Mission Statement
Loveland Opera Theatre (LOT) is a charitable, tax exempt organization that provides performance and educational opportunities for emerging and seasoned artists that enhance the cultural experiences of the local community.
Dr. Juliana Bishop Hoch
Dr. Bishop Hoch is the Executive and Artistic Director of Loveland Opera Theatre, and she maintains a private voice studio in Loveland. She founded LOT in 2004 and since then has produced all of LOT's operas, galas, and special events. She also created “What Is Opera?”, an outreach program that reaches out to the entire front range of Colorado bringing opera to elementary, middle school and high school audiences. “What Is Opera?” features LOT singers in programs that demonstrate how “fun” opera can be!
A native of Denver, Colorado, Dr. Bishop Hoch has sung with numerous opera companies and symphony orchestras throughout the United States, Europe and China, including the Beijing National Symphony, Washington Civic Opera, the Blossom Opera Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, the Mississippi Opera Festival of the South, Westchester Opera, UNC Opera Theatre, Eastman Opera Theatre, John Brownlee Opera Theatre, the National Symphony, Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Virtuosi Orchestra and the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra.
Dr. Bishop Hoch holds her doctorate degree in Voice Performance and Pedagogy with an Opera Directing secondary emphasis from the University of Northern Colorado. Her dissertation entitled The Solo Songs with Keyboard Accompaniment of Robert Edward Kreutz received the Dean’s Citation for Outstanding Dissertation in 2004. She received her Master of Music in Voice Performance from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, and her Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. She lives at home in Loveland with her husband, baritone Robert Hoch, and her two children Matthew and Nathan.
Contact Information
Dr. Juliana Bishop Hoch
Loveland Opera Theatre
P.O. Box 7293
Loveland, CO 80537
email: lovelandoperatheatre@gmail.com
LOT Phone Number: 970-593-0085