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Beth Morrison Projects To Present West Coast Premiere of ‘Angel’s Bone’

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(Credit: Cory Weaver) Beth Morrison Projects is set to present the West Coast Premiere of Du Yun and Royce Vavrek’s “Angel’s Bone” on May 1 and 3 at the Broad Stage as part of the LA Opera’s “Off Grand” programming. The opera, for which Du Yun won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, will feature musical direction by Julian Wachner with Michael {…}

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Beth Morrison Projects & Trinity Church Wall Street Partner For 5 New Operas In 3 Years At PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL

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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 {…}

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MasterVoices & Beth Morrison Projects To Present NY Premiere of Rock-Opera ‘Iron & Coal’

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(Source: PrototypeFestival.org) MasterVoices is set to perform Jeremy Schonfeld’s rock-opera “Iron & Coal” on Jan. 10 and 11 at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay University in New York. The performances will represent the New York premiere for the work. The rock-opera, which relates the Holocaust experience endured by Schonfeld’s family, features tenor Daniel Rowan alongside, Rinde Eckert, {…}

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Kiera Duffy & Nathan Gunn Lead Beth Morrison Projects’ 2019-20 Season

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Beth Morrison Projects has announced its 2019-20 season, which will include 64 performances on four continents. James Darrah will direct Ellen Reid’s “Prism.” The production will star mezzo-soprano Rebecca Jo Loeb as Lumee and soprano Anna Schubert as her ill daughter, Bibi. Performances will be held at Teatro Municipal in São Paulo (in its South American premiere) and at the {…}

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Beth Morrison Projects Announces ‘Next Generation’ Finalists

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The “BMP: Next Generation” will showcase works by Michael Lanci and Emma O’Halloran at the National Sawdust on February 20 and 21, 2019. The two works, about 30 minutes in duration, will include Lanci’s satirical operetta “Crude Capital,” which was written by Ajax Phillips, and O’Halloran’s monodrama “Mary Motorhead,” which was based on a play by her uncle Mark O’Halloran. {…}

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Beth Morrison Projects Announces ‘BMP: Next Generation’ Finalists For March 2018 Concert

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The Beth Morrison Projects has announced the “BMP: Next Generation” Composer Initiative Finalists, who will be showcased on March 17, 2018 at the National Sawdust in Brooklyn. The program will feature 10 vocal pieces from such emerging composers as Jessie Downs, Noah Kaplan, Molly Joyce, Michael Lanci, Matt McBane, Emma O’Halloran, Gemma Peacocke, Matthew Recio, Daniel Sabzghabaei, and Leaha Maria {…}

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Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – North America (1/12-14): Beth Morrison Projects, El Paso Opera, Seattle Opera Return to Business

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With the New Years’ celebrations already at an end, a lot of major opera companies are making major returns. Here is a rundown of the performances you should get excited over this weekend! Acquanetta – Beth Morrison Projects Leave it to Beth Morrison Projects to bring the world unique experiences, starting with Michael Gordon and Deborah Artman’s “Acquanetta,” a work {…}

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Q & A: Beth Morrison on PROTOTYPE Festival, NEXTGEN & the Power of Collaboration

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(Photo: Maru Teppei) Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) is an organization actively changing the roadmap of opera production and composition one project at a time. Since 2006 the company has commissioned, developed, produced, and toured over 60 works in 14 countries around the world, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning chamber operas “Angel’s Bone” and “p r i s m.” This year’s PROTOTYPE {…}