Beth Morrison News

Beth Morrison Projects, in partnership with the Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater, will present the West Coast premiere of PERFORMANCE OF SELF by Grammy Award–nominated vocalist, composer, and percussionist Jodie Landau.

Beth Morrison Projects (BMP), in partnership with Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT), will present the west coast premiere of Grammy Award-nominated vocalist, composer, and percussionist Jodie Landau's Performance of Self.

Christopher Koelsch, the Sebastian Paul and Marybelle Musco President and CEO of LA Opera, has announced details for the company's 2026/27 season, which will launch on October 17, 2026.

Yoo-hoo, Metropolitan Opera. Looking for something new/old/odd/wonderful? I hope you made it to the Prototype Festival’s WHAT TO WEAR, by Michael Gordon and Richard Foreman, staged by Paul Lazar and Annie-B Parson of Big Dance Theater following the original’s aesthetic from 2006. The opera just finished up its four-performance run at the BAM Harvey in downtown Brooklyn—and it’s the definition of event programming in its most complimentary meaning.

This is Beth Morrison’s first year as sole curator, producer and presenter of New York’s PROTOTYPE Festival of indie opera/music theatre. She’s also midwife for the birth of Sarah Kirkland Snider’s gorgeously composed HILDEGARD, its centerpiece, which I heard at the Gerald Lynch Theater at John Jay College on January 11. Morrison has proven herself, once again, to be true to her eponymous organization’s seeming marching orders: “I never do anything twice.”

Not long ago, I was sitting in a café in midtown Manhattan with Beth Morrisson, president and creative producer of Beth Morrison Projects (BMP). BMP has been pushing the boundaries of traditional opera for 20 years and is now sole curator, producer and presenter of the indie-opera/music theatre Prototype Festival, with performances through January 18 in New York City.

OPERA America is recognizing the nearly 100 artists, companies, and trustees whose creative work and initiatives won grants and awards totaling more than $1,000,000 in 2025.

Sarah Kirkland Snider’s first opera, HILDEGARD, continues its rolling world premiere at the PROTOTYPE Festival in New York City. The production follows earlier performances presented by Los Angeles Opera.

The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment has announced programming for JanArtsNYC, the annual collection of world-class public performances and innovative industry gatherings taking place throughout the month of January in NYC.

REDCAT will introduce a Winter/Spring 2026 season featuring new work in dance, theatre, opera, music, and visual art. The season highlights REDCAT’s continued investment in contemporary creation and boundary-pushing artistic development.

Sarah Kirkland Snider’s fifth full-length LP, a new, all-orchestral album titled Forward Into Light, will be released on February 27, 2026. Listen to two new tracks here.

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.

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.

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!

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).

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

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).