The Washington National Opera is set to present the ninth season of its acclaimed American Opera Initiative. The upcoming season will present three world premieres on the Kennedy Center’s streaming platform, Digital Stage+ on Saturday, May 1. the performance will be directed by Amanda Consol and will feature works by librettist-composer teams Laura Fuentes and Ben Morris, Rebecca Hart and {…}

Washington National Opera is set to open its seventh season of the American Opera Initiative (AOI) with four world premieres from Jan. 11–13, 2019 at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. This season, the AOI Festival will present the world premiere of “Taking Up Serpents,” a new hour-long work by composer Kamala Sankaram and librettist Jerre Dye, as well as “75 {…}