Atlanta Opera
The Atlanta Opera’s mission is to build the major international opera company that Atlanta deserves, while reimagining what the art form can be. Founded in 1979, the company works with world-renowned singers, conductors, directors, and designers who seek to enhance the art form. Under the leadership of internationally recognized stage director and Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. General & Artistic Director Tomer Zvulun, The Atlanta Opera expanded from three to four mainstage productions at Cobb Energy Centre and launched the acclaimed Discoveries series. In recent years, the company has been named among the “Best of 2015” by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, has been nominated for a 2016 International Opera Award, and recently won ArtsATL’s 2019 Luminary Award for Community Engagement in recognition of its successful Veterans Program in partnership with the Home Depot Foundation. In addition, The Atlanta Opera was featured in a 2018 Harvard Business School case study about successful organizational growth, and Zvulun was invited to present a TEDx Talk at Emory University entitled “The Ambidextrous Opera Company, or Opera in the Age of iPhones.”www.atlantaopera.org
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Oct 15, 2026
Weston WilliamsHOST
Uh, the top opera companies are mostly the, the usual suspects, Teatro Real, Hamburger Staatsoper, English National Oper- uh, Opera, National, uh, Theater in Zagreb, um, or, uh, Croatian National Theater in Zagreb, excuse me.
Weston WilliamsHOST
Uh, but I wanna shout out Atlanta Opera right there.
Weston WilliamsHOST
The only American-
Oliver CamachoHOST
Nice
Weston WilliamsHOST
... on the list.
Weston WilliamsHOST
Uh, and, you know, longtime listeners know I have a soft spot for Atlanta Opera because that was my closest major opera company from where I grew up, and man, they would not have been on this list when I was going [laughs] so I'm very proud of them.
Oliver CamachoHOST
I think Obie has put the seed in their, in their brain, planted the seed with that one, so.
Weston WilliamsHOST
I'm gonna take credit for it.
Maire Therese CarmackGUEST
[laughs] So it's nice to know that, yeah, the, the people there are wonderful.
Anna SingerHOST
So in the interpretation of this show, this came out of, um, Atlanta Opera.
Maire Therese CarmackGUEST
Mm-hmm.
Anna SingerHOST
And it's sort of maybe Rigoletto's journey, his, in his mind psychologically with, there are screens and scrims that are separating the characters from each other.
Michael ShapiroGUEST
I've conducted the LA Opera.
Michael ShapiroGUEST
I've conducted the Atlanta Opera.
Michael ShapiroGUEST
Boom.
Michael ShapiroGUEST
That training of 16 years was what some conductors have talked about, conduct opera for 14 years, then you'll be able to conduct symphony orchestras.
Elizabeth BowmanHOST
His operatic career has featured major roles such as Baron Ochs in Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier, Sarastro in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, and Mephistopheles in Gounod's Faust.
Elizabeth BowmanHOST
He has performed with prominent regional and national opera companies, including Seattle Opera, Dallas Opera, Atlanta Opera, and has also covered roles on the roster of the Metropolitan Opera.
Elizabeth BowmanHOST
Recently, he was offered a main stage debut at the Met for the fall/winter of two thousand twenty-six, but he's unsure if he can pursue it.
Elizabeth BowmanHOST
A couple of weeks ago, Potter published a retirement letter titled "Why I'm Retiring From Staged Opera at Forty-Three." He emphasized that he isn't walking away because his voice or love for the music has failed, but because the economic model of the opera industry is fundamentally broken for artists.