David T. Little News

BWW Opera News: Du Yun's ANGEL'S BONE Wins 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music

by Richard Sasanow — April 11, 2017

ANGEL'S BONE, by Du Yun with a libretto by Royce Vavrek was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Music.

ALT Alumni: Composers & Librettists in Concert

by A.A. Cristi — April 6, 2017

Fort Worth Opera Announces Details of Festival

by Christina Mancuso — April 6, 2017

Fort Worth Opera (FWOpera) announced today details of the company's full line-up of thrilling productions scheduled to take the stage during the 2018 season, running April 27 – May 13.

Theatrical Band SKY-PONY to Bring New Songs to National Sawdust for NYFOS Next Series

by BWW News Desk — April 5, 2017

NYFOS Next at New York Festival of Song-concludes its season Wednesday, May 10 at 7:00 p.

MATA Festival Returns To The Kitchen For Nineteenth Year With Premieres From Seventeen Countries, 4/25-29

by Molly Tracy — April 5, 2017

Now in its nineteenth year, MATA Festival is back at The Kitchen on April 25 - 29 with an overflowing bounty of the newest music.

American Lyric Theater and The Morgan Library & Museum Present ALT Alumni in Concert

by BWW News Desk — March 29, 2017

American Lyric Theater (ALT) and The Morgan Library & Museum present ALT Alumni: Composers & Librettists in Concert on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at 3pm at The Morgan Library & Museum in the Gilder Lehrman Hall, 225 Madison Avenue, NYC.

Alan Gilbert Conducts Final Weeks with the NY Philharmonic

by Christina Mancuso — March 22, 2017

Music Director Alan Gilbert begins his final weeks by leading the New York Philharmonic in Schoenberg's A Survivor from Warsaw and Beethoven's Symphony No.

MATA FESTIVAL Returns to The Kitchen, 4/25 - 29

by A.A. Cristi — March 16, 2017

Now in its nineteenth year, MATA Festival is back at The Kitchen on April 25 - 29 with an overflowing bounty of the newest music.

American Opera Projects Presents COMPOSERS & THE VOICE Beginning In Fall

by Molly Tracy — March 16, 2017

American Opera Projects (AOP) announces the return of its popular Composers & the Voice program for its 2017-19 seasons.

Amy Beth Kirsten & Mark DeChiazza's QUIXOTE to Premiere at Peak Performances

by BWW News Desk — March 15, 2017

Peak Performances will present the world premiere of Quixote, from composer-librettist Amy Beth Kirsten and director-designer Mark DeChiazza, March 23-26.

Fort Worth Opera Presents One Year Anniversary Of NOCHES DE OPERA With FIESTA FORT WORTH

by Molly Tracy — March 15, 2017

Fort Worth Opera (FWOpera), in partnership with Telemundo, celebrates the first year of its bold new initiative, Noches de Ópera (Nights of Opera), with Fiesta Fort Worth, a family-friendly party in Sundance Square Plaza featuring a simulcast of the smash-hit mariachi opera Cruzar la Cara de

The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Announces Season With New Music Director Cristian Macelaru

by Christina Mancuso — March 14, 2017

The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, America's longest running festival of new orchestral music, celebrates the arrival of its brilliant new Music Director and Conductor, Cristian M?celaru, with a sensational series of commissioned works that continue the Festival's forward-looking traditio

AOP Presents COMPOSERS & THE VOICE, 3/15

by Christina Mancuso — March 7, 2017

American Opera Projects (AOP) announces the return of its popularComposers & the Voice program for its 2017-19 seasons.

American Composers Orchestra Presents ORCHESTRA UNDERGROUND: PAST FORWARD, 3/24

by Molly Tracy — March 7, 2017

American Composers Orchestra (ACO), under the leadership of Artistic Director Derek Bermel and Music Director George Manahan, continues its 40th Anniversary Season on Friday, March 24, 2017 at 7:30pm with Orchestra Underground: Past Forward at Carnegie Hall's subterranean Zankel Hall.

UMS To Offer Free Livestream Of MUSIC FOR 18 MUSICIANS, 3/18

by Molly Tracy — March 3, 2017

The University Musical Society (UMS) will offer a free online livestream of Eighth Blackbird and Third Coast Percussion's performance of Steve Reich's Sextet and Music for 18 Musicians on Saturday, March 18.

Opera AMERICA Announces THE OPERA FUND: AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS Recipients

by Christina Mancuso — March 2, 2017

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, is pleased to announce it has awarded grants to 10 opera companies through The Opera Fund: Audience Development grant program, which promotes deep learning experiences about new or infr

Utah Opera Announces 2017-2018 Season For 40th Anniversary

by Molly Tracy — February 17, 2017

Utah Opera Artistic Director Christopher McBeth today announced Utah Opera's 2017-18 season in recognition of the company's 40th anniversary.

Kelli O'Hara, Jonas Kaufmann, Joyce DiDonato Will Highlight Met Opera's 2017-18 Season

by Christina Mancuso — February 15, 2017

The Metropolitan Opera's 2017-18 season will feature 220 performances of 26 works, including two Met premieres, one co-commissioned by the company and one an older masterpiece having its first Met performances; a variety of repertory favorites, three in new productions; and performances of Verdi's t

ACO Announces 40th Anniversary Season Featuring Reich's 80th Birthday Celebration, World Premieres by Paola Prestini, Trevor Weston, and David Hertzberg and More!

by Christina Mancuso — February 7, 2017

American Composers Orchestra (ACO), under the leadership of Artistic Director Derek Bermel and Music Director George Manahan, continues its 40th Anniversary Season on Friday, March 24, 2017 at 7:30pm with Orchestra Underground: Past Forward at Carnegie Hall's subterranean Zankel Hall.

Fort Worth Oprea Announces Line Up Of Unpublished Operas, 5/3-5/4

by Molly Tracy — February 7, 2017

Fort Worth Opera (FWOpera) announced today the names of the eight composer and librettist teams whose unpublished works have been selected for the company's fifth annual, critically acclaimed new works series, Frontiers - funded in part by the Andrew W.