Atlanta Opera to Host 24-Hour Opera Project Showcase, Opens 1/21

The Atlanta Opera's 24-Hour Opera Project Showcase! features selected composers, lyricists, stage directors and opera singers -- randomly put into teams – who have 24 hours to compose, stage and rehearse a 10-minute opera.

Performances will be judged by a panel of judges and by the audience, who can also tune in via live webcast on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.

Webcast: The public unable to attend the performances can tune in to a LIVE webcast at atlantaopera.org. They can vote for "Audience Favorite" via Twitter (@TheAtlantaOpera)

When/Where: Kick-off event, Friday, January 20, 2012 @ 5pm

First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta
1328 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309

Showcase performance, Saturday, January 21, 2012 @ 7pm
The Atlanta Opera Center
1575 Northside Drive, Bldg. 300, Suite 350
Atlanta, GA 30318

Who:
Judges include: Stephanie Adrian, Voice Professor at Emory University and writer for Opera News, Classical Singer, and Journal of Singing; Andrew Alexander, Arts and Entertainment Writer for Creative Loafing; John Lemley, Assistant Program Director, host of City Café, Afternoon Classics and Tapestry on WABE (90.1); and Ann Owens, former Executive Director of the Houston Grand Opera. The event will be emceed by Nicole Jones, Editor in Chief of Atlanta Planit.

Participants include:
Composers
Jason Barabba, Los Angeles, CA
Timothy Brown, Denver, CO
Sarah Hersh, Atlanta, GA
Jennifer Jolley, Cincinnati, OH
Jonathan Stinson, Cincinnati, OH
Lyricists
Brad Fairchild, Jonesboro, GA
Meghan Fitzgerald, Atlanta, GA
Chadwick Hagan, Atlanta, GA
Vynnie Meli, Marietta, GA
Madeleine St. Romain, Atlanta, GA

Stage Directors
Thomas Iaac Collins, Sweetwater, TN
Kristin Kenning , Birmingham, AL
Michael Nutter , Doraville, GA
Frances Rabalais, New Orleans, LA
Beth Suryan, Smyrna, GA

Singers
Robert Adams, Fayetteville, GA
Sharon Blackwood, Duluth, GA
Vivian Clifton, Atlanta, GA
Sondra Collin, Newberry, FL
Janeen Griffith, Mableton, GA
Kori Jennings, Baton Rouge, LA
Christine Lyons, Fayetteville, GA
Katie Oates, Mableton, GA
Laura Peacock, Buford, GA
Amanda Pillatzki, Hampton, GA
Ivan Segovia, Atlanta, GA
Sarah Vautour, Alpharetta, GA
Ariana Wehr, Baton Rouge, LA
John Elliot Yates, Hattiesburg, MS
Gerald Yarbray, Atlanta, GA

Accompanists/Music Directors
Catherine Giel, Atlanta, GA
Sandra Lutters, Atlanta, GA
Erin Palmer, Atlanta, GA
Michael Spassov, Ottawa, Ontario
Paul Tate, Atlanta, GA

Admission:
Free and open to the public.