OPERA America has announced the winners of the Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors. In sum, the company will be providing $36,650 in grants with professional company members receiving up to $10,000 to subsidize as much as 50 percent of the fee of a woman stage director or conductor who is working for the company for the first {…}
OPERA America has announced that Douglas Kearney has been named the inaugural recipient of the Campbell Opera Librettist Prize. The award, conceived and funded by Mark Campbell, is the first in American opera to specifically honor the work of the librettist. An alumnus of Howard University and CalArts, Kearney has written libretti for such operas as “Sweet Land,” “Crescent City,” {…}
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 {…}
OPERA America has announced the recipients of $180,000 in Civic Practice Grants. The awards went to eight Professional Company Members that were selected by industry leaders from a pool of 38 applications. The grantees are Anchorage Opera, Baltimore Concert Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Opera Cultura (San Jose, CA), Opera Parallèle (San Francisco, CA), Opera Saratoga, and White Snake {…}
The Opera America has announced the winners of the Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Prize. The four winning teams are: The production of the “The Central Park Five” by Davis and Wesley. The award went to the hands of Bruno Baker, director; Chantelle Good, choreography; Frank J. Olivia, set design; Sabrina Bianca Guillaume, costume design; and Ginevra Lombardo, lighting design. The {…}
One week remains to register for Opera America’s Opera Conference 2021 which runs from May 10th, 2021 – May 27, 2021. The opera field will come together to discuss and address key opportunities as the industry rebuilds after devastating closures. The conference’s first week, “Artists at the Center” highlights significant innovations produced by individual artists during the pandemic. Opening Session {…}
Opera America will present “A Celebration of Daniel Catán” on April 30, 2021. The stream will feature a one-hour and 15-minute concert with performances by such artists as Ana María Martinez, Cecilia Violetta López, Richard Troxell, and Ramón Vargas. There will also be appearances by artists from the Ópera de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. The event will also feature {…}
OPERA America awarded the second cycle of IDEA Opera Grants (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) to composer/librettist Damon Davis; and composer Liliya Ugay and librettist Sokunthary Svay. The winning teams receive a total prize of $25,000 along with high-quality video recordings of workshops, working performances for promotional use, a feature on OPERA America’s digital and social platforms, and in Opera {…}
Opera America has launched Opera Grants for Stage Directors and Conductors, an initiative for opera companies to hire women for key leadership roles while promoting gender parity across the artistic field. The grant, funded by the Marineau Family Foundation, will make a contribution of $ 10,000 to cover up to 50 percent of the fee of a female stage director or {…}
OPERA America has announced the inaugural participants of their new IDEA Opera Residencies (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) program. Supported by the Katherine S. and Axel G. Rosin Fund of The Scherman Foundation, this initiative will allow NYC-based composers and librettists of color an opportunity to explore opera as an expressive medium. The first resident artists are composers Laura Jobin-Acosta {…}
Opera America has announced the winners of its Next Stage Grants program, in support of second performances, or subsequent productions of North American works. The grants were funded entirely by Gene Kaufman, Terry Eder-Kaufman, and New Vision for NYC Opera. Recipients will receive a total of $ 250,000 dollars, allowing producers the opportunity to adjust, edit, and refine works for {…}