OPERA America has announced the recipients of its 2024 Repertoire Development Grants. In sum, these awards total $185,000. American Lyric Theater received a grant for its upcoming production of “She Who Dared” by Jasmine Barnes and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton. Calgary Opera, in collaboration with Vancouver Opera, received a grant for Ian Cusson, Parmela Attariwala, and Yvette Nolan’s “Namwayut.” Des Moines {…}
The Atlanta Opera’s Board of Directors announced that the company will achieve “Budget One” status in 2024–25. By reaching the $15 million operational threshold designated by industry service agency Opera America, The Atlanta Opera joins the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera and the opera companies of Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Fe and Seattle {…}
OPERA America will present “Creators in Concert: Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj” on Dec. 14, 2023. Maharaj is a multi-disciplinary artist who has directed productions at such companies as Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. A two-time Critic’s Pick by The New York Times, Maharaj has received such awards as Woodie King Jr. Award, four Audelco Awards, {…}
Opera America has announced the creation of Opera Passport, a new program that offers savings to traveling operagoers. Per an official press statement, Opera Passport gives at least a 10 percent discount on tickets to subscribers at participating companies. Among the companies involved in the program are Anchorage Opera, Arizona Opera, Ars Lyrica Houston, Austin Opera, BARN Opera, Boston Baroque, {…}
On August 30, 2023, soprano Alison Saporta took to OPERA America’s Scorca Hall stage in New York City, showcasing her artistry as a recitalist. Beside her, collaborative accompanist Felix Jarrar impressed on the piano, exhibiting his talents as a composer with a new song cycle and an intriguing toccata and fugue inspired by a theme from Mozart’s Requiem. Saporta, a {…}
OPERA America has announced the inductees of its Opera Hall of Fame Class of 2023. The inductees include Arts Administrator and producer Michael Bronson, Arts Leader and Administrator Wayne S. Brown, composer and teacher Anthony Davis, arts funder and advocate Susan Feder, trustee and philanthropist Frayda B. Lindemann, baritone Sherrill Milnes, and mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade. “The contributions to the {…}
OPERA America Onstage has announced its 2023-24 season with a lineup of big name artists Terence Blanchard, Anthony Davis, Samantha Hankey, and Jake Heggie are just a few of the luminaries included in this year’s season. Audiences can either attend events in-person at OPERA America’s National Opera Center in New York, or watch the free livestreams. Here’s what OPERA America {…}
OPERA America has announced the six recipients of its Next Stage Grants program. In sum, the grants total $200,000. Among the winners are Chicago Opera Theater’s production of “Book of Mountains and Seas” by Huang Ruo; Los Angeles Opera’s “Highway 1, USA” by William Grant Still and Verna Arvey; New Orleans Opera’s “Blue” by Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson; Opera {…}
(Photo credit: Billy Diaz) OPERA America has announced the addition of new members and officers to its Board of Directors. Here is a full list of the new board members. Angel Blue, Soprano Cheryl Slay Carr, Board President, Nashville Opera Antonio C. Cuyler, Professor, University of Michigan Barbara Lynne Jamison, General Director and CEO, Kentucky Opera Christopher Koelsch, President and {…}
OPERA American has announced that Deborah Brevoort has won the Campbell Opera Librettist Prize. She will take home $7,000 for creative development and career advancement. Brevoort is an alum of American Lyric Theater’s Composer Librettist Development Program and has written librettos for nine operas including “The Knock,” Embedded,” “Steal a Pencil for Me,” and “Dinner 4 3.” Her works have {…}
The New York Opera Alliance (NYOA) will launch a five-borough opera series in New York City. The inaugural event, NYOANext: The Bronx, will highlight the Bronx’s opera community with a public showcase on April 22, 2023. Local Bronx singers will perform alongside several opera companies from around the city, including Bronx Opera, International Brazilian Opera Company, and Opera Praktikos, NYC’s {…}