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Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Founder Peter Kozma on Opera Neo ‘s 15th Anniversary, His Greatest Lessons & a Look Into the Future

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For 15 years, Peter Kozma has built up Opera Neo into one of the most distinctive training grounds for young opera artists in the United States. At the core of his philosophy is a conviction he has held since childhood: opera is, first and foremost, theater. Born and raised in Budapest, Hungary, at the age of six, Kozma witnessed his {…}

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Atlanta Opera Awards $10,000 Prize & Commission to ‘The Sickness’

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Composer Gillian Rae Perry and librettist David Davila have won the fifth annual 96-Hour Opera Project at The Atlanta Opera’s NOW Festival. The duo will now take home the $10,000 Antinori Foundation Grand Prize and a commission to write their chamber opera, “The Sickness” for the company. Their winning work is set during Georgia’s Gold Rush on Cherokee land and {…}

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Cincinnati Opera Announces ‘Good Bones’ to Complete Black Opera Project Trilogy

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(Credit: Eric Schwabel) Cincinnati Opera has announced that “Good Bones” will be the third and final work in The Black Opera Project. The opera, with music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Abels and libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames, will receive its world premiere in Summer 2028 at Cincinnati Music Hall. “Good Bones” follows a young couple who return {…}

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James Adler’s ‘Lullaby’ to World Premiere at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall

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Sound Espressivo will present the world premiere of composer and pianist James Adler’s Lullaby for soprano, cello, and piano at the Sound Espressivo Laureate Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on June 30, 2026. The new work will be performed by soprano Shana Farr, cellist Igor Zubkovsky, and Adler himself at the piano. “Lullaby” grew out of a {…}

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The Atlanta Opera to Present World Premiere of ‘Water Memory (Jala Smriti)’

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The Atlanta Opera, in partnership with Georgia Tech Arts, will present the world premiere of “Water Memory (Jala Smriti)” on June 12 and 14, 2026, at the Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. The work, which was composed by Kitty Brazelton with a libretto by Vaibu Mohan and commissioned by The Atlanta Opera after the duo {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: OperAffinity Founder Breana Stillman on Working with Organization & Festival’s Future, Working with Refugees & How Music Creates Connection & Understanding

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It was during her years working as an opera singer in Germany that Breana Stillman first encountered the transformative power of the art form beyond the stage, specifically through children’s choirs involved in opera productions. What she witnessed there, the musical growth, the exposure to languages and cultures, the discipline and sense of community it fostered in young people, planted {…}

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International Opera Awards to Be Held at MusikTheater an der Wien This November

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(Photo credit: Peter M. Mayr) The International Opera Awards has announced that MusikTheater an der Wien will host the 2026 awards ceremony for the first time on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2026. MusikTheater an der Wien received the Opera Company Award in 2025, and joins a distinguished list of past hosts that includes Teatro Real in Madrid, Teatr Wielki in Warsaw, {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Forward Festival 2026 Review: Theory Of Flames

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(Photo: Marco Borggreve) The Dutch composer Michel van der Aa has carved out a successful niche for himself within the opera world with a series of pieces, which successfully marries accessible music with film and technological wizardry underpinned by a strong narrative. The world premiere of his new opera, “The Theory of Flames,” for Amsterdam’s Opera Forward Festival is his {…}

Business, News

OPERA America Awards $100,000 in Discovery Grants to Eight Women Composers

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OPERA America has announced the recipients of the 2026 Discovery Grants from its Opera Grants for Women Composers program. The Grants totaling $100,000 will support the development of new opera and music-theater works. In addition to cash awards, OPERA America will provide travel support and free registration for the 2026 Discovery Grant recipients to attend its 2026 and 2027 Opera {…}