Beth Morrison Projects Unveils 20th Anniversary Season
By Afton MarkayThe line up for Beth Morrison Projects’ 20th anniversary and 2025-26 season is announced.
Ahead of its rolling world premiere with LA Opera and in New York at the PROTOTYPE Festival, Sarah Kirkland Snider’s “HILDEGARD” will have a pre-premiere program, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the opera’s development, a Q & A with creators, and more. Vocalists Nola Richardson and Mikaela Bennett with Contemporaneous will perform excerpts from the work, which tells an intimate story of two visionary women finding—and claiming—their voices. A post-performance reception in the Guggenheim rotunda will follow. “HILDEGARD” is presented as a special event for Works & Process.
Performance Date: September 15, 2025
“HILDEGARD” begins its rolling world premiere. Elkhanah Pulitzer directs. Gabriel Crouch conducts.
Performance Dates: November 5-9, 2025 (The Wallis, Los Angeles, CA)
The Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) presents “BMP: SONGBOOK,” a two-night concert celebrating two decades of groundbreaking contributions to American opera. The program features highlights from the 65+ works BMP has commissioned and produced, performed by the acclaimed artists who brought them to life. Following the first performance, a launch party and fundraiser will mark the release of the “BMP: SONGBOOK Anthology,” a two-volume collection of sheet music of more than 75 arias.
Performance Dates: January 7 & 8, 2026 (National Sawdust)
“HILDEGARD” takes on other premiere performance, this time presented by BRIC and PROTOTYPE.
Performance Dates: January 9-11, 14, 16-17, 2026 (BRIC Arts Media)
Michael Gordon and Richard Foreman’s “What to wear” makes its New York premiere, and is co-presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and PROTOTYPE. Foreman, along with Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar direct. Alan Pierson conducts.
Performance Dates: January 15-17, 2026 (BAM)
“The All Sing ” by Jens Ibsen and Julian Talamantez Brolaski gets its world premiere. This choral piece and immersive experience will be performed by a mix of professional and volunteer singers.
Performance Date: January 11, 2026 (The Red Stairs in Times Square)
Up next is the world premiere of Rima Fand and Karen Fisher’s “Precipice.” The work is co-presented by La Mama and PROTOTYPE. Mallory Catlett directs and Mila Henry serves as musical director.
Performance Dates: January 8-11, 2026 (La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club)
“Tiergarten” explores historic moments of societal madness through music ranging from Verdi to Kylie Minogue, Dean Martin to Max Richter, William Byrd to Brecht & Weill, with a panoply of performers that includes singers, dancers, actors, shadow puppets, and more. “Tiergarten” is co-presented by Death of Classical.
Performance Dates: January 15-17, 2026 (venue TBA)
“Art Bath,” is co-curated and produced by Mara Driscoll and Liz Yilmaz. “Art Bath” draws from the tradition of the art salon to create a multi-sensory artistic journey. Known for fusing disciplines such as opera, music, theater, puppetry, and visual art,
Performance Dates: January 16-17, 2026 (venue TBA)
“BMP: NEXTGEN” Cycle 3, Round 2, will showcase the workshop performances of semi-finalists Harriet Steinke and Anuj Bhutani’s 30-minute BMP-commissioned works.
Performance Dates: May 14-15, 2026 (venue TBA)
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