The Metropolitan Opera Announces The Company Premiere Of Anthony Davis's X: The Life And Times Of Malcolm X
by Stephi Wild - September 16, 2021 The Metropolitan Opera announced today that Anthony Davis's X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X will have its company premiere on November 3, 2023, making it the second opera by a Black composer in Met history, after Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones. Playwright and director Robert O'Hara,... 
Long Beach Opera Announces Dr. Derrell Acon As Its Assoc. Artistic Director And Chief Impact Officer
by A.A. Cristi - June 17, 2021 Long Beach Opera announced today that the company is promoting Dr. Derrell Acon to the position of Associate Artistic Director & Chief Impact Officer effective immediately. Dr. Acon has served as the company's Director of Engagement and Equity since 2019, as well as performing the role of Antron McC... 
Long Beach Opera To Present Pauline Oliveros & Moira Roth's THE LIBRARY OF MAPS: AN OPERA IN MANY PARTS
by A.A. Cristi - April 08, 2025 Long Beach Opera (LBO) to present The Library of Maps: An Opera in Many Parts—Pauline Oliveros' uniquely experimental opera devised in collaboration with poet and librettist, Moira Roth. ... 
Long Beach Opera Announces Three Programs For Fall 2020
by A.A. Cristi - September 16, 2020 While the Covid-19 pandemic has shuttered many performing arts organizations around the world, Long Beach Opera (LBO) has been industriously devising live innovative performance opportunities for both its artists and audiences. ... 
OPERA America Announces the Recipients of 2024 Repertoire Development Grants
by A.A. Cristi - March 04, 2024 OPERA America has announced the recipients of its 2024 Repertoire Development Grants. ... 
New York City Opera Announces Appointment of Constantine Orbelian as Music Director and Principal Conductor
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 07, 2021 New York City Opera has announced the appointment of internationally acclaimed conductor and pianist Constantine Orbelian as the company’s Music Director and Principal Conductor. Maestro Orbelian will conduct his first NYCO production this summer when the company performs a newly created version of...
12 ANGRY ELECTRICS Comes To Theater For The New City This Week
by Stephi Wild - March 14, 2022 Emmy Award winning writer/director William Electric Black (aka Ian Ellis James) becomes all 12 jurors in this timely masterpiece - now calling it - TWELVE ANGRY ELECTRICS. It's an in your face, intimate solo show that brings a familiar courtroom drama to the stage while theatrically weaving other si... 
Portland Opera Announces TOSCA, WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT & More As Part of 2021-2022 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 30, 2021 It is a new chapter at Portland Opera, as the company shares a rearticulated vision for the future, built on foundational progress accomplished during COVID-19 closures, and upcoming programming shaped by a new mission and values for the organization. ... 
International Contemporary Ensemble to Perform Works By Anthony Davis And Leila Adu-Gilmore At NYU Skirball
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 23, 2024 International Contemporary Ensemble Performs Works by Anthony Davis and Leila Adu-Gilmore at NYU Skirball. Experience a captivating evening of chamber music featuring the world premiere of Adu-Gilmore's Mahakala Oratorio.... 
Santa Barbara Symphony Presents An All-American Concert With FANFAR FOR THE COMMON MAN
by A.A. Cristi - April 02, 2021 The Santa Barbara Symphony’s groundbreaking season of presenting live music together safely on stage continues on Saturday, April 17 at 7:00 pm (with an encore matinee on Sunday, April 18 at 3:00 pm) with Fanfare for the Common Man recorded live from the stage of the Granada Theatre, with no audienc... 
Interview: Darrin Ingram of SAGE at Conejo Players
by Cary Ginell - August 05, 2023 On July 30, Ingram premiered his play, Sage, a deeply personal slice of life about an old man on a park bench and the various characters that he encounters, either in passing or who come to sit beside him on the bench.... 
American Lyric Theater Announces Opera Writers Diversity and Representation Initiative
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 03, 2021 Today American Lyric Theater has announced the Opera Writers Diversity and Representation Initiative as part of an ongoing commitment to mentoring the next generation of operatic writers. First steps include the appointment of conductor Kelly Kuo as ALT’s new Associate Artistic Director and the crea...
