Nov. 12, 2024 by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim at the New York Times. On Thursday, Shelton, 80, takes center stage at the Abrons Arts Center in the world premiere of “Lucidity,” an opera about identity and
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Nov. 14, 2024 by NPR’s Garrett Schumann. Soprano Lucy Shelton has premiered more than 100 new works in a decades-long career as a concert and recital artist. “I haven’t spent my time as an opera
Read more →October 18, 2024 Fred Plotkin, pleasure activist, and passionate opera expert, speaks each Friday with fascinating people in the music world. He is the author of Opera 101 and Classical Music 101 and leads opera
Read more →Boston Conservatory at Berklee Adds Six New Faculty to Teach Voice, Opera New hires include Metropolitan Opera soloist Sarah Piques Eddy, As One composer Laura Kaminsky, and UIA Talent Agency Vice President Shawn Marie Jeffery.
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →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 →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
Read more →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 |
Read more →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 →All solo recitals feature a commissioned work by Laura Kaminsky. Concerts streamed on Sunday afternoons at 3:30 PM EDT at facebook.com/APApianists/ May 23, 2021 Mackenzie Melemed (Bach, Bartók, Schumann) May 30, 2021 Sahun Sam Hong
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