteers International, passed away at the age of 77 on Tuesday, February 2, 2010. While her list of accomplishments and positions is spectacular, two organizations topped that list: Houston Grand Opera and The Open Door Mission Foundation. [...]

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OVI Rocks…..and the Hard Rock Hotel Chicago Will Hear Opera!

February 9, 2010

Hear! Hear! OVI rocks….and the Hard Rock Hotel Chicago is hearing opera! I’ve just finished making arrangements for our Opera Volunteers Focus Meeting April 23-24 and I’m very excited about these beautiful accommodations. The hotel is a lovingly restored Historic Landmark building… a beautiful Burnam masterpiece situated right on Michigan Ave…our “magnificent mile.” The rooms [...]

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Focus Chicago: Embracing the Generations

February 2, 2010

Opera Volunteers International meets in Chicago (Everyone Knows It’s Windy) Save the weekend of April 23-24 to enjoy an exciting time in the Windy City. The OVI Chicagoans can’t wait to share their experiences with you and, with Chicago Opera Theater (http://http://www NULL.chicagooperatheater NULL.org/), to introduce you to some “less ordinary” opera. Mosè in Egitto [...]

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Austin Lyric Opera Guild’s Wine, Hospitality and The Star

January 14, 2010

OVI Member Guild Announcement The Austin Lyric Opera Guild (http://www NULL.aloguild NULL.org/)‘s Enrichment Committee invites you to: Wine, Hospitality And “The Star” Please join us for one, two or all three lively enrichment events about the Opera! Emmanuel Chabrier’s The Star (http://www NULL.austinlyricopera NULL.org/web/productions_thestar NULL.asp) About The Opera Dr. Linda Leff will lead us through [...]

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Chicago Opera Theater Joins Opera Volunteers International

January 1, 2010

Brian Dickie, General Director of COT The COT was founded in 1974 and has since reached hundreds of thousands of people though main stage performances of 18th, 19th and 20th century opera. Brian Dickie was appointed General Director of the company in 1999 and under his leadership, COT has evolved into a company that is [...]

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Happy Holidays To All Members And Friends

December 23, 2009

Happy Holidays To All Members And Friends Opera Volunteers International

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OVI welcomes Dupage Opera Theatre

December 14, 2009

OVI’s newest member is DuPage Opera Theatre (of Illinois) in western suburban Glen Ellyn. The company performs at the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage. It was founded by Harold Bauer and has evolved into a major component of the regional opera scene thanks to Music Director and Conductor, Kirk Muspratt. Kirk was recently [...]

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OVI Sets Chicago Focus Meeting in Spring 2010

December 7, 2009

Chicago in the Spring? Yes, Opera Volunteers International and Chicago Opera Theater in the Spring! OVI will gather in Chicago on April 23 and 24, 2010 to ogle the architecture – Chicagoans are passionate about architecture. Attendees will shop the Magnificent Mile and see TWO rarely seen operas presented by Chicago Opera Theater (http://www NULL.chicagooperatheater [...]

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Nashville, Music City USA and OVI Focus Meeting, Part 4

December 2, 2009

Sunday morning was getaway day, but I took time to visit the downtown Presbyterian church, done in an Egyptian Revival style of architecture by the architect William Strickland, who also designed the state capitol. Thanks to co-chairs Felicia Gates and Shelley Page for a wonderful, wonderful OVI focus meeting and membership gathering, containing all the [...]

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Nashville, Music City USA and OVI Focus Meeting, Part 3

November 30, 2009

Part 3 of 4 on Nashville OVI by Rhonda Sweeney Saturday began with a 30-minute tour on the drive out to the new Noah Liff Opera Center. We saw Vanderbilt University – which is huge, and also an exact replica of the Greek Parthenon in Centennial Park, made of concrete, not marble. Saves a trip [...]

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