It's great a to be back at 2025 Opera America New Works Forum for the first time since the pandemic. As ever, the most collegiate of opera makers whose willingness to swap ideas and enthusiasm and vision for the art form stimulates really inspiring and rigorous discussions...
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January 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It's great a to be back at 2025 Opera America New Works Forum for the first time since the pandemic. As ever, the most collegiate of opera makers whose willingness to swap ideas and enthusiasm and vision for the art form stimulates really inspiring and rigorous discussions...
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It’s World Opera Day! For those new and familiar with opera, OPERA WARS by Caitlin Vincent is a must-read about an insider’s look at the dramatic and compelling world of opera.
#WorldOperaDay @OPERAAmerica
#WorldOperaDay @OPERAAmerica
October 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
It’s World Opera Day! For those new and familiar with opera, OPERA WARS by Caitlin Vincent is a must-read about an insider’s look at the dramatic and compelling world of opera.
#WorldOperaDay @OPERAAmerica
#WorldOperaDay @OPERAAmerica
It's great a to be back at 2025 Opera America New Works Forum for the first time since the pandemic. As ever, the most collegiate of opera makers whose willingness to swap ideas and enthusiasm and vision for the art form stimulates really inspiring and rigorous discussions...
#OperaAmerica
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January 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Getting ready for a talk with OPERA America and Jamelah Firas Rimawi!
You can watch the conversation live on OperaAmerica’s YouTube page! Check my stories. Begins at 7pm.
#operaamerica #opera
You can watch the conversation live on OperaAmerica’s YouTube page! Check my stories. Begins at 7pm.
#operaamerica #opera
March 26, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Getting ready for a talk with OPERA America and Jamelah Firas Rimawi!
You can watch the conversation live on OperaAmerica’s YouTube page! Check my stories. Begins at 7pm.
#operaamerica #opera
You can watch the conversation live on OperaAmerica’s YouTube page! Check my stories. Begins at 7pm.
#operaamerica #opera
January 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Just registered for the OperaAmerica/World Opera Forum conference in LA in June 2024. I can't wait to see my opera and West Coast friends!
November 10, 2023 at 3:51 AM
Just registered for the OperaAmerica/World Opera Forum conference in LA in June 2024. I can't wait to see my opera and West Coast friends!
Inspirational session on ‘Community Involvement in Programming’ this morning, full of JOY! Take a look at St Louis New Opera Collective!
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January 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Inspirational session on ‘Community Involvement in Programming’ this morning, full of JOY! Take a look at St Louis New Opera Collective!
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#OperaNews Deborah Rutter, ousted Kennedy Center chief, will be the keynote speaker at Opera America's 2025 conference in Miami. This move is a bold statement from the national opera forum. What does it mean for Washington? #DeborahRutter #OperaAmerica
March 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#OperaNews Deborah Rutter, ousted Kennedy Center chief, will be the keynote speaker at Opera America's 2025 conference in Miami. This move is a bold statement from the national opera forum. What does it mean for Washington? #DeborahRutter #OperaAmerica
C:Workshop: Crafting the Perfect Pitch - a one person panel with much audience input on how composers & their collaborators might best pitch their work to producers. Fascinating reminder of @teteateteopera.bsky.social's focus on artist development as opposed to hit-scoring
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January 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
C:Workshop: Crafting the Perfect Pitch - a one person panel with much audience input on how composers & their collaborators might best pitch their work to producers. Fascinating reminder of @teteateteopera.bsky.social's focus on artist development as opposed to hit-scoring
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So this is happening soon. You can sign up and watch online for exactly zero dollars:
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New Works Showcase | OPERA America
January 16, 2025 • A showcase of developing new work selected from applicants across the country, celebrating contemporary composers and librettists.
www.operaamerica.org
January 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
So this is happening soon. You can sign up and watch online for exactly zero dollars:
#operaamerica
#operaamerica
A: "Producer Roundtable: Breaking Boundaries" 4 inspiring producers making work for and with specific communities, all kinds of protected characteristics and of art forms; I thought of of diversity vs inclusion & how bigger companies power structures might flex to be more open.
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January 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A: "Producer Roundtable: Breaking Boundaries" 4 inspiring producers making work for and with specific communities, all kinds of protected characteristics and of art forms; I thought of of diversity vs inclusion & how bigger companies power structures might flex to be more open.
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Still so happy to have been part of this #OperaAmerica #NewWorksForum and to drink in some of the enlightened vision, free-flowing optimism of and trust between US opera companies.
Fervently hoping I can bring some of this back with me and spread it around back home in the UK. 🥰
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Fervently hoping I can bring some of this back with me and spread it around back home in the UK. 🥰
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January 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Still so happy to have been part of this #OperaAmerica #NewWorksForum and to drink in some of the enlightened vision, free-flowing optimism of and trust between US opera companies.
