Jul 6, 2026 By A.A. Christi “OPERA America has announced the seven recipients of the 2026 Commissioning Grants from its Opera Grants for Women Composers program. Grants totaling $135,000 will promote the development of new
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SEATTLE June 9, 2026 — Seattle Opera announced today that composer Laura Kaminsky and librettist Deborah Brevoort have been named Creative Directors of the company’s new-works incubator program, the Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab. Kaminsky
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Jun 7, 2026 By Raphy Sarkissian “Kaminsky’s piano writing—classical in its rigor, masterful in its formal control—holds its composure above a vocal landscape that has retreated into something primal and somewhat elusive…The Post Office exceeds
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Nov 21, 2025 By Craig Byrd. Threnody…October 2024 is “first-rate. Kaminsky examine(s) grief and sorrow and the ways one can move beyond those feelings to a place of peace. (It) “succeed(s) brilliantly in taking listeners on that journey.”
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Nov 21, 2025 by Sarah Godcher Murphy. With her new composition Time to Act, Boston Conservatory professor Laura Kaminsky(Opens in a new window) doesn’t just give voice to tough questions about school shootings in America, she
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TICKETS Thursday, January 23–Saturday, January 25, 2025: 11:00 a.m. – 7 p.m. Sunday, January 26, 2025: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Single-day tickets are $35 in advance and $40 after January 22, 2025 (plus fees).
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NOVA Chamber Music Series’ Dance in the Desert concert (March 10) was perhaps the season’s most challenging for the musicians but the set of five magnificently performed works, which included a world premiere, also was
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Award-winning Pianist Mackenzie Melemed announces a special project of newly commissioned works and a debut recording. He writes: “Through the years, three works from Bach, Brahms, and Liszt have left an indelible mark on my
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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
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Maria-Cristina Necula interviews Lucidity composer Laura Kaminsky, who tells us about this special, innovative opera that holds such universal relevance. On November 14, On Site Opera will present the world premiere of Lucidity, a new opera
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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 →The history-making chamber opera about a transgender person’s experiences is one of the most produced contemporary operas in the world. Brooklyn, NY, September 4, 2024 American Opera Projects (AOP) is proud to celebrate the tenth
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.
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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
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