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American Opera Projects To Present ‘The Dinner Party’

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NYU Tisch, the Brooklyn Museum, and American Opera Projects will present 11 Mini-Operas based on Judy Chicago’s iconic feminist artwork “The Dinner Party.” In May, programs will showcase the 11 original mini-operas inspired by Judy Chicago’s iconic feminist installation “The Dinner Party,” a multi-media work housed in the Brooklyn Museum. The works will be spread out over two evenings. The {…}

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American Opera Projects To World Premiere ‘Six. Twenty. Outrageous’

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On Feb. 9 the American Opera Projects, in collaboration with Symphony Space, will present the world premiere “Six. Twenty. Outrageous.” The opera, based on three Gertrude Stein plays, tells the story of an expedition that turns into an erotic adventure to a presidential election party that goes prophetically and horribly wrong. The work was composed by Daniel Thomas Davis with a {…}

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Hermitage Artist Retreat & American Opera Projects Announce 2017-18 Opera Genesis Fellows

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The Hermitage Artist Retreat in Englewood, FL and New York City’s American Opera Projects has announced the second Opera Genesis Fellowships to composer Joseph N. Rubinstein and librettist Jason Kim. The award will include a six-week Hermitage residency, in which the artists will work on their new opera “Legendary.” The accolade, which was inaugurated last year, is presented to artists {…}

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American Opera Projects Picks Next Batch of Librettists & Composers To Prepare New Operas

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American Opera Projects and Composers & the Voice Artistic Director Steven Osgood has announced the selection of six composers and three librettists who will receive fellowships for the upcoming ninth season of “Composers & the Voice.” The composers include Matthew Browne, Scott Ordway, Frances Pollock, Pamela Stein Lynde, Liliya Ugay, and Amber Vistein, while the librettists are Laura Barati, Kim Davies, and Sokunthary Svay. These artists will get a chance to {…}

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American Opera Projects Announces Resident Ensemble for 2017-18

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American Opera Projects has announced the six singers who will comprise the organization’s Resident Ensemble for the upcoming ninth season of its Composers & the Voice training program. They include soprano Tookah Sapper, soprano Jennifer Goode Cooper, mezzo-Soprano Blythe Gaissert, tenor Blake Friedman, baritone Mario Diaz-Moresco and bass Adrian Rosas. For one year, these young artists with work with composers and librettists who have received fellowships. The Resident {…}

IndieOpera, Pride Month

American Opera Projects Celebrates Pride With Free Stream Of ‘As One’

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American Opera Projects is celebrating  LGBTQ Pride Month making the 2014 World Premiere production of the opera “As One” available to the public. The opera will be available from June 23-30, 2017 on the AOP website. The opera was written by Laura Kaminsky with an original libretto by Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed and has become one of the most-produced contemporary {…}

Opera Meets Film, Special Features

Opera Meets Film: Soprano Against Soprano In Albert E. Sutherland’s ‘Champagne Waltz’

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Albert Edward Sutherland’s film “Champagne Waltz” (1937) is many things. A film where jazz coolness and Viennese waltz culture combine in a forceful yet graceful dance of push and pull, punctuated by a story about a romance born from rivalry as two cultures butt heads before ultimately capitulating to the other. Starring soprano Gladys Swarthout, whose singing in the film was {…}

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Sarah Moulton Faux Stars in the Premiere of ‘The Climate Opera Project’ at BAM

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(Photo credit: Gordon Faux) American Opera Projects, in collaboration with NYU/Tisch Opera Lab presents the world premiere of “The Climate Opera Project.” “The Climate Opera Project” is a collection of four short operas celebrating Earth Day 2024. Plots depict unlikely heroes reeling from the cataclysm of human-influenced natural disasters. These operas aim to tackle environmental issues with humor and hope. {…}