Music Director James Conlon To Depart LA Opera After 20 Years; 40th Anniversary Season Lineup Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 12, 2025
LA Opera has announced details for the company's 40th anniversary season, which will launch on September 20, 2025. In his 20th season with the company—his final season as Music Director before becoming Conductor Laureate—James Conlon will conduct three of the five mainstage productions, with other mainstage performances led by Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados and by guest conductor Dalia Stasevska.
Review: Prototype’s Gorgeous IN A GROVE by Cerrone and Fleischmann Arrives in New York
by Richard Sasanow - Jan 21, 2025
The New York premiere of the Christopher Cerrone/Stephanie Fleischmann opera IN A GROVE, in Mary Birnbaum’s simply beautiful—or beautifully simple—production triumphed at La Mama Experimental Theatre Club on Saturday as part of the Prototype Festival. It is inspired by Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s classic story (best known from its film version, “Rashomon”).
Preview: EAT THE DOCUMENT Premiere Kicks Off PROTOTYPE Festival 2025 Lasting through January 19
by Richard Sasanow - Jan 8, 2025
New York’s annual PROTOTYPE Festival—produced by Beth Morrison Projects and HERE, which has been showcasing visionary, nontraditional opera-theatre and music-theatre pieces since 2013—kicked off its 2025 edition on January 9 followed by BLACK LODGE/BARDO, IN A GROVE, POSITIVE VIBRATION NATION, AROOJ AFTAB: NIGHT REIGN, ART BATH, through January 19.
JanArtsNYC Returns This January With Performances and Gatherings
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 10, 2024
The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment has announced the full slate of programming for JanArtsNYC, the annual collection of world-class public performances and innovative industry gatherings taking place throughout the month of January at various NYC venues.
David T. Little's BLACK LODGE to Have LA And NYC Premieres
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 1, 2024
David T. Little’s GRAMMY-nominated opera BLACK LODGE will launch a fall/winter tour with screenings in Sweden, a West Coast premiere in Los Angeles on October 19, and a live NYC premiere in January. Learn more!
Interview: Kelley Rourke " Librettist, Translator, Dramaturg and Prize Winner
by Richard Sasanow - Sep 16, 2024
Kelley Rouke was driving when she received a text from Mark Campbell informing her that she was the winner of Opera America’s 2024 Campbell Opera Librettist Prize. Her reaction? She answered, “Stop it! It’s mean. Never joke about that!” because she couldn’t quite digest that she’d been chosen for the prize. “There are so many people doing great work that I couldn’t believe I’d been singled out,” she modestly insists.
Cincinnati Opera And CCM To Workshop HILDEGARD A New Opera
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 11, 2024
Cincinnati Opera and CCM have announced a workshop for 'HILDEGARD,' a new opera by Sarah Kirkland Snider, commissioned and produced by Beth Morrison Projects, through the Opera Fusion: New Works Partnership.
Beth Morrison Projects Reveals 2024-25 Season Lineup
by Stephi Wild - Aug 27, 2024
Beth Morrison Projects has announced its 19th season, featuring a World premiere, two West Coast premieres, an NYC premiere and the third cycle of their acclaimed NEXT GEN program, along with the 2025 PROTOTYPE: OPERA | THEATRE | NOW Festival in partnership with HERE.