Chorus and Orchestra

Portland Opera Chorus

The Portland Opera Chorus is renowned for its musical and theatrical abilities. National and international reviews of Portland Opera productions consistently include them among the best opera choruses around. Audiences have enjoyed them in a wide variety of guises, costumed in everything from royalty to rags. Their numbers on stage, like the orchestra, are determined by the requirements of the composer and the score. All members of American Guild of Musical Artists, the Portland Opera Chorus can also be found in many different professional guises in businesses and organizations throughout our community.

^{Chorus members in the 2006 production of Nixon in China.}

Portland Opera Orchestra

The Portland Opera is extremely fortunate to have the musical services of the Portland Opera Orchestra. Composed of extremely talented local musicians, the Orchestra members all belong to the American Federation of Musicians, Local #99. How many orchestra members are in the pit for any given opera varies, depending totally on the requirements of the score. When not performing with Portland Opera, the Orchestra members add immeasurably to our community in private roles as music teachers and a wide-ranging variety of other professions.

^{Studio Artist Christopher Clayton is joined by
orchestra members, James McLennan, Robin Baldino,
Karen Tsao Kennedy and Dieter Ratzlaff at the 2007 Spring Recital.}