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Opera on Tap Formalizes Partnership with Adrienne Danrich’s ‘Music as the Message’

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Opera on Tap has announced that it will be formalizing its partnership with Adrienne Danrich’s “Music as the Message.” The company will team up with Danrich to create interactive, hybrid performances. The series, which Danrich created during the COVID-19 lockdown in response to the murder of George Floyd, was previously presented by The American Opera Project and Opera on Tap. {…}

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Opera on Tap Announces Major Grant from Infosys Foundation USA

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Opera on Tap (OOT) has announced that it has received a major grant from Infosys Foundation USA. The grant will be used to fund an addition to the Playground Opera program, “Opera Maker Lab,” a space that allows the organization’s education team to work with Makers and STEM-based educators to help introduce students to STEM/STEAM through operatic means. Per an {…}

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Opera on Tap Colorado to Present ‘Atlas of Remote Islands’

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Opera on Tap Colorado will present the opera “Atlas of Remote Islands,” a contemporary work by composer Nathan Hall about a young man exploring distant worlds through the pages of an atlas, at MCA Denver at the Holiday Theater 2644 West 32nd Avenue Denver, CO 80211 United States. The “Atlas of Remote Islands” is a 2009 book by Judith Schalansky {…}

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Opera on Tap Announces Winner of Tik Tok Composition Competition

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Opera on Tap has announced the winner of its Tik Tok Composition Competition. Laura Jobin-Acosta’s “I Am Lying in the Bed” won. Vocalist Eugenia Forteza performed the work. Voting was done via Instagram and Tik Tok with the winner receiving $500. Laura Jobin-Acosta is a New York City-based multicultural composer and soprano. She was recently named the American Opera Initiative {…}

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Opera on Tap Teams Up With Kinesis Project dance theatre & Others for ‘Capacity, or: the Work of Crackling’

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Opera on Tap is teaming up with Kinesis Project dance theatre and Anti-Social Music with Summer on the Hudson to present “Capacity, or: the Work of Crackling” on Sept. 24 and 25, 2022. The showcase will feature music by composers Diana Woolner, David Friend, Eyal Moaz, and Brian McCorkle as well as costumes by Rebecca Kanach, and sound design by {…}

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Opera On Tap New York Unveils 2022 Schedule

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Opera On Tap New York has announced its 2022 slate through August. First up, Samantha Nahra presents “A Dramatic Soprano Tries Cooking.” There will be a total of 12 editions of this showcase. Performance / Streaming Date: Feb. 19 – July 23, 2022  Next up, Danny Bernardo, Joy Jones, Kathleen Berger, Stacy Dove, Blake Friedman, Halley Gilbert, Jackie Katz-Rabinoff, Nicole {…}

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Opera on Tap Postpones Production Due to COVID-19

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Opera on Tap in New York has canceled “The Longest Night.” The company made the announcement via social media, stating, “friends, we regret to inform you that 1 of our essential production team members has been exposed to COVID. For everyone’s safety, we have decided to postpone the show. Given our winter solstice theme, we are working with HERE to {…}

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Opera on Tap Wins Grant from Renée Fleming Foundation for Playground Opera Educational Research

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Opera on Tap’s flagship education program, Playground Opera, received a grant from the Renée Fleming Foundation to study the effects of music on empathy development and social-emotional learning in children. Dr. Indre Viskontas, a neuroscientist at the University of San Francisco, will partner with Opera on Tap to conduct research that tracks improvements in students’ emotional regulation and other cognitive {…}