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The Opera Company of Boston was founded by the American conductor Sarah Caldwell in Boston, Massachusetts in 1958. During its thirty-three year history, it gained international acclaim for its innovative programming. Under the leadership of Caldwell, the company staged the American premieres of such operas as Arnold Schoenberg's Moses and Aron, Sergei Prokofiev's War and Peace, Hector Berlioz' Les Troyens and Benvenuto Cellini, Luigi Nono's Intolleranza, Alban Berg's Lulu, and Roger Sessions' Montezuma.
Many well-known North American opera singers performed with the company, including Beverly Sills, Shirley VerrettThe American opera singer Shirley Verrett (born 31 May 1931) is a mezzo-soprano who has enjoyed great fame since the late 1960s, much admired for her radiant voice and great versatility. Born into a black family of devout Seventh-day Adventists in New Orl, and John Vickers .
The company closed in 1991.
See also
- Boston Lyric OperaBoston Lyric Opera New England (BLO is an opera company in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1976. Its home base is the Schubert Theater in Boston. It stages three to four productions a year with promising young singers, directors, conductors and d
- Opera BostonOpera Boston is an opera company in Boston, Massachusetts. It specializes in innovative repertoire and rarely-heard works, along with opera education and outreach programs designed to bring opera education to children in schools and after-school programs
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