https://operawire.com/prototype-festival-unveils-2023-season/
The Protoype Festival has announced its 2023 slate. For the 10th anniversary of the festival, the company is kicking things off with the East Coast premiere of “In Our Daughter’s Eyes,” a work about “the journey of [a father] as he wrestles with truly becoming a man that his daughter would be proud of.” The Du Yun and Michael McQuilken {…}
https://operawire.com/the-american-opera-project-live-performance-of-the-aop-mixtape-1-no-more/
(Credit: Ashley Soliman) The American Opera Project will present its concert titled “The AOP Mixtape #1 No More!” on April 14, 2022. The event will take place at Joe’s Pub at 7 p.m. This concert will be the first in the company’s new annual series. This unique program is described as “a live, handwritten love letter of music featuring world {…}
https://operawire.com/opera-america-announces-recipients-the-opera-grants-for-women-composers-program/
Opera America has announced the recipients of its 2021 Discovery Grants from the Opera Grants for Women Composers program. In sum, the winners will receive $100,000 dollars in support; grants were generously supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. This year’s winners include Gelsey Bell for “mɔːnɪŋ,” Christina Campanella for “The Visitation,” Asako Hirabayashi for “Hebi-onna (Snake Woman),” Angel Lam {…}
https://operawire.com/7-world-premieres-headline-new-york-opera-fest-2020-lineup/
The New York Opera Fest has announced its fifth annual showcase, which will feature over 60 performances across New York City’s five boroughs. With such a diverse number of productions, this article will divide up the section to cater to differing operatic tastes. It all kicks off with the traditional NYOA Service Awards, which will honor a special contributor to {…}
https://operawire.com/experiments-in-opera-unveils-2019-20-season-including-writers-room-opera/
The New York City based Experiments in Opera has unveiled its 2019-20 season. “The 2019-2020 Season is our ninth year of programming adventurous, funny and intimate new opera,” stated the company’s composers-leaders Aaron Siegel, Jason Cady, and Kamala Sankaram in a press release. “We are delighted to partner with several of New York City’s preeminent live performance organizations to expand the {…}
https://operawire.com/nycs-the-kitchen-2019-review-robert-ashleys-improvement-don-leaves-linda/
Before experiencing Robert Ashley’s “Improvement (Don Leaves Linda)” live for the first time, one can imagine that Ashley wants listeners to be changed in some way by what he wrote in 1990. Whether one’s evolution involves the understanding of new perspectives of cultural awareness or the witnessing of new opera ideals in a live setting, Ashley intentionally leaves no stone {…}
https://operawire.com/the-kitchen-to-present-robert-ashleys-improvement/
The Kitchen is pleased to present the late composer Robert Ashley’s newly reconstructed 1985 opera “Improvement (Don Leaves Linda).” The opera, which was written in 1985 and first performed in 1991, follows the adventures of its protagonist Linda, whose travels and romances can be interpreted as attempts at assimilation and cultural cross-pollination, with both success and rejection. “Improvement” is set {…}
https://operawire.com/prototype-festival-2020-ellen-west/
This past summer, OperaWire published an interview with “Ellen West” headliner Jennifer Zetlan. When asked what she wanted audiences to take away from her experience with the opera, Zetlan’s replied that, to her, an extremely successful evening of live theater or opera was one in which the audience leaves feeling their soul touched, adding “… I hope our audiences will find themselves deeply moved {…}
