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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New Music USA Unveils 2023 Organizational Fund Awardees

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New Music USA has announced its 2023 Organization Fund Awardees to 85 creators across the nation. The fund, totaling $620,750, goes to outstanding organizations the work and support the development of music creators and artists that offer a crucial resource to their community. Over 500 entities expressed interest during this year’s grant application process. Those awarded are notable for their {…}

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Composer Michael Hersch Announces Premiere of New Opera & Other Works

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Composer Michael Hersch has announced a series of new premieres during the 2023-24 season. First up will be a program featuring soprano Ah Young Hong that features the world premiere performances of “sapped from me broken,” “across, in grief and detail,” and “Miserere mei Domine.” She will be joined by violinist William Overcash and bassoonist Ben Roidl-Ward. This showcase is {…}

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New York City Opera Announces Duncan Williams Voice Competition Winners

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New York City Opera has announced the winners of the 2023 Duncan Williams Voice Competition. The competition, which was hosted by J’Nai Bridges, spotlighted Black and Latinx singers and awarded over $50,000 in prize money. The competition, which was held at the Manhattan School of Music, saw 11 winners in four categories. In the Emerging Artists category, $8,000 were awarded {…}

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Center for Contemporary Opera to Workshop-Premiere Niloufar Nourbakhsh’s ‘We, The Innumerable’

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The Center for Contemporary Opera will present the workshop-premiere in concert for Niloufar Nourbakhsh’s “We, The Innumerable.” The work, which features a libretto by Lisa Flanagan, will be presented on Oct. 21, 2022 at the National Sawdust. The work is set during Iran’s Green Movement and features one woman’s fight for freedom in the face of state-sanctioned violence. “The October {…}

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Stephanie Lamprea to Present ‘Quaking Aspen’ at Roulette in NYC

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Stephanie Lamprea is set to present “Quaking Aspen” at Roulette in Brooklyn on Sept. 6, 2022. The showcase features “ wordless avant-garde soundscapes to spurts of operatic flourishes and electronic poetic loops.” She will be accompanied by Alex Van Gils on electronics. Lamprea is a Colombian-American soprano based in New York and Glasgow. In addition to previous appearances with Roulette, Lamprea {…}

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Q & A: Mark Adamo on ‘Little Women,’ His Major Influences & Interests Outside Music

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(Photo: Daniel Welch) Italian/American composer and librettist Mark Adamo has just enjoyed the UK premiere of his opera, “Little Women” at Opera Holland Park. Although written in 1998, it has taken 24 years to be performed on British soil and was warmly received throughout. At the time of its composition, Adamo noted: “I recognized that ‘Little Women’ itself solves certain {…}

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Artist of the Week: Gregory Spears

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This week the Cincinnati Opera will make history with the world of “Castor and Patience.” The opera tells the story of a long overdue family reunion which finds two African American cousins at odds over the fate of a historic parcel of land they have inherited in the American South. The work continues probe historical and continuing obstacles to Black land ownership {…}

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The Harrison Friends of Opera & Teatro Grattacielo to Present Evening of Neapolitan Song

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The Harrison Friends of Opera and Teatro Grattacielo will present an evening of Neapolitan song and favorite melodies at the Harrison, New York, Public Library on July 11, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. Artists performing include soprano Clara Luz Iranzo, mezzo-soprano Eugenia Forteza, and tenors Diego Valdez, David Santiago, and Enzo Pizzimenti. Pianist Alla Milchtein and accordionist Ezio Pelliteri will accompany. {…}

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Opera Profile: Paola Prestini’s ‘Sensorium Ex’

New Music USA Unveils 2023 Organizational Fund Awardees

Composer Michael Hersch Announces Premiere of New Opera & Other Works

New York City Opera Announces Duncan Williams Voice Competition Winners

Center for Contemporary Opera to Workshop-Premiere Niloufar Nourbakhsh’s ‘We, The Innumerable’

Stephanie Lamprea to Present ‘Quaking Aspen’ at Roulette in NYC

Q & A: Mark Adamo on ‘Little Women,’ His Major Influences & Interests Outside Music

Artist of the Week: Gregory Spears

The Harrison Friends of Opera & Teatro Grattacielo to Present Evening of Neapolitan Song