We’ve Been Serving Opera on Tap
Opera on Tap (OOT) was born in 2005 at Freddy’s Bar and Backroom in Brooklyn and incorporated in 2007 to promote opera as a viable, living and progressive art form and to support the developing artists who continue to keep the art form alive. What began as a small monthly gathering of ambitious, classically trained singers looking for more performance opportunities, has grown into a producing organization that has gained a loyal audience base and national recognition as an innovative force on the classical music scene. Through its Chapter program, which now has over twenty vibrant national (and international!) chapters, OOT has created a large network of performers, creators, and supporters. Our mission is to expose new audiences to opera and classical music by taking opera and classical music out of the concert hall and performing it in alternative venues, to aid young performers in their development by giving them the opportunity to perform and to promote and support them through our organization and to help promote new classical works of contemporary classical and operatic composers. Learn more about our programs here.
Our Team

Anne Hiatt
Artistic & Executive Director

Joy Jones
Marketing Director

Victoria Davis
Education Director & Creative Producer

Samantha Nahra
Assistant Education Director & Marketing Associate

Sarah Mostov
Company Manager

Kayleigh Butcher
Systems Administrator & Creative Producer

Rachel Duval
Strategic Partnerships Lead & Creative Producer
Associate Producer:
Sidney Dixon-Weberndorfer
Board of Directors
Officers and Executive Committee Members

David Gordon
Board Chair
Music Educator /Manhattan School of Music and freelance performer
About David
Directors:
Dr. Naomi André, Professor, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, The Residential College/ University of Michigan
Katherine Delaney, Director of Development NYFA
Isabel Walcott Draves, President, CrowdFest Inc.Founder/ Creative Tech Week and Leaders in Software and Art (LISA)
Ramona Ponce, Theatre educator/ freelance costume designer, La Guardia Performing Arts Center
Lucia Rivieccio, Interim Executive Director, Midwood Development Corporation
Shasa Rogers, Associate Creative Director, HBO
Salima Swain, NYC Public School Music Teacher (retired)
Equity Committee:
Victoria Davis
Joy Jan Jones
David Gordon
Ramona Ponce
Mithuna Sivaraman
Salima Swain
HR Committee:
Katherine Delaney
Donna Epstein
David Gordon
Anne Hiatt
Sarah Mostov
Lucia Rivieccio
Advisory Council
David Cote
Aaron Dworkin
Eve Gigliotti
Christine Goerke
Celeste Headlee
Sylvia McNair
Todd Perlmutter
Kyle Pfortmiller
Laura Pfortmiller
Kamala Sankaram
Prof. George Shirley
Alexa Smith
Russell Thomas
Cassandra Wilson
Education Advisory Council
Dr. James Duval
Karen Fierst
Emily Grad
Anna Hall
Rachel Powers
Jorge Sosa
Dr. Indre Viskontas
Partners & Sponsors






Recognition for Our Work


