OUR STAFF

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ALESSA BAKKUM

Company Manager and Orchestra Librarian

Hometown: Winona, Minnesota

Eugene Opera Debut: Production Assistant, Madame Butterfly, 2021

Recent Credits:

Assistant Production Manager/Props Master/Orchestra Librarian, La Traviata, Eugene Opera 2024

Production Assistant, FREE MEN and The Dream, Cascadia Chamber Opera 2023

Production Manager/Properties Master, Acis and Galatea, Eugene Opera 2023

Production Manager, Birds Flying Through, Lane Community College 2022

Production Manager, Songs For a New World, Lane Community College 2022

Sandy Naishtat

SANDY NAISHTAT

Bookkeeper

Sandy Naishtat has been associated with Eugene Opera, in administration and performance, since 1991, when he first joined the chorus. Since then, he served as Interim General Manager for the 20th Anniversary Season, and appeared in over twenty productions as a principal or comprimario performer. Before moving to Eugene, he worked in finance administration at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the Los Angeles Music Center. In Eugene he has served as VP of Finance for the Shedd Institute, and, for fourteen years, as Finance Director for Eugene Ballet. He was a founding board member of Chamber Music Amici, and is currently serving as Treasurer of Cascadia Chamber Opera. He earned a Master’s Degree in Music Theory from the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance, and, as a performer, has appeared with Opera Bend, Cascadia Chamber Opera, the Oregon Mozart Players, the Oregon Bach Festival, the Shedd, and Eugene Vocal Arts.