#newopera — Public Fediverse posts

Getting ready for NewMusicGathering as possibly the only non-composer/non-performer librettist/lyricist thinking I need one of these:

[Image is of actor Nathan Fillion in the TV show Castle wearing a bulletproof vest reading "WRITER" across the chest instead of "POLICE."

#NewMusicGathering #NewMusic #CreativeWriting #WritingLife #LIbrettist #Lyricist #NewOpera

Ouch. https://www.vulture.com/article/opera-review-champion-terence-blanchard-met.html #Opera #NewOpera #Met

Met premieres Blanchard’s `Champion,′ an `opera in jazz’ https://apnews.com/article/terence-blanchard-opera-champion-met-a907e1d82a6f1df370426b5a98aa5982 #Opera #NewMusic #NewOpera #TheMetDoesSomethingRightForOnce #MetOpera #Music #Jazz

Any of my #music folks here going in-person to #NewMusicGathering in Portland in June? I am feeling very ambivalent about going, even though my opera with Lisa Neher, Sense of Self, will be performed live. The organizers do not seem to be committed to #accessibilty, #masking, #Covid safety, reasonable schedules, and other things, so I am worried. I am committed to supporting & attending only conferences that have strong online participation goals and planning, so... Thoughts appreciated. #NewMusic #NewOpera #Opera

I love Vaughan Williams, I do, but I want a woman composer to make a new #opera out of Riders to the Sea. It's so much about motherhood and--as my brilliant friend Becky Steinberger puts it--the matriarchal space. #NewOpera #NewMusic

@petrnuska Oh, this looks wonderful! Lisa Neher and I gave a presentation last year at the International Alliance for Women in Music on creating hope punk opera. #NewOpera #Opera #NewMusic #Hopepunk

This is kind of a sub-post, but there ARE ALREADY lots of NEW comic operas out there. I'm tired of the "where are the new comic operas?" narrative. One is my micro-opera with Lisa Neher, *Woman Waits with Sword*written for Margaret O'Connell. It's funny AND about a smart, clever woman. (Watch here: https://www.lisanehermusic.com/woman-waits-with-sword.html). And there are plenty others: Thom K. Miller and Griffin Candey's Sweets by Kate; Elizabeth Cree by Puts and Campbell; Stephen Eddins and Michael O'Brien's Why I Live at the PO; more. Finally, opera companies repeatedly commission serious or tragic opera far more often than comic or hopepunk/feel-good works. Commission us, and we will write! #Opera #NewOpera #NewMusic

“Black opera enters a golden age
Artists debut new works while scholars like Naomi André rediscover pieces long hidden in segregation’s shadows.” https://thewell.unc.edu/2023/02/06/black-opera-enters-a-golden-age/?fbclid=IwAR1_9Krbgxh-CLsTN0cPZjW7prXpbKWQd6pHd1Vqzs5-Ulere0h61U8MIJ0 #Opera #NewOpera #BlackOpera

Soprano Julia Bullock’s Opera Star Rises https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-01-27/commentary-julia-bullock-soprano-profile-opera #Opera #NewOpera #MeetOpera #NewMusic

This Wednesday, Jan 25, come hear my new opera with composer Jessica Rudman, *Neither Created Nor Destroyed*. Tickets are free! but you do need to register Show 1, 12:)) pm Eastern: https://events.temple.edu/beyond-the-notes-enaensemble-presents-the-celestial. Show 2, 5:00 pm Eastern: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/enaensemble-serial-opera-at-the-free-library-january-edition-tickets-506663272487 #MeetOpera #NewOpera #Opera #NewMusic

I’ve got two new operas to start of 2023!

*Waters Rising*, with music by Tim Hinck, Chattanooga Theater Center, Jan 10. https://bit.ly/3uv0hj8

*Neither Created Nor Destroyed*, with music by Jessica Rudman, Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia, Jan 25. https://www.enaensemble.org/

Follow me here for updates: https://kendraprestonleonard.hcommons.org/

#NewOpera #MeetOpera #LibrettistLife #Libretti

A snippet from the #Protectress #libretto. Arethusa sings:

I’m making a cleansing paste:
fennel and clay from Thebes,
filings from an old coin of Athens,
an eyelash from Hélène Cixous,
tears from the enslaved women
of Troy.
Blood from each of you gorgons,
an olive,
and pumice.

#NewOpera #MeetOpera #Mythology #Medusa #Myth #Classics

Why are both #operas being performed at the #OperaAmerica conference by male composers & librettists? You talk representation and then don’t include women composers or librettists? What kind of representation is that? I’m tired of #Manels. #NewOpera #MeetOpera #ManelWatch

Today I’m working on the #libretto of Protectress, adapted from my novella of the same name, about #Medusa confronting rape culture in the 21st c. Composer Jessica Rudman and I can’t wait to bring this to the stage! (Get the novella at https://www.unsolicitedpress.com/store/p349/protectress.html?utm_source=pocket_saves) #NewOpera #MeetOpera #Opera #Medusa #Mythology #MeToo

Tickets are on sale now for the Chattanooga performance of Waters Rising on January 10! Join composer Tim Hinck, Holly Mulcahy, and me at what promises to be an amazing event with singers DelShawn Taylor and Darrin Hassevoort. In collaboration with ideas from the inmates of Walker State Prison, Tim and I wrote this new opera about personal transformation and compassion. Full info and tickets: http://bit.ly/3HtbgS7 #NewOpera #MeetOpera #Opera #NewMusic #MusicInPrisons #Chattanooga

Composer and performer friends, don't forget your lyricists/librettists! We need to be listed on programs for our ASCAP/BMI/whoever royalties, and we want to come to your performances when we can! Many of us are also happy to serve as dramaturgs for works that use our words. We're an equal part of the creation of new pieces along with the composer and performers! #NewMusic #NewSong #ArtSong #NewOpera #Opera

OperaElect's beautiful video #premiere of Sense of Self, my opera with composer Lisa Neher, is now available on YouTube. Please consider supporting OperaElect in their work bringing new opera to life! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FaIDDHfL-8 #NewMusic #MeetOpera #NewOpera

#introduction

I'm a composer and director living in Amsterdam. Started as a sound engineer. Studied composition at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, film at the New York Film Academy, stage directing at Lincoln Centre's Directors Lab.

Geek, love tech. Disquieted mind. Control freak. Worry about climate. Married to violist and Alexander Technique teacher. Two sons.

Looking forward to starting over here on Mastodon x

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Brand New Opera

Creating "The Hours"

The artists and members of the creative team discuss the making of Kevin Puts and librettist Greg Pierce’s new opera. Production: Phelim McDermott. Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin. 2022–23 season. Videography by Pete Scalzitti.

#opera #theMet #NewOpera #TheHours

https://youtu.be/I5oepaGpAWE

Some more specific interests:
#NewOpera #ContemporaryMusic #BIPOCRepresentation #DisabilityJustice #Accessibility #AsianHistory #TorontoHistory #HongKong #Animals #Dramaturgy