Jake Heggie, Lori Laitman, Mark Campbell, Adolphus Hailstork, & Hilda Harris to Attend the National Opera Association’s 2024 Annual National Conference

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(Photo credits: Niebuhr, Steiner, Marshall Light Studio, © Chuck Thomas 2012) The National Opera Association’s 69th annual national conference is scheduled for Jan. 3-6, 2024 at in Tempe, Arizona. The conference kicks off with a performance of “Sanctuary and Storm” by Tawnie Olson and Roberta Barker, the winner of the 2023 Chamber Opera Competition. Jake Heggie will give the Keynote {…}

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Atlanta Opera Presents the East Coast Premiere of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell’s ‘The Shining’

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The east coast premiere of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell’s “The Shining” serves as the season opener for both Atlanta Opera and Alliance Theatre. “The Shining” which is part of Atlanta Opera’s “Thriller Three” series will takr place at the Woodruff Arts Center Sept. 15 – Oct. 1. Brian Staufenbiel directs the new opera based on Stephen King’s 1977 bestselling novel {…}

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NYFOS Next to Spotlight Work of Award-Winning Lyricist Mark Campbell

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(Photo credit: Final Note Magazine) For the first time in the history of the New York Festival of Song’s NYFOS Next series, the program will focus entirely on the work of one lyricist/librettist, Pulitzer Prize, and Grammy® Award-winner Mark Campbell. The 40-minute virtual concert will take place on April 14, at 7:00 P.M. ET. The program will preview Campbell’s recent {…}

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Fort Worth Opera Opens Submissions Process for Mark Campbell-Led Libretto Workshop

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(Image Source: Final Note Magazine) Fort Worth Opera has announced a call for submissions for its upcoming “Frontiers: FWO Libretto Workshop.” This two-day intensive, held before a live audience via Zoom, will be led by Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award-winning librettist and lyricist Mark Campbell, who will be joined by a panel of prominent industry composers, directors, artists, and librettists. {…}

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Opera in the Time of COVID: Mark Campbell, Famed Librettist of ‘Silent Night,’ ‘As One,’ ‘The Shining’

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(Credit: Frances Marshall) “Opera in the Times of COVID” is an interview series in collaboration with photographer Frances Marshall of Marshall Light Studio. We talk to notable figures from around the opera world to get their perspective on how they feel these challenging times may change opera’s present and future. Mark Campbell doesn’t mince words. He’s written dozens of librettos {…}

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Honoring Stonewall – How Mark Campbell & Iain Bell Came Together To Create An Opera Celebrating LGBTQ+ Community

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It was March of 2018 and New York City Opera General Manager Michael Capasso wanted to make a big statement with his 2019 season. The 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots would take place in 2019 and it was the perfect opportunity for New York City Opera, which has championed operas about the LGBTQ+ community over the last few years, {…}

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Stephanie Blythe & Mark Campbell Headline Sparks & Wiry Cries’ songSLAM Festival This January 2019

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Sparks & Wiry Cries is set to present its first ever songSLAM Festival this January. The event, which will take place between Jan. 17-20, 2019, aims to engage audiences in current conversations throught contemporary art song. There will be a competition that features 10-12 art song premieres by emerging composer/performer teams with audiences voting on their favorite new work and {…}

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Q & A: Kevin Puts & Mark Campbell On the Creation of ‘Elizabeth Cree’

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Murder, mystery, and mayhem are on offer in “Elizabeth Cree” when it opens this Saturday, Feb. 10 at the Chicago Opera Theater. Set in 1880s Victorian London, the opera begins with the hanging of Elizabeth Cree for the murder of her husband, John. The story then circles back to the trial for that murder and Elizabeth’s own narrative of her {…}

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Opera Parallele Receives Hewlett Grant for Laura Kaminsky, Kimberly Reed & Mark Campbell’s New Opera

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Opera Parellèle (OP) has received support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for its commission of Laura Kaminsky to compose the music for “Today It Rains,” a new chamber opera with a libretto by Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed (based on the original concept by Campbell) and projection design by Reed. “Today It Rains” reteams Kaminsky, Reed and Campbell after their successful work in “As {…}

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Jake Heggie, Lori Laitman, Mark Campbell, Adolphus Hailstork, & Hilda Harris to Attend the National Opera Association’s 2024 Annual National Conference

Atlanta Opera Presents the East Coast Premiere of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell’s ‘The Shining’

NYFOS Next to Spotlight Work of Award-Winning Lyricist Mark Campbell

Fort Worth Opera Opens Submissions Process for Mark Campbell-Led Libretto Workshop

Opera in the Time of COVID: Mark Campbell, Famed Librettist of ‘Silent Night,’ ‘As One,’ ‘The Shining’

Honoring Stonewall – How Mark Campbell & Iain Bell Came Together To Create An Opera Celebrating LGBTQ+ Community

Stephanie Blythe & Mark Campbell Headline Sparks & Wiry Cries’ songSLAM Festival This January 2019

Q & A: Kevin Puts & Mark Campbell On the Creation of ‘Elizabeth Cree’

Opera Parallele Receives Hewlett Grant for Laura Kaminsky, Kimberly Reed & Mark Campbell’s New Opera