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Story by Bailey Hemphill. Photos by Bill Sitzmann
President Jillian Tuck, left, with President-elect Lisa Hagstrom at the Orpheum Theater.
Opera Omaha Guild Singing the Praises of Classical Music Theatre for More Than 40 Years
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n 1958, a volunteer organization called the Omaha Civic Opera Society took the stage, creating and fostering an opera-loving community in Omaha. After tremendous support, the organization became fully professional in 1970, making Opera Omaha the only professional
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opera company in Nebraska. As Opera Omaha has expanded its seasons of mainstage productions and increased musical events throughout the community, the company has found constant encouragement in the dedicated, fully volunteer-based Opera Omaha Guild, originally >>
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