The American Opera Project has announced grant awards totaling in $75,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts to support the recovery of the nonprofit arts and culture sector. Following New York State’s $105 million investment in the arts for FY2022, NYSCA has awarded more than $80 million since June 2021. As part of this investment, AOP was {…}
The American Opera Project’s AOPTV free streaming service has announced the addition of three music videos of songs from the chamber opera “Letters That You Will Not Get: Women’s Voices from the Great War.” The three videos will be available beginning Nov. 11. The videos were made in early fall of 2020 with the artists self-recording in lockdown, and premiered {…}
The American Opera Project has announced the fourth live, interactive concert in the Music as Message series created and hosted by Emmy Award-winning soprano Adrienne Danrich. The concert will stream on Sunday, June 13, at 4:00 P.M. EDT. “Music as Message: Sing Together, Children” celebrates Juneteenth, a portmanteau of June 19th, the date the United States fully realized the emancipation {…}
The American Opera Project has announced the creation of the AOP Artistic Advisory Council, composed of artists and innovators from the world of opera and beyond. The new advisory council will contribute their time and wise counsel to advance the mission of The American Opera Project. The new council members will offer their unique ideas and personal insight to the {…}
The American Opera Project has announced a new concert series entitled “Living Room Music.” The event will kick off with “A Grateful Embrace,” a Mother’s Day special hosted by mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert, pianist Daniel Gortler, and baritone Jorell Williams. Other performers include Maile Okamura, Colin Jacobsen, and Isabel Santiago. Performance Date: May 10, 2020 Mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert, {…}
The American Opera Projects has added “The Echo Drift” to its streaming programming AOPTV: Opera Comes Home. The production, which premiered in 2018 at the PROTOTYPE Festival at Baruch Performing Arts Center, will be available for free at www.aopopera.org. The 80-minute chamber opera by composer Mikael Karlsson and librettists Elle Kunnos de Voss and Kathryn Walat received rave reviews when it {…}
American Opera Project has stated that as of this moment, it will hold serve on its scheduled March events for now. Despite the increasing precautions taken around the world with regards to COVID-19, also known as Coronavirus, the company will endeavor to presented events as previously scheduled. However, in a statement, the company did note that “we feel these are {…}
(Image Provided American Opera Projects) The American Opera Project has been awarded five grants intent on helping shape its vision under the leadership of General Director Matt Gray and Artistic Director Mila Henry. In sum, the grants total over $500,000. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is a $300,000 multi-year grant to develop American Opera Project’s training and workshop programs such {…}
The American Opera Project has announced its selection of eight composers and librettists to receive fellowships for its 10th cycle of the Composers & the Voice training program. This year, the the composers who have received fellowships include Alaina Ferris, Matt Frey, Michael Lanci, Mary Prescott, Jessica Rudman, Tony Solitro, and the librettists are Amanda Hollander and Jonathan Turner. The {…}
Arguably the biggest New York City opera event of the summer is the New York Opera Festival, which will be entering its fourth iteration this summer. The beauty of the festival is that it features a plethora of major companies coming together to express themselves through opera. This has not changed in 2019, which features performances throughout May and June. {…}
The American Opera Projects’ Board of Directors has announced the appointment of new artistic leaders who will continue the organization’s 30-year legacy of creating contemporary opera in the U.S. Effective July 1, 2019. Matt Gray will become General Director and Mila Henry will join the company as Artistic Director. “It was a unanimous decision on the part of the Board {…}