https://operawire.com/prototype-festival-2020-review-magdalene/
This review is for the performance on Jan. 13, 2020. It all started with a breath. But it wasn’t a relaxed breath but an irritated, almost obstructed one. And there was a moan or a hum; a repeated one that built a unique tension and longing at the HERE Mainstage. This is how “Magdalene,” the latest opera created by Danielle {…}
https://operawire.com/beth-morrison-projects-trinity-church-wall-street-partner-for-5-new-operas-in-3-years-at-prototype-festival/
The Beth Morrison Projects and Trinity Church Wall Street are teaming up together with the PROTOTYPE Festival to announce a multiple year partnership that will feature five world premieres of operas over the next three seasons. In 2021, the organizations will showcase Du Yun and Michael McQuilken’s “In Our Daughter’s Eyes,” starring Nathan Gunn. In 2022, audiences will check out {…}
https://operawire.com/jennifer-zetland-to-headline-ellen-west-at-prototype-festival-2020/
Jennifer Zetlan is set to take on the title role in the New York City premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon and Frank Bidart’s “Ellen West” at the Prototype Festival on Jan. 14-19, 2020. Zetlan interpreted the role in the world premiere of the opera during the summer of 2019 at Saratoga Springs. “Ellen West is the pseudonym of a real {…}
https://operawire.com/prototype-festival-2019-review/
In this seventh edition of New York’s annual Prototype Festival, artistic co-directors Kristin Marting, Beth Morrison, Kim Whitener and Jecca Barry continue to build a contemporary opera and music theater festival that is canny, opportunistic, and fulfills a niche. Programmed during the high season of New York’s busy commercial arts markets (APAP, and ISPA), and experimental theater seasons (Under the {…}
https://operawire.com/the-prototype-festival-to-world-premiere-the-echo-drift/
The Prototype Festival and America Opera Projects will present the world premiere of “The Echo Drift.” “The Echo Drift” tells the story of convicted murderer Walker Loats who is trapped in a timeless prison and is unexpectedly befriended by a moth with an offer of a perceived way to freedom. The opera will feature a live chamber ensemble, electronics, and {…}
https://operawire.com/renee-fleming-greg-spears-fellow-travelers-headline-prototype-festival-2018/
The PROTOTYPE Festival has announced its 2018 edition slated for January 7-20, 2018. The festival celebrating its sixth annual showcase of progressive opera and music-theatre will showcase seven new presentations including three world premieres, two U.S. premieres, one New York premiere, and one work-in-progress. The Festival kicks off with soprano superstar Renée Fleming hosting the PROTOTYPE Soiree at City Vineyard {…}
https://operawire.com/prototype-opera-theatre-now-festival-unveils-five-productions-for-2025-edition/
The PROTOTYPE: Opera / Theatre / Now Festival has unveiled its 2025 season. “This season, we celebrate another extraordinary group of creatives as they tell the stories of our shared experience, tracing the threads that connect us across eras, cultures, dreams, and memories,” said an official press statement issued by the Directors of the festival. “We also celebrate the incredible {…}
https://operawire.com/prototype-opera-theatre-now-festival-announces-10th-annual-event/
The 10th annual PROTOTYPE: Opera / Theatre / Now Festival in New York City has been announced and is set to take place between Jan. 7-16, 2022. The showcase will include four world premieres produced by a total of 600 diverse artists. First up will be “The All Sing” composed by Daniel Bernard Roumain and written by Marc Bamuthi Joseph. {…}
https://operawire.com/world-premieres-recent-works-to-be-featured-in-prototype-opera-theatre-now-festival/
Now entering its ninth season, Beth Morrison Projects and HERE’s annual festival, “PROTOTYPE: Opera | Theatre | Now,” is set to run from January 8- 16, 2021. Curated by festival directors Jecca Barry, Kristin Marting, and Beth Morrison, this run of events will see the world premieres of three vocal theater works. “The works our audiences are used to seeing {…}