Paul Pinto News

Look + Listen's free annual spring festival marks its 20th anniversary with a trio of boldly imaginative programs in venues around NYC, May 3, 5 + 6.

The American Opera Project has released the first issue of a self-published “‘Zine” providing a unique trip into the revolutionary world of Eat The Document, a new opera written by composer John Glover and librettist Kelley Rourke, directed by Kristin Marting, and now in development at AOP.

WHITENESS: PART ONE (and other portraits) by the experimental theatre and media makers Paul Pinto and Kameron Neal will debut February 10 to 12 in person in an installation presented by La MaMa and CultureHub at the Ellen Stewart Theatre (66 E. 4 St.) 

On Thursday, April 14th at 7pm ET, The American Opera Project will push play on The AOP Mixtape #1: No More!, the first concert in its new annual series The AOP Mixtape – a live, handwritten love letter of music featuring world premiere songs from contemporary operas and music theater.

Through the generous sponsorship of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The American Opera Project (AOP) has been awarded a $270,000 Grant to support the 2021-23 cycle of renowned training program, Composers & the Voice (C&V).

OPERA America has announced the recipients of the 2022 IDEA Opera Residencies (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) program, an initiative that provides New York City-based composers and librettists of color an opportunity to explore opera as an expressive medium. The program is supported by the Katherine S. and Axel G. Rosin Fund of The Scherman Foundation.

This year, 6 composers and 3 librettists have been selected to receive fellowships, including composers Gabrielle Herbst, J.E. Hernández, Raquel Acevedo Klein, Paul Pinto, Tidtaya Sinutoke and Ania Vu, and librettists Jeesun Choi, Isabella Dawis, and Troy Defour.

Ars Nova has announced details for a series of events that welcome audiences back to the Ars Nova Hub (511 West 54th Street). These experiences can also be enjoyed online on the Ars Nova Supra digital platform.

Roulette presents a new production of eL/Aficionado by the late American composer Robert Ashley, October 21-23, 2021 at 8 p.m. eL/Aficionado will be performed live with an in-person audience. Written in 1987 and last performed in 1995, eL/Aficionado (72 minutes) is an opera scored for four voices and a pre-recorded electronic orchestra.

Look + Listen's free annual festival returns for its nineteenth season in May 2021 with an 'At Home Edition' designed to bring art directly into audiences' homes, in both digital and tangible forms. Curated and produced by guest Artistic Director Paul Pinto and Executive Director Grace Parisi, Look + Listen 2021 presents a startlingly ingenious response to our current moment.

Look + Listen's free annual festival returns for its nineteenth season in May 2021 with an 'At Home Edition' designed to bring art directly into audiences' homes, in both digital and tangible forms.

Beginning on January 8, 2021, LA Opera will co-present Modulation, a user-led digital experience featuring new commissions from 13 contemporary composers, produced in collaboration with the Prototype Festival.

Ars Nova has announced additional details for The Ars Nova Forever Telethon, a 24-hour livestream featuring more than 100 artists celebrating Ars Nova's past and present, while raising funds to support the company's artistic programs throughout the unconventional 2020-2021 season.

The OBIE-winning HERE will present the world premiere of Only You Will Recognize The Signal, a serial space opera featuring music by Kamala Sankaram, libretto by Rob Handel, and direction by Kristin Marting.

PROTOTYPE: Opera | Theatre | Now, Beth Morrison Projects and HERE's annual festival announces its ninth season, January 8-16 2021.

The OBIE-winning HERE has announced additional programming for its HERE THERE EVERYWHERE fall 2020 season. HERE's expanded online programming continues to innovate with the serial space opera, Only You Will Recognize The Signal, featuring a libretto by Rob Handel, music by Kamala Sankaram, and direction by Kristin Marting.

The OBIE-winning HERE, has announced HERE THERE EVERYWHERE, a return to live in-person events along with expanded online programming for its summer and fall 2020 season, featuring original relevant works by more than 235 diverse artists. A centerpiece of the season is #stillHERE: IRL, an adventurous new series that reimagines the live experience.

Due to popular demand, Molière in the Park has extended the run of its critically acclaimed live stream recording of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Wilbur's translation of Molière's TARTUFFE, directed by Molière in the Park's Founding Artistic Director Lucie Tiberghien, through Sunday, July 12 on their YouTube channel.

Four-time Tony Award-nominee and Obie Award-winner Raúl E. Esparza and Emmy and SAG Award-winner Samira Wiley will star in a live stream presentation of Richard Wilbur's translation of Molière's TARTUFFE.

Theatre for a New Audience and the Fisher Center at Bard join forces to present the professional premiere of the groundbreaking undergraduate Bard College Theater & Performance Program production of Caryl Churchill's Mad Forest, created by acclaimed experimental theater and opera director Ashley Tata and performed and broadcast live online.