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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 |

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

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

The HOT Digital season closes with its largest undertaking yet — the digital world-premiere of Laura Kaminsky and Kimberly Reed’s newest opera, Hometown to the World. Commissioned by The Santa Fe Opera and Co-Commissioned by

Ursula Oppens, much-honored champion of 20th- and 21st-century American piano music, celebrates her decades-long friendship and professional association with composer Laura Kaminsky on Fantasy: Oppens Plays Kaminsky, an album of world-premiere recordings on Cedille Records.

NEW YORK, NY – On May 7, 2021, Bright Shiny Things releases HOME [BSTC-0137], the solo debut album of the “dramatically powerful, vocally stunning” (Opera News) mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert. The album consists of eight world premiere recordings