HARRIET TUBMAN

Utopia Opera returns with Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS PINAFORE in NYC, November 17-19, 2023. Semi-staged gala production with full orchestra at Hunter College....

The American Opera Project (AOP) Board of Directors, led by co-presidents Sarah Moulton Faux and Mark Kalow, has announced that General Director Matt Gray will step down from his role at the end of this month....

Nkeiru Okoye is at it again - wielding the power of music and lyrics to elevate stories we need to know. And this time, Okoye has the backing of a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. A Truth Before Their Eyes takes place in a small community where 'Black Lives Matter' is proclaimed while residents disregard everyday race biases around them. I...

OPERA America  announce the eight Professional Company  Members receiving a total of $250,000 as part of the newly reestablished Next Stage Grants program. ...

Here's a look at some of the newly added and upcoming streams being offered by opera companies across North America:...

Three World Premiere English-language opera productions are available for livestream on the American Opera Project website, www.aopopera.org....

I was delighted to hear that the Oratorio Society of New York's world premiere at Carnegie Hall of SANCTUARY ROAD (Naxos 8.559884)--a work for orchestra, chorus and a quintet of soloists--had been captured on disc. Not only is the story worth bringing to a broader audience, but the magic of the work, composed by Paul Moravec with a libretto by Mark Campbell based on the writings of William Still, “a conductor for the Underground Railroad,' merits hearing over and over again....

On June 7 at 8pm, June 8 at 6pm, and June 9 at 3pm, Utopia Opera presents the New York Premiere of SOME LIGHT EMERGES, a chamber opera by Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell, & Kimberly Reed, in a fully-staged production performed with its original orchestration at the Ida K. Lang Recital Hall at Hunter College (695 Park Avenue). Drama Desk Award-nominee David Schweizer directs and Utopia founder and artistic director William Remmers conducts. Q&A sessions with Laura Kaminsky, Kimberly Reed, and membe...

Directed by renowned stage director Viktoria I.V. King, the NY Premiere of Thea Musgrave's 'The Story of Harriet Tubman' Opera for Utopia Opera debuts in only 5 days at Hunter College's Ida K. Lang's Theatre....