Hungry trickster characters dominate two John Duffy Institute for New Opera short pieces presented by the Virginia Arts Festival on June 3 and 5 at Attucks Theatre. One piece, “Bre’r Rabbit (from Tales from the Briar Patch)" was too good and too short, the other "Companionship" needed to end more quickly. 33 in. Handout art. Laws/Watson
OPERA America has announced the latest recipients of the Discovery Grants from the Opera Grants for Women Composers program. These eight composers will receive a total of $104,000 to support the development of new opera and music-theater works.
Since the start of the pandemic, Cerise Jacobs and her activist opera company, White Snake Projects, have been developing a trilogy of virtual operas revolving around populations disproportionately affected by COVID-19: essential workers, the incarcerated, and survivors of intimate partner violence.
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