ABOUT REGINA OPERA

Read about our 40th Season in the New York Post

Who We Are

Regina Opera’s mission is twofold:

•  To bring great opera performances at reasonable prices to our Brooklyn neighborhoods.
•  To provide a showcase for singers to perform the standard operatic repertoire, primarily in the original language, in fully-staged productions with orchestra.

Founded in 1970 by Marie Cantoni and Nicholas Tierno, Regina Opera began as a small group of dedicated singers who gave opera recitals, with piano accompaniment, in a tiny auditorium at the Regina Pacis-St. Rosalia Parish Youth Center in Borough Park, Brooklyn. The following year, we produced our first full-length opera (with piano), La Traviata. In 1976, we began performing on the larger stage at Regina Hall (the auditorium of Regina Pacis School), and we acquired an orchestra in 1982. In 2008, a grant enabled us to begin providing supertitles. And in 2012, we acquired a wonderful new home, Our Lady of Perpetual Help School auditorium, whose more professional stage facilities and comfortable audience amenities have inaugurated a great new era in Regina Opera’s history.

Board of Directors

Francine Garber-Cohen - Chairman
Marie L. Cantoni
Linda Cantoni

Executive Staff

President/Treasurer - Marie L. Cantoni
Executive Vice President - Francine Garber-Cohen
Secretary/Legal Advisor - Linda Cantoni

Artistic and Other Staff

Producers - Marie L. Cantoni and Francine Garber-Cohen
Principal Conductor - Scott Jackson Wiley
Principal Stage Director - Linda Lehr
Associate Conductor - José Alejandro Guzmán
Associate Stage Director - Linda Cantoni
Assistant Conductor - Dmitry Glivinskiy
Technical Director - Tyler Learned
Box Office & Volunteer Coordinator - Joseph Delfausse
Guild Coordinator - Julia Cornely
Graphics - Wayne Olsen
Publicity, Fundraising - Francine Garber-Cohen
Supertitles, Program, Website - Linda Cantoni

Casting Committee

Linda Cantoni
Marie L. Cantoni
Francine Garber-Cohen
José Alejandro Guzmán
Linda Lehr
Scott Jackson Wiley