About

Where artistry meets innovaton

Living Opera is a production company and foundation that creates original work in music, media, and live performance. We're based in the United States and Europe with team members all over the world.

Living Opera's cofounders, Christos Makridis, Soula Parassidis, and Norman Reinhardt.

An interdisciplinary team

Co-founder

Soula Parassidis

Greek-Canadian operatic soprano Soula Parassidis has appeared on stage in the world's major performance venues and is Living Opera’s Creative Director and President of the Living Opera Foundation.

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Co-founder

Norman Reinhardt

American operatic tenor Norman Reinhardt has sung over 100 roles on the international opera stage. He is the director of music for Living Opera. During the 2025-2026 he will serve as Artist in Residence at Northwestern University.

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Co-founder

Dr. Christos Makridis

Dr. Christos Makridis is a professor, entrepreneur, and social scientist with over 100 peer reviewed academic papers and 150 op-eds in the popular press. He leads the research agenda for Living Opera.

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Creative Consultants

Biangle Studio

Denmark-based Biangle Studios is a creative design studio that partners with us on web design, projection design, and brand development. Their work helps ensure that our productions are not only musically rich but also visually compelling.

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Development Director

Tracy Waters

Tracy Waters is the Development Director of Living Opera. She brings extensive fundraising and partnership experience, with prior roles supporting programs at the Sundance Institute and the Joffrey Ballet. At Living Opera, she leads development strategy and donor engagement.

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Partnerships & events

Bridget Bray

Bridget Bray is an events and partnerships professional with extensive experience collaborating with museums and cultural organizations to create engaging visitor experiences. She specializes in relationship building, end-to-end event execution, and audience engagement. In addition to her work in cultural programming, Bridget is also a visual artist.

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PR & Media

PhilComm

Jon Phillips leads a boutique public relations firm that specializes in narrative, brand, and media strategy for innovative organizations. He brings deep experience in positioning creative and tech-forward ventures, helping Living Opera amplify its projects through strategic storytelling, press outreach, and brand messaging.

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Our history

January 2019

Soula and Norman start going live once a week on social media giving tips for building a career in music

April 2020

Soula and Norman formalize Living Opera at the onset of the pandemic

January 2021

Christos Makridis joins the team and helps with research and business development

March 2021

The Vocal Lab global masterclass is launched online with over 20 countries represented in it's first year

December 2021

Living Opera featured on Korean live television

March 2022

Living Opera launches the Global Survey for the wellbeing of artists to gather relevant data on the lives of individual artists

September 2022

Magic Mozart NFT collection is launched and featured at Art Basel Miami

June 2023

Living Opera founders featured at NFT.NYC

November 2024

Living Opera's debut album All is Bright! is released

The Living Opera Foundation lives at the intersection of artistic creation, education, and research. We reimagine classics, create new works, and develop artists of all ages to strengthen culture and community.