Fervently hoping I can bring some of this back with me and spread it around back home in the UK. 🥰
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Fervently hoping I can bring some of this back with me and spread it around back home in the UK. 🥰
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New Works Showcase: An opera for the deaf? That was impressive! Next: not sure the middle two are worth pursuing. Finally, I loved the kung fu monkey puppet but please tell me why this needs to be an opera. (The speaker and puppet were fantastic without any singing.) #newopera #operaamerica
January 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
New Works Showcase: An opera for the deaf? That was impressive! Next: not sure the middle two are worth pursuing. Finally, I loved the kung fu monkey puppet but please tell me why this needs to be an opera. (The speaker and puppet were fantastic without any singing.) #newopera #operaamerica
#Opera Canadian librettist Royce Vavrek and Soundstreams are recipients of OPERA America’s Next Stage Grant—big win for new work and Canadian voices. Which projects are you most excited to see take shape? #Canada #OPERAamerica
November 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#Opera Canadian librettist Royce Vavrek and Soundstreams are recipients of OPERA America’s Next Stage Grant—big win for new work and Canadian voices. Which projects are you most excited to see take shape? #Canada #OPERAamerica
…followed by a live showcase which I missed as I nipped back to my hotel for a quick Power Nap then slept through my alarm. 😭
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January 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
…followed by a live showcase which I missed as I nipped back to my hotel for a quick Power Nap then slept through my alarm. 😭
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oops two 3/'s! Back at hotel working on jet lag before #PrototypeFestival Eat the Document.
Read the novel on the plane, GRIPPING, can't wait to see how it comes out as an opera.
(Interesting sidebar: none of #OperaAmerica Prototypefestival.org or here.org have made the move to Bluesky.)
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Read the novel on the plane, GRIPPING, can't wait to see how it comes out as an opera.
(Interesting sidebar: none of #OperaAmerica Prototypefestival.org or here.org have made the move to Bluesky.)
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Front Page - PROTOTYPE
PROTOTYPE – OPERA | THEATRE | NOW is an annual festival of visionary opera-theatre and music-theatre works by pioneering contemporary artists from New York City and around the world.
Prototypefestival.org
January 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
oops two 3/'s! Back at hotel working on jet lag before #PrototypeFestival Eat the Document.
Read the novel on the plane, GRIPPING, can't wait to see how it comes out as an opera.
(Interesting sidebar: none of #OperaAmerica Prototypefestival.org or here.org have made the move to Bluesky.)
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Read the novel on the plane, GRIPPING, can't wait to see how it comes out as an opera.
(Interesting sidebar: none of #OperaAmerica Prototypefestival.org or here.org have made the move to Bluesky.)
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B: "Digital Perspectives in New Works" 4 more producers exploring the fusion of opera and new technologies (eg VR, augmented reality etc.) Again, fascinating, and interestingly without getting onto the positive possibilities of AI.
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January 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
B: "Digital Perspectives in New Works" 4 more producers exploring the fusion of opera and new technologies (eg VR, augmented reality etc.) Again, fascinating, and interestingly without getting onto the positive possibilities of AI.
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The Spoon Theory Song Cycle with @opera.praktikos at @operaamerica.
#dwphotony #opera #nycopera #contemporaryopera #chambermusic
#dwphotony #opera #nycopera #contemporaryopera #chambermusic
January 29, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The Spoon Theory Song Cycle with @opera.praktikos at @operaamerica.
#dwphotony #opera #nycopera #contemporaryopera #chambermusic
#dwphotony #opera #nycopera #contemporaryopera #chambermusic
The Spoon Theory Song Cycle with @opera.praktikos at @operaamerica
#dwphotony #opera #nycopera #contemporaryopera #chambermusic
#dwphotony #opera #nycopera #contemporaryopera #chambermusic
January 28, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The Spoon Theory Song Cycle with @opera.praktikos at @operaamerica
#dwphotony #opera #nycopera #contemporaryopera #chambermusic
#dwphotony #opera #nycopera #contemporaryopera #chambermusic
From raw image to final edit in the Spoon Theory Song Cycle with @opera.praktikos at @operaamerica.
January 27, 2026 at 9:02 PM
From raw image to final edit in the Spoon Theory Song Cycle with @opera.praktikos at @operaamerica.
Soprano @katharineslli performing in the Spoon Theory Song Cycle with @opera.praktikos at @operaamerica
January 26, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Soprano @katharineslli performing in the Spoon Theory Song Cycle with @opera.praktikos at @operaamerica
Bass-baritone @msokalski performing in the Spoon Theory Song Cycle with @opera.praktikos at @operaamerica
#dwphotony #opera #nycopera #contemporaryopera #chambermusic
#dwphotony #opera #nycopera #contemporaryopera #chambermusic
January 25, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Bass-baritone @msokalski performing in the Spoon Theory Song Cycle with @opera.praktikos at @operaamerica
#dwphotony #opera #nycopera #contemporaryopera #chambermusic
#dwphotony #opera #nycopera #contemporaryopera #chambermusic