Opera Theater Oregon

Check out production related media on our website! Operatheateroregon.com The continuous journey of this opera is beautiful, intriguing, and inspires all with encouragement, aqai-dika language, and the story of a very incredible woman; Sacajawea.

From the Pow Wow and recent opera development trip ✨ stay tuned for opera development updates on Sacajawea!

‘What happened to me’: ‘Nu Nah-Hup’ at Hampton Opera Center The story of Sacajawea glowed in a new, Indigenous-centered Opera Theater Oregon production.

OOSE! See you this weekend!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

TODAY at 12 PM: tune into NPR OPB's Think Out Loud radio show with David Miller at 12 PM TODAY to explore the beautiful stories and history behind the new opera premiere this weekend: “Nu Nah-Hup: Sacajawea’s Story". Listen to Rose Ann Abrahamson, the great-great-grandniece of Sacajawea and creative lead for the project, and Lisa Lipton, executive director of Opera Theater of Oregon talk about this incredible production. We are so excited!!!

New Oregon opera tells Sacajawea’s story This week, Opera Theater of Oregon is performing a scene from a brand new opera they’ve been working on about the life of Sacajawea, the Native American woman known for her role with the historic Lewis & Clark Expedition.

OTO LIVE on TV! Check out this wonderful segment in which OTO Artistic Director and Creative Lead Rose Ann Abrahamson discuss the premiere of Nu Nah-Hup: Sacajawea’s Story! The opera will be premiering this Saturday at 7:30 PM and Sunday at 2 PM at the Hampton Opera Center in Portland! Find out more and get tickets here: https://secure.portlandopera.org/operatheateroregon. Thank you KGW-TV and Hello, Rose City!

A scene from Nu Nah-Hup: Sacajawea's Story, to be performed this weekend

“I wanted to present this history of this brave young woman and what she had been through,” Abrahamson said. “The title we chose, ‘Nu Nah-Hup,’ it’s a very powerful statement: ‘What happened to me.’”

Thank you Portland Tribune for this wonderful feature! We'll see you this weekend, May 13 & 14!

'Nu Nah-Hup: Sacajawea's Story' reimagines guide's role in Lewis and Clark Expedition As a living relative, Rose Ann Abrahamson never wants people to forget about the Native American interpreter and guide Sacajawea’s contribution to the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-06) into the