Founded in 2015, Phénix Opera Company seeks to create a nurturing environment for local artists especially artists of color. We firmly believe that artists should be locally fostered so they can provide high quality art and performances to their own community, stimulating it and shaping it.

We believe that classical music and opera should be accessible to everyone, regardless of their race and socio-economic circumstances. Therefore, we provide the community with high-quality performances in small to medium venues at an accessible price. We particularly aim to attract POC to our audiences, including but not limited to the Latinx and African-American communities.

It is important to the company, to be a facilitator between our artists and their communities through our productions. Opera companies that hire exclusively local talent are rare. The philosophy behind the company’s decision relies on a deep rooted belief that the perpetuation of this beautiful art form will be successful if we offer our local communities productions performed by members of their community. The connection between audiences and performers will become more significant since they will be supporting each other, seeing each other grow, evolve, and their sense of gratitude will strengthen this relationship. As in politics, the way to achieve meaningful and lasting change, begins with actions taken within your local community.

Our productions include recitals and staged productions such as An Evening of Bel Canto (’15), The Silken Ladder by G. Rossini (’17), Suor Angelica (’18) by G. Puccini. Through these productions, we have also nurtured the careers of dozens of local early-career opera singers through workshops and private coaching.