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Marquita Richardson, Sarah Neal, & Robert Feng Named 2024-25 Handorf Company Artists

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(Photo credit: Opera Memphis) The Opera Memphis Handorf Company Artist Program has announced its 2024-25 class. The newest cohort includes soprano Marquita Richardson, mezzo-soprano Sarah Neal, and bass Robert Feng. These young artists will participate in a wide variety of performance opportunities, including roles in our Masterworks Opera series, numerous appearances during Opera Memphis’s award-winning program “30 Days of Opera,” {…}
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New Music USA Announces 2024 Organization Fund Awardees

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New Music USA has named 85 awardees for the New Music Organization Fund’s 2024 grant cycle. This year, 702 applications were submitted. Grant seekers included music organizations, performance groups, dance organizations, festivals, presenters, and venues spanning 17 states. Applicants chose their preferred funding strand from one of the following categories: General Operating Support, Creation of New Work, or Live Music {…}
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Paola Prestini & Brenda Shaughnessy’s ‘Sensorium Ex’ Sets World Premiere Production

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(Credit: Caroline Tompkins) Omaha’s Common Senses Festival in a co-production by VisionIntoArt and Beth Morrison Projects will present the world premiere of Paola Prestini and Brenda Shaughnessy’s “Sensorium Ex.” The world premiere of the opera, which features predominantly disabled performers and explores the question of what it means to have a voice, is set to take place May 22-25, 2025, {…}
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Overtone Industries Presents ‘Songs & Dances of Imaginary Lands’ at OperaFest LA

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Overtone Industries is set to present “Songs & Dances of Imaginary Lands” at OperaFest LA. “Songs & Dances of Imaginary Lands” follows Tom and Sue, a couple nearing the end of their lives, as they are catapulted into the various scenes from their childhood, adolescence, and adulthood after falling as victims of identity theft. Kion Heidari and Molly Pease sing {…}
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OPERA America Unveils 10 Recipients of 2024 Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors

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OPERA America has announced the recipients of the 2024 Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors. Recipients include Beth Morrison Projects’ “Sensorium Ex,” which features conductor Elizabeth Askren; Detroit Opera for director Nataki Garrett’s work on “The Central Park Five;” Shanara Gabrielle’s production of “Cradle will Rock” at IN Series;” Director Kimille Howard”s production of “This Little Light of {…}
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National Sawdust 2024 Review: Emruz Festival’s ‘Whispers of the Flesh’

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(Photo credit: Kaveh Kowsari) National Sawdust presented Emruz Festival’s “Whispers of the Flesh” on Friday, April 26th, 2024, directed by Shadi Ghaheri and assistant director/stage manager Lilia Houshmand, as part of a three performance series of works written by Iranian women residing within Iran. “Whispers of the Flesh” brings to light the works of women facing their own bodies and {…}
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Opera Profile: Paola Prestini’s ‘Sensorium Ex’

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(Photo: Jill Steinberg) “Sensorium Ex” is an opera by composer Paola Prestini and librettist/poet Brenda Shaughnessy and co-directed by choreographer Jerron Herman. It is a multi-sensory narrative woven together at the intersections of disability and artificial intelligence. “Sensorium Ex” opera will be premiering at the Common Senses Festival in Omaha for their 2025 season, and is commissioned by the Ford {…}
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National Sawdust & The Met Opera Present ‘Opera Evolved: Genre Fluidity’

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(Photo: Jill Steinberg) National Sawdust and The Met Opera presented “Opera Evolved: Genre Fluidity” on Thursday, February 22nd, 2024. This was the second installment of this three-part series that, according to the program, celebrates artistic convergence by investigating the intersection of innovation and tradition at National Sawdust. The evening included composer and co-founder of National Sawdust, Paola Prestini, and theater {…}

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