American Opera Projects
Encyclopedia
American Opera Projects is a professional opera company based in New York City
, NY and is a member of OPERA America
, the Fort Greene Association, and the Alliance of Resident Theatres/ New York]] (A.R.T./NY). The company's primary mission is to develop and present new works. World premieres produced by the company include
Lee Hoiby
's This is the Rill Speaking (2008), Stefan Weisman's Darkling (2006) and Paula Kimper's Patience & Sarah (1998).
The company was founded in 1988 by Grethe Barrett Holby who served as Artistic Director of AOP from 1988 until 2001, at which point Charles Jarden became the company's Executive Director and Steven Osgood the company's Artistic Director. Amongst the venues and festivals where AOP productions have appeared are the Lincoln Center Festival, the Guggenheim Museum
, Symphony Space
, Philadelphia's Annenberg Center, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Berlin
's Stükke Theater, Aleksander Fredro Teatr in Poland
and the Ensemble Theater am Petersplatz in Vienna
. It has also given many out-of-doors performances sponsored by the City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation. AOP won a 2005 Encore award from the Arts & Business Council of NY for its innovative work.
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, NY and is a member of OPERA America
Opera America
Opera America, officially OPERA America, is a service organization in North America promoting the creation, presentation, and enjoyment of opera...
, the Fort Greene Association, and the Alliance of Resident Theatres/ New York]] (A.R.T./NY). The company's primary mission is to develop and present new works. World premieres produced by the company include
Lee Hoiby
Lee Hoiby
Lee Henry Hoiby was an American composer and classical pianist. Best known as a composer of operas and songs, he was a disciple of composer Gian Carlo Menotti. Like Menotti, his works championed lyricism during a time when such compositions were deemed old fashioned and irrelevant to modern society...
's This is the Rill Speaking (2008), Stefan Weisman's Darkling (2006) and Paula Kimper's Patience & Sarah (1998).
The company was founded in 1988 by Grethe Barrett Holby who served as Artistic Director of AOP from 1988 until 2001, at which point Charles Jarden became the company's Executive Director and Steven Osgood the company's Artistic Director. Amongst the venues and festivals where AOP productions have appeared are the Lincoln Center Festival, the Guggenheim Museum
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a well-known museum located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. It is the permanent home to a renowned collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions...
, Symphony Space
Symphony Space
Symphony Space is a multi-disciplinary performing arts organization at 2537 Broadway on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Performances take place in the 760-seat Peter Jay Sharp Theatre or the 160-seat Leonard Nimoy Thalia theater. Programs include music, dance, theater, film, and literary readings...
, Philadelphia's Annenberg Center, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
's Stükke Theater, Aleksander Fredro Teatr in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
and the Ensemble Theater am Petersplatz in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. It has also given many out-of-doors performances sponsored by the City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation. AOP won a 2005 Encore award from the Arts & Business Council of NY for its innovative work.
Sources
- Kozinn, Allan (December 9, 1990). "New Work by American Opera Projects". New York Times
- Kozinn, Allan (May 6, 2003). "An Operatic Treatment Of a Russian Poet's Despair". New York Times
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(April 24, 1993). "American Operas in Progress". New York Times - Singer, Barry (December 2008). "Risky Business ". Opera NewsOpera NewsOpera News is an American classical music magazine. It has been published since 1936 by the Metropolitan Opera Guild, a non-profit organization located at Lincoln Center which was founded to support the Metropolitan Opera of New York City...
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