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PAST PRESS RELEASES
 The Golden Gate
Saturday & Sunday, Jan. 16-17, 2010
AOP and LivelyWorks present a staged workshop of the opera
With music by Conrad Cummings and libretto from the novel-in-verse by Vikram Seth adapted by the composer.
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 Opera Grows in Brooklyn
OGB 09: Stranger Than Fiction
Saturday, Dec 21, 2009
AOP and Opera on Tap present opera at Galapagos Art Space
Featuring music from the operas Semmelweis, Marymere, and Sucker.
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 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Friday & Saturday, Nov. 20-21, 2009
AOP and Mark Morris Dance Center present workshop of scenes
Featuring music by Herschel Garfein. Directed by Mark Morris.
Panel discussion hosted by Glimmerglass Opera.
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 Opera Grows in Brooklyn
Friday, July 17, 2009
AOP and Opera on Tap present opera at Galapagos Art Space
Featuring music by David T. Little and the NYC premiere of "Fade".
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 The Voice of Brooklyn
MAKE MUSIC NY 09, SUNDAY JUNE 21
AOP presents a free concert in Fort Geene Park celebrating Brooklyn's influence on opera.
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 April 22, 2009
Paul's Case w/ Sharon's Grave
NEW MUSIC SCENES, FRIDAY TO SUNDAY MAY 29 TO 31
Featuring AOP's concert reading of the operas-in-development Paul's Case and Sharon's Grave.
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 April 13, 2009
Judgment of Midas
A 2500-YEAR-OLD MUSIC BATTLE OF THE GODS CONTINUES AS AN OPERA IN BROOKLYN THIS MAY
Featuring AOP's workshop of Kamran Ince's first opera.
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 April 6, 2009
Gregory Spears
Composer presents music around NYC this spring
Featuring AOP's workshop of the composer's first opera "Paul's Case."
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Mar 20, 2009
Opera Grows in Brooklyn
Three opera companies stage excerpts from new works
Featuring AOP and Manhattan School of Music's presentation of Jack Perla's "Love / Hate".
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 Jan 11-12, 2009
Pärt / O'Regan at the Guggenheim
Three opera and dance stagings of the music of Arvo Pärt and Tarik O'Regan
Featuring soprano Lauren Flanigan, visual artist Sophie Calle and the choreography of Christopher Wheeldon.
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 Nov 21-22, 2008
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Piano-vocal workshop of the new opera by Stephen Schwartz
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 Oct 3-4, 2008
Composers & the Voice: Six Scenes
Fifth annual concert of works by emerging composers
Represents end of composers' year-long study with AOP
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 2008/09 Season
2008-09 Season Highlights
New works by Arvo Pärt and Stephen Schwartz
Preview of C&V Six Scenes, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, and L'abbé Agathon
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 April 26 & 28, 2008
This Is the Rill Speaking
WORLD PREMIERE PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION
Purchase College Conservatory of Music, Purchase, NY and Symphony Space, NYC
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 May 8 & 9, 2008
Composers & the Voice: First Glimpse
Songs from this season's emerging composers
South Oxford Space in Brooklyn & The Laurie Beechman Theater, NYC
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 January 18-20, 2008
First Chance
Workshops of Seance on a Wet Afternoon, Unruly Horses, and The Golden Gate
South Oxford Space in Brooklyn & Rose Studio, Lincoln Center
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 January 14-February 25, 2008
Creating the Dramatic Character for Opera
Lauren Flanigan, instructor
SITI Studio - 520 Eighth Ave., NYC
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 Nov. 9 & 11, 2007
Heart of Darkness
Semi-staged piano vocal workshop
South Oxford Space in Brooklyn &
Institute for Advanced Study, Wolfensohn Hall; Einstein Drive, Princeton, NJ
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 Oct. 12-13, 2007
Composers & the Voice
“SIX SCENES” OF NEW MUSIC BY SIX EMERGING COMPOSERS
Fort Greene, Brooklyn
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 Aug. 25-Sep 8, 2007
The Summer King
SCENES AT THREE FREE OUTDOOR BROOKLYN EVENTS
Prospect Heights and Fort Greene, Brooklyn
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 July 30, 2007
Lost Childhood
WORKSHOP PREMIERE
Janice Levin Auditorium, Tel Aviv Yafo Music Center
Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
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 June 9, 2007
Darkling
Touring Version - EUROPEAN PREMIERE
Max Kade Auditorium, Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, GERMANY
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 May 20-21, 2007 at 7:30PM
Romulus
World Premiere
Peter B. Lewis Theater at the Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue at 89th St.
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May 12, 2007 at 8:00PM
Darkling
Touring Version (excerpt)
Part of New York City Opera's VOX: 2007: On the Edge
Skirball Center, NYU
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 May 11, 2007 at 8:00PM & May 12, 2007 at 10:30PM
Composers & the Voice: First Glimpse
New songs from this season's group of composers
May 11 - 138 South Oxford St., Ft. Greene, Brooklyn
May 12 - The Hideaway Room at Helen's
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March, 2007
The Summer King
Workshops of new scenes
March 18 - Manhattan School of Music
March 30-31 - South Oxford Space
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 December 4, 2006 at 7:30PM
The Thief of Love
Premiere Screening & DVD Release Party
Makor/Steinhardt Center - 35 West 67th Street
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November 3 & 4, 2006 at 8PM
Heart of Darkness
Concert workshop and libretto reading
South Oxford Space in Brooklyn & Institute for Advanced Study
Wolfensohn Hall; Einstein Drive, Princeton, NJ Event Details
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 COMPOSERS AND THE VOICE - SIX SCENES 2006
August 25, 2006 – American Opera Projects Presents "Six Scenes" of New Music by Six Emerging Composers
On Friday, September 22 and Saturday, September 23, 2006 at 7:30pm AMERICAN OPERA PROJECTS’ Composers & the Voice Series presents Six Scenes, concert readings from six operas-in-development... read more
DARKLING
January 16, 2006 – AOP Stretches the Boundaries of Opera, DARKLING Premieres…
American Opera Projects (AOP) explores the outer edges of the operatic form with the world premiere of DARKLING. read more
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