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Beth Morrison. Photo: Michal Fattal One of the world's foremost, most adventurous female producers of contemporary opera, and a tireless champion of diverse voices, opera-theatre producer Beth Morrison unequivocally embraces her seemingly limitless drive. As President and Creative Producer of Beth Morrison Projects, initiated in 2006, Morrison recently was named one of Musical America's four Artists of the Year/Agents of Change. Through her pioneering annual winter PROTOTYPE Festival, in collaboration with the HERE Arts Center, she has worked with prominent contemporary opera composers and ot...

January 20, 2021 Michael Andor Brodeur THE WASHINGTON POST – A strange package arrived on our doorstep last week. Strange because it didn’t contain masks, or disinfectant wipes, or even another jar of that chili-crisp paste we keep blowing through. It was a box of opera. The Beauty That Still Remains: Diaries in Song is the latest experiment by the New York-based On Site Opera, a company that stays true to its name, even as it eschews that most foundational of operatic conventions: the stage. It’s also the latest example of the many ways opera is reinventing itself amid a pandemic that ...

One of the world’s top festivals of contemporary opera and theater has shifted format because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ronald Blum January 08, 2021 - 12:06 PM NEW YORK - One of the world’s top festivals of contemporary opera and theatre has shifted format because of the coronavirus pandemic. The ninth annual Prototype festivals opens Friday night with the world premiere of “Modulation,” a self-guided digital work for distanced times by 13 composers exploring isolation, identity, and fear. Two other world premieres will be presented through Jan. 16, including “Times3? a digital work by composer Pamela Z and theatre artist Geoff Sobelle shown on a video board in N...

Opera and theatre's Prototype Festival pushed mostly online by Ronald Blum, The Associated Press Posted Jan 8, 2021 3:06 pm EDT Last Updated Jan 8, 2021 at 3:14 pm EDT NEW YORK — One of the world’s top festivals of contemporary opera and theatre has shifted format because of the coronavirus pandemic. The ninth annual Prototype festivals opens Friday night with the world premiere of “Modulation,” a self-guided digital work for distanced times by 13 composers exploring isolation, identity, and fear. Two other world premieres will be presented through Jan. 16, including “Times3? a digi...