Beth Morrison

St. Vincent to Join WHAT TO WEAR at BAM; Full Company Set
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 20, 2025

BAM has revealed the full company for What to wear with creative direction by Paul Lazar and Annie-B Parson at the BAM Harvey Theater. St. Vincent is confirmed to join the production as a featured performer.

Robert Van Leer Steps Down as Executive Director and CEO of The Wallis
by Stephi Wild - Nov 13, 2025

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts has announced that Robert van Leer will step down as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of The Wallis.

Opera Columbus to Present New Opera THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 10, 2025

Beth Morrison Projects’ The Old Man and the Sea will be presented at the Mershon Auditorium this fall. Learn more about the opera here and see how to purchase tickets!

Sarah Kirkland Snider’s HILDEGARD Premieres at Los Angeles Opera
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 1, 2025

Snider’s first opera, HILDEGARD, for which she also wrote the libretto, will be presented in rolling world premieres by Los Angeles Opera (November 5-9, 2025) and PROTOTYPE Festival in New York (January 9-17, 2026), with subsequent performances at the Aspen Music Festival and School (Summer 2026, details TBA).

Works & Process Brings HILDEGARD By Sarah Kirkland Snider to Guggenheim New York in the Peter B. Lewis Theater
by Stephi Wild - Aug 26, 2025

Join creative producer Beth Morrison; Christopher Koelsch, President and CEO, LA Opera; director Elkhanah Pulitzer; and composer Sarah Kirkland Snider for a discussion on the commissioning and creation of HILDEGARD.

New Music USA Selects Lisa Bielawa and Mary Kouyoumdjian for its Amplifying Voices Program
by Stephi Wild - Aug 13, 2025

New Music USA’s Amplifying Voices program has announced its next participating composers – Lisa Bielawa for the 2025-2026 season and Mary Kouyoumdjian for the 2026-2027 season.

WORKS & PROCESS Sets Fall 2025 Season Featuring World Premieres, Dance Parties, and More
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 29, 2025

Works & Process will present its Fall 2025 season across New York City with events at the Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan West, and the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

OPERA America Awards $135,000 To Support Commissions Of Women Composers At Five Opera Companies
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 1, 2025

OPERA America has revealed the five recipients of the 2025 Commissioning Grants from its Opera Grants for Women Composers program. Learn more about the program here!

ENGLISH And More Announced At Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts 2025/2026 Season
by A.A. Cristi - May 17, 2025

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills is announcing its 2025-2026 season led by performances of the Los Angeles premiere of the Atlantic Theater Company and Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway production of English by Sanaz Toossi (April 4 - 24, 2026).

Berkeley Rep Names Sam Linden As Director Of Finance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 8, 2025

Berkeley Repertory Theatre has appointed Sam Linden as the award-winning theatre company's Director of Finance. Learn more about Linden and about the company here!

David T. Little And Royce Vavrek's Opera DOG DAYS Recording Out Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 25, 2025

Composer David T. Little and Royce Vavrek's haunting post-apocalyptic tale Dog Days has been reissued by Bright Shiny Things, out now digitally and on CD.

Roy Hage Joins Original Cast of West Coast Premiere Of ADORATION at LA Opera
by Stephi Wild - Feb 20, 2025

GRAMMY-nominated Lebanese-American tenor Roy Hage made his LA Opera debut this week, joining the original cast of Adoration for its West Coast premiere in collaboration with Beth Morrison Projects.

LA TRAVIATA, RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER, and More Set For Opera Columbus 2025-26 Season
by Stephi Wild - Feb 17, 2025

Opera Columbus has announced a 44th season filled with literary classics, including three Columbus premieres. Learn more about the full upcoming season lineup here!

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.

Josh Borenstein Appointed Chair of Theater Management at David Geffen School of Drama
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 28, 2025

Joshua Borenstein has been appointed Chair of the Theater Management Program and Assistant Professor Adjunct at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, effective July 1, 2025. Learn more about Borenstein.

Opera Hispánica to Present The New York Staged Premiere Of KLARA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 23, 2025

Opera Hispánica will present the New York staged premiere of KLARA, a chamber opera in four haikus. General admission tickets are $40 and can be purchased now. Learn more!

THE CAMP Comes to JACCC Aratani Theatre in Los Angeles
by Stephi Wild - Jan 22, 2025

A new American opera titled The Camp makes its world premiere, presented in partnership with the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center. Learn more here!

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.

BOTH EYES OPEN, A Hybrid Opera Theater Production, to Play Zellerbach Playhouse in February
by Blair Ingenthron - Jan 4, 2025

New Performance Traditions will present a new production of Both Eyes Open, an experimental electroacoustic opera by Brooklyn-based composer Max Giteck Duykers and Berkeley-based librettist and playwright Philip Kan Gotanda.