Sanford Opera

10/25/2025

Happy World Opera Day ❤️

08/10/2025

WALK WITH ME PROGRAM

We are so excited for today’s concert! This is the program for the event. There will be no paper programs, so make sure that you save this post to find it later!

PARKING IS LIMITED:
Please park across the street in the Main Street Marketplace to leave space for those who need the closer parking!

08/10/2025

Join us Sunday August 10th at 4pm for a FREE concert!

Scott Wheatley and I are giving a FREE concert of African-American Spirituals with Sanford Opera!

Sunday, August 10th at 4pm

895 Main St Sanford, ME

Hope to see you there!

08/05/2025

THIS SUNDAY AUGUST 10TH AT 4:00PM 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

895 Main Street, Sanford, ME

07/20/2025

SANFORD OPERA is hosting Caleb Randall and Scott Wheatley for a FREE concert on August 10th at 4pm!

We hope to see you there as we celebrate a beautiful American art form!

12/10/2024

Go vote for our friends, Opera in the Pines!

Our production of The Crucible is nominated for multiple categories in the 2024 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards!

Nominations for this year's awards were submitted by readers, and now it's your turn to vote for your favorites from the past year! Voting is open through December 31st, and winners will be announced in January.

While most categories recognize outstanding achievements in theater, we're especially excited to see the addition of a Best Production of an Opera category for the very first time — a sign that the future of opera in Maine is truly on the rise!

We encourage you to take a moment to cast your vote and show your support for our local creative community. Voting takes just a few minutes, and all you need is an email address. Visit the link below to get started!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/maine/awards/

Thank you so much for your support, and big congratulations to all our fellow finalists!

Photography by Jordan Rowe Photography

10/25/2024

HAPPY WORLD OPERA DAY from all of us here at Sanford Opera! We love being able to bring this beautiful art form to the Sanford Maine area!

08/12/2024

What a fun and educational performance! We had so much fun with these performers who had lots to sing and lots to say!

The Q&A session was both informative and silly at times, and we enjoyed every minute of it!

Thank you to everyone who came out and a SPECIAL thank you to all of our performers!

08/10/2024

TOMORROW!!!! Welcome to the Opera at Nasson Little Theater is TOMORROW at 2:30!

We will be joined by the amazing Collaborative Pianist and Baritone on the keys!

Scott Wheatley, baritone, is a native of Kansas and holds degrees from the University of
Missouri/Kansas City Conservatory of Music and the University of South Florida. He has
performed with the Kansas City Lyric Opera, New York City Opera, Whitewater Opera,
Bronx Opera, Sarasota Opera, Opera Northeast, Connecticut Grand Opera, Opera Maine,
and the Ashlawn Summer Festival companies as well as the New York Philharmonic,
Vienna Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra and San Francisco
Symphony.
Currently, Scott is on the voice faculty at University of Southern Maine, where he also
serves as a collaborative pianist. With soprano Dr. Malinda Haslett, he has presented
recitals throughout Europe promoting the vocal literature of under-represented women
composers, especially American composers. He is also the Assistant Director for the
Oratorio Chorale, a large, award-winning community chorus in Southern Maine. In
addition to a busy singing and teaching schedule, Scott enjoys an active career as a coach/
accompanist collaborating with both singers and instrumentalists.

08/09/2024

Welcome to the Opera THIS SUNDAY is the perfect introduction to a beautiful art form! Come out to Nasson Little Theater Sunday at 2:30 for a performance you will never forget!

One of our amazing performer is here is some info about her:

Bella StCyr is a recent graduate from USM’s Osher School of Music with a degree in classical voice performance. She studies with Dr. Malinda Haslett, Professor Scott Wheatley and Professor Mary Johnston-Letellier. She has appeared in many roles in opera workshops, including Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, Maguelonne in Cendrillon, Eurydice in Eurydice Rising and Just Jeanette in Too Many Sopranos. She was also in the women’s chorus in Opera Maine’s Der Fliegender Höllander and will be in the chorus again this summer in Aida. Bella sang at Carnegie Hall in the summer of 2022 with the Osher Choral Union and has been a part of USMs Chamber Singers for three years. She has participated in master classes with Megan Marino, David Margulis and Francesca Ziveri. Bella received three awards at Maine’s 2024 NATS including First Place in Classical Division V, The Linda Freeman Award, and Best Underrepresented Composer. She was also a USM Honors Recital recipient for two consecutive years. Bella recently won the Eleanor Erdman and Diane Nixon Vocal Excellence Prize through Bay Chamber’s Young Stars of Maine program. This year, Bella was awarded a grant through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program to research the female students of Nadia Boulanger. She recently traveled to New York City to meet one of the last living students of Boulanger, Thea Musgrave. She traveled to Paris, France to continue her research on Boulanger’s students. Bella is very excited to perform for the first time with Sanford Opera!

08/09/2024

So excited to share some really cool music with you all this Sunday afternoon! Come out to Nasson Little Theater this Sunday at 2:30pm.

Jared Vigue is one of our singers for this event and we are so excited to introduce him to you all!

Jared Vigue, from Waterboro Maine, is a junior classical voice performance major at the Osher School of Music. He studies with Professor Scott Wheatley and Professor Mary Letellier. He has appeared in several roles in opera workshops, including Nemorino in L’Elisir d’amore, Candide in Bernstein’s Candide, and Romeo in Gounod’s Romeo et Juliet. He was also in the chorus in Opera Maine’s Le nozze di Figaro, and sang in Opera Maine’s Young Artist Masterclass with Ron Rains. This fall, Jared had coachings with mezzo-soprano Megan Marino, and sang as a soloist at the 2023 OSOM Gala. Jared has been awarded First Place in Division VI at the 2024 NATS Singing competition, also winning the Nordica Scholarship Award for most promising future in singing. In Fall 2024, Jared will be performing the role of Rinuccio in OSOM’s production of Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini.