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The Washington National Opera, one of the US ’s most renowned opera companies, is located in Washington , DC , the political capital of the US . This accomplished opera company was established after the first world war and has since then become one of the leading opera companies in the US and in the entire world. The Washington National Opera’s success is well shown by the fact that in 2000, this company was designated by Congress as the National Opera Company, the highest possible honor an opera company can get. As of then, this company performs at America 's most famous opera venue, the Opera House located at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. This renowned institution, the greatest of its kind and built in honor of one of America 's finest presidents is home to one of America 's best opera companies, the Washington National Opera. In fact, this opera can be watched live right here through the use of Washington National Opera Tickets .

The Washington National Opera first started out as the remarkable Washington National Opera Association way back in the nineteen tens and the twenties. From then onwards, this association performed opera at many venues including various outdoor venues. By 1956, the Opera Society of Washington was formed and soon after, in 1971, the Kennedy Center was formed. Thus, in 1956, the Opera Society of Washington was established, what the Washington National Opera was known as back then. It was formed by Day Thorpe, renowned music critic at the greatest Washington newspaper, the Washington Star back in those days. The first music director was Paul Callaway from the Washington National Cathedral and this society’s first home was the newly formed Kennedy Center .

Thus, Day Thorpe and Paul Callaway started running this opera company with initial funding from Peggy and Gregory Smith. The first production held by this opera was Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Mozart, conducted by Paul Calloway. During the first years of this company, this duo started forming a specific vision of the sort of operas they wanted to present. They initially presented the operas at the Lisner Auditorium in the George Washington University . From then on, it was a journey uphill. Within a year, this successful company was staging operas such as Gian Carlo Menotti's The Old Maid, Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Unicorn, The Gorgon, & the Manticore, Fidelio, Idomeneo, Ariadne auf Naxos , Stravinsky's Le Rossignol and Schoenberg's Erwartung.

In 1961, this opera had become so successful that it caught the eyes of then President John F Kennedy who invited the Washington National Opera to perform at the White House. This company went to the White House and performed The Magic Flute, much to delight of one of America 's greatest presidents, John F Kennedy. By then, the Washington National Opera was being featured regularly in the media; Newsweek praised it by saying that it was a ‘sparkle on the Potomac ’ whereas the New York Times praised it as the ‘capital revival’.The company saw many changes and the bringing in of great minds. One of the first was successful getting Igor Stravinsky, who was Santa Fe Opera’s Artistic Administrator and a legend in the world of classical music, to Washington DC and to the Washington National Opera.

Since then, the Washington National Opera has maintained a standard that few, if any, can match. This opera company has singled itself out as the best there is on American soil as well as an opera that is internationally acclaimed. In the 2007 to 2008 season, this opera performed three different operas that are rarely staged; William Bolcom's A View from the Bridge, Richard Strauss' Elektra and G.F. Handel's Tamerlano. Today, this company falls under the Kennedy Center and is a company that has moved millions over the course of its history, including many presidents. Thus, for a performance fit for US presidents, simply grab Washington National Opera tickets and go watch this opera company in action.