Long Beach Opera Announces Dr. Derrell Acon As Its Assoc. Artistic Director And Chief Impact Officer
by A.A. Cristi - June 17, 2021 Long Beach Opera announced today that the company is promoting Dr. Derrell Acon to the position of Associate Artistic Director & Chief Impact Officer effective immediately. Dr. Acon has served as the company's Director of Engagement and Equity since 2019, as well as performing the role of Antron McC... 
Harry Lennix to Receive Samuel H. Scripps Award from Julie Taymor at 2022 TFANA Spring Gala
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 12, 2022 Theatre for a New Audience has announced details of its Spring Gala Celebrating Shakespeare’s Birthday, held in-person at Capitale (130 Bowery, New York City) and emceed by Isabel Arraiza.... 
OPERA America Welcomes Six New Members to Its Board of Directors
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 11, 2022 OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, has welcomed a new class of six board members that includes creators, administrators, artist managers, and opera company trustees. They join the Board of Directors under the ongoing leadership of Chair Carol F. Henry, esteemed philanthropis... 
The Annenberg Center Presents PHILADANCO In A Live Streamed Performance
by Stephi Wild - October 21, 2020 The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents PHILADANCO, streamed live from the Annenberg Center on Thursday, October 29 at 7 PM. ...
OPERA America Awards 2024 Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors
by Stephi Wild - May 07, 2024 OPERA America has announced the recipients of the 2024 Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors.... 
Laura Nirider Hosts 'Wrongful Conviction' Experts to Discuss Bills to Ban Deception During Police Interrogations
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 14, 2021 These kinds of lies about the evidence have long been identified as risk factors for false confessions and have contributed to some of the most notorious known wrongful convictions, like those of the Exonerated Five, previously known as the Central Park Five.... 
Detroit Opera to Present Anthony Davis's THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE This Month
by Josh Sharpe - May 09, 2025 On May 10, 16, and 18, Detroit Opera will present The Central Park Five, directed by Nataki Garrett and featuring a new, expanded orchestration by composer Anthony Davis....
OPERA America Welcomes Six New Members to Its Board of Directors
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 11, 2022 OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, has welcomed a new class of six board members that includes creators, administrators, artist managers, and opera company trustees. They join the Board of Directors under the ongoing leadership of Chair Carol F. Henry, esteemed philanthropis... 
12 ANGRY ELECTRICS Begins Performances This March at Theater For The New City
by A.A. Cristi - February 03, 2022 Inspired by Sidney Lumet's classic film, 12 Angry Men, Emmy Award winning writer/director William Electric Black (aka Ian Ellis James) becomes all 12 jurors in this timely masterpiece - now calling it - 12 ANGRY ELECTRICS.... 
VIDEO: New York City Opera Creates UN ZOOMO IN MASCHERA
by Stephi Wild - December 28, 2020 As the year 2020 draws to a close, stars past and present of New York City Opera (NYCO) have come to the aid of “The People’s Opera” by participating in Un Zoomo in Maschera, a word from the artists of New York City Opera, a special year-end fundraiser which will be released on social media today.... 
American Lyric Theater Offers Free Virtual Opera Writers Symposium
by A.A. Cristi - February 16, 2021 American Lyric Theater is inviting artists from all backgrounds to participate in its free, virtual Opera Writers Symposium as part of the organization's ongoing commitment to mentoring the next generation of operatic writers. ... 
Long Beach Opera Announces Marjorie Beale As President Of Their Board Of Directors
by Blair Ingenthron - July 11, 2023 Long Beach Opera announces the appointment of Marjorie Beale as their new President of the Board of Directors, effective June 28, 2023.... 
OPERA America Announces The 2022 Recipients Of Repertoire Development Grants
by A.A. Cristi - February 07, 2022 OPERA America has announced the recipients of the 2022 Repertoire Development Grants: American Lyric Theater (New York, NY); Beth Morrison Projects (New York, NY); Houston Grand Opera (Houston, TX); Lyric Opera of Chicago (Chicago, IL); MassOpera (Salem, MA); Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (St. Louis,... |
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