Our passion is to bring opera out of the theatre and into the lives of all. Our purpose is to showcase impressive voices and the best artists in an intimate, dynamic setting. Our connection makes opera more accessible with performing experiences in fun settings.The Opera Company of Brooklyn (OCB) was founded in 2000 by and for artists to promote talented young artists, while providing affordable and accessible opera thus building new audiences for the art form. Our innovative company has been featured on the Jeopardy quiz show, Good Morning America, and CNN. Other favorable coverage includes numerous reports on radio: National Public Radio's Day to Day, American Public Media's Marketplace, 1010WINS, WNYC's Overnight Music and Soundcheck, and reviews and articles in: Wall Street Journal, NY Times, NY Daily and NY Post newspapers, NY Magazine, American Record Guide, Opera News Magazine and Crain's New York Business. Metropolitan Opera's "Opera News" magazine named the OCB CD, featuring music by American composer, Thomas Pasatieri "BEST OF THE YEAR".Operas PerformedAida, Alcina, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Amelia Goes to the Ball, Attila, Un ballo in maschera, Il barbiere di Siviglia, La bohème, Carmen, Giulio Cesare, La Clemenza di Tito, Così fan tutte, Dido and Aeneas, La Divina, Electra, L'elisir d'amore, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Faust, Fidelio, La fille du régiment, Die Fledermaus, La Gioconda, Don Giovanni, Idomeneo, The Italian Girl in Algiers, Falstaff, Fidelio, Korczak's Orphans, Liebeslieder Waltzes, Lucia di Lammermoor, Madama Butterfly, The Medium, Mozart's Der Messias, Nabucco, Le nozze di Figaro, Eugene Onegin,Verdi's Otello, I Pagliacci, Don Pasquale, I Puritani, The Rake's Progress, Das Rheingold, Rigoletto, Roméo et Juliette, La Rondine, Salome, Der Schauspieldirektor, Suor Angelica, Susannah, Il tabarro, Tales of Hoffmann, Signor Deluso, The Telephone, Thais, La traviata, Tosca, Trouble in Tahiti, Il Trovatore, Die Walküre, Werther