WORLD PREMIERE Lucidity Music by Laura Kaminsky | Libretto by David Cote In her twilight years, a retired singer grapples with dementia, while her son forsakes his own music career to care for her. Their
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From Page to Stage Excerpted from Memorial University Gazette View full story by Joshua Goudie Photo: Katherine Pracht in Opera on the Avalon’s production of February. Next week, the curtain will ascend, cuing the world
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February is a powerful portrayal of the families whose lives were irrevocably altered when Ocean Ranger sank off the coast of Newfoundland, on Valentine’s Day, 1982 — all 84 men on board were lost. Shifting
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OPERA America Awards $100,000 to Support Opera by Women at Five Opera Companies Pittsburgh Opera Time to Act (working title) Laura Kaminsky, composer Crystal Manich, librettist Pittsburgh Opera’s world premiere of Time to Act (working
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Excerpted from the full story at BroadwayWorld.com Kentucky Opera extends its season at the Opera Center with “As One.” Currently the most-produced contemporary opera in the world, empathy and humor are at the forefront of
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In recognition of International Transgender Day of Visibility, Washinton National Opera announced Katherine Goforth as the first recipient of the “True Voice Award.” The new award was created specifically for transgender or nonbinary opera artists
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By Logan Martell: On October 15, 2022, Town Hall will launch a series of concerts in celebration of four contemporary, female composers. The series will open with the New York premiere of Meredith Monk’s “Memory
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Composer Laura Kaminsky announces upcoming commissions, including her sixth opera, February, for Newfoundland’s Opera on the Avalon, with a summer 2023 premiere; Ruminations, for solo guitar, commissioned by the acclaimed artist, David Leisner; Reading Nafisi, commissioned by Ensemble Pi for its
Read more →American Opera Project Honors Int’l Transgender Day of Visibility with “As One: The Work Continues ”
Brooklyn, NY – The American Opera Project (AOP) will honor International Transgender Day of Visibility with “As One: The work Continues …” at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City.
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World premiere opera focuses on Katharine Wright, sister of the famous brothers. Dayton Opera’s new artistic director shares insights on “Finding Wright” By Meredith Moss, Staff Writer / Feb 12, 2022 What better way to herald
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It’s an exciting time for As One. The seven-year-old opera’s 49th production — and the first one featuring a nonbinary baritone (Rahźe Cheatham) and trans mezzo-soprano (Tona Brown) — took place on Transgender Day of Remembrance
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HOME | Blythe Gaissert | HOME by acclaimed mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert is a collection of new works written for the artist from eight composers and librettists representing diverse backgrounds and musical styles. For Your Grammy® Consideration |
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Kaminsky – Piano Quintet | Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Ursula Oppens – Fantasy | Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman The piano music of leading American composer Laura Kaminsky is loosely
Read more →“A person embarking on a quest to find — and live — their truth”: “As One” Opera Hit Comes to London
by Laura Kaminsky in “Classical Music,” Wednesday, August 25, 2021 | My team and I often say that our chamber opera As One is a story of ‘not-the-norm in getting an opera born’. It’s funny,
Read more →Die Nieuwe Muze CD Review Fantasy Oppens Plays Kaminsky “powerful and poetic … effervescent energy.”
August 27, 2021 | Thea Derks, reviewing in Die Nieuwe Muze: “CD ‘Fantasy’ Laura Kaminsky: scintillating music featuring star pianist Ursula Oppens. In the United States she is a celebrity, but in the Netherlands Laura
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