San Francisco Opera to Revive Thea Musgraves’ ‘Mary, Queen of Scots’

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(Credit: Ellie Kurttz/English National Opera) Scottish-born composer Thea Musgrave’s 1977 opera, “Mary, Queen of Scots” is set to return to San Francisco in a new co-production between San Francisco Opera and English National Opera. The new production will be directed and designed by Stewart Laing. Italian conductor Clelia Cafiero will make her Company debut leading the San Francisco Opera Orchestra {…}

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New Music USA Announces Recipients of Thea Musgrave Performer-Composer Collaboration Grant 2026

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New Music USA has announced the recipients of the second annual Thea Musgrave Performer-Composer Collaboration Grant, awarding $10,000 to composer Stephanie Ann Boyd, multidisciplinary artist and inventor Geoff Robertson, and violinist Audrey Wright for their collaborative project “PRISMBODY.” The grant is made possible through an endowed gift from composer Thea Musgrave and her husband, opera director Peter Mark. “PRISMBODY” will {…}

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New Music USA Launches The Thea Musgrave Performer – Composer Collaboration Grant

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(Credit: Kate Mount) New Music USA has launched the Thea Musgrave Performer-Composer Collaboration Grant. The gift of $250,000 by Musgrave and her husband Peter Mark will support composer-performer collaborations in perpetuity. Starting in 2025, one to two grants of $10,000 will be distributed through the New Music Creator Fund. The first awardees of the grant will be announced this June. {…}

Opera Quiz

Opera Quiz: Which Thea Musgrave Opera Is It?

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Composer Thea Musgrave is one of the great trailblazers of the 20th century. In a time where most of the operatic repertory was created by men, she stood out with a wide-ranging operatic repertory that included her big hit “Mary, Queen of Scots.” In sum, she has written nearly a dozen operas throughout her career, many of them focusing on {…}

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Composer Profile: Thea Musgrave, A True Trailblazer

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(Credit: Bryan Sheffield) Scottish-American composer Thea Musgrave has distinguished herself over the course of a long and prolific career. Many of her works have emerged as some of the most important operas of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Musgrave was born outside of Edinburgh in 1928 and later studied at the University of Edinburgh. As a burgeoning music {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Thea Musgrave & Tobias Picker Headline New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences can stream works by three acclaimed contemporary composers. Here is a look at the new recordings. Opera Without Words Naxos will release a recording featuring one of Tobias Picker’s most performed symphonic works, “The Encantadas,” with narration by the composer, paired with Picker’s newest symphonic work, “Opera Without Words,” in its world-premiere recording. The recording features the Nashville {…}

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London’s Trinity Laban Conservatoire To Stage Thea Musgrave ‘A Christmas Carol’

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London’s Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance is set to stage a new production of Thea Musgrave’ “A Christmas Carol” as part of the company’s new season. “A Christmas Carol” will also be presented as part of Venus Blazing. The work closely follows Charles Dickens’ beloved novel and represents the second time the opera is presented in the U.K. {…}

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Thea Musgrave’s ‘The Story of Harriet Tubman’ To Get NY Premiere

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Utopia Opera will showcase the New York Premiere of Thea Musgrave’s “The Story of Harriet Tubman. Performances are set for Nov. 10, 11, 16, and 17 at the Lang Recital Hall at Hunter College. The production will be led by Utopia Opera’s artistic and music director Will Remmers with direction by Viktoria I.V. King. MaKayla McDonald stars in the title {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Thea Musgrave On her Career Achievements & Her 90th Birthday

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For years, British composer Thea Musgrave has been a major figure in the classical world. She has been a pioneer of the “dramatic-abstract” in the contemporary musical landscape and has composed over 160 pieces, including 13 operas, 11 choral works, and 21 orchestral works. Musgrave recently celebrated her 90th birthday with a concert that included many of her renown works {…}

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