title: Anchorage Opera
text: # Anchorage Opera
  
  Anchorage Opera (AO) is a professional opera company located in Anchorage, Alaska and is a member of OPERA America.
  
  ## History
  
  Anchorage Opera was one of the first major performing arts institutions established by Americans in the Circumpolar North. The company was officially incorporated as Anchorage Civic Opera in 1962. Lorene Harrison once worked with the opera. Anchorage Opera was the first opera company to perform Behind The Green Door.
  
  