POV: Blog
Read stories that go behind the scenes of Portland Ovations.
A look back at the 2022-23 season
May 16, 2023
Ovations kickstarted our 92nd season with Garba360, a free-to-the-public lively and immersive community dance party.
Program Notes for “Fiddler on the Roof”
May 1, 2023
A beloved work of musical theater, Fiddler on the Roof is more relevant and vital
Program Notes for Octavia E. Butler’s “Parable of the Sower”
April 12, 2023
Dear Friends, The quote above is from the protagonist in Octavia E. Butler’s seminal and
Program Notes for Miró Quartet and Soprano Karen Slack by Aimée M. Petrin
March 20, 2023
Dear Friends, As I write this, I am watching the Facebook Live presentation of #KikiKonversations –
Dramaturgical Notes – “somewhere/elsewhere”
March 17, 2023
By Linda L. Nelson somewhere/elsewhere is not your “ordinary” American musical. Turkish epic poetry, in
Program Notes for Miró Quartet & Soprano Karen Slack by Philip Carlsen
March 6, 2023
Notes on the Program Notes written and voiced by Philip Carlsen LISTEN to these program