AOP (The American Opera Project) - Opera development and production company in Brooklyn, NY

Joined October 2009
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I just uploaded “Spotlight on Composers & the Voice Spring Fundraiser” to #Vimeo: vimeo.com/834508390

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A new opera that premiered this summer about women in World War I will be streaming for one week Nov 11-18. donate.aopopera.org/lettersW… @aopopera #WWI #letters #opera #history #herstory #women #freetowatch #streaming_event #meetopera #worldpremiere

ALT GIF of scenes from WWI opera Letters That You Will Not Get showing women on stage in costume from 2022 premiere.

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Letters That You Will Not Get: Women's Voices from the Great War Supported by @NEAarts @OPERAAmerica Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University.
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Letters That You Will Not Get: Women's Voices from the Great War by @kirstenvolness @WerbeSusan Kate Holland, Kate Bergstrom, Mila Henry w Maria Maxfield, Jessica Sandidge, Sarah Beckham-Turner, Caitlin McKechney, Tesia Kwarteng, Tharanga Goonetilleke
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The American Opera Project retweeted
A new opera that premiered this summer about women in World War I will be streaming for one week Nov 11-18. donate.aopopera.org/lettersW… @aopopera #WWI #letters #opera #history #herstory #women #freetowatch #streaming_event #meetopera #worldpremiere

ALT GIF of scenes from WWI opera Letters That You Will Not Get showing women on stage in costume from 2022 premiere.

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AOP makes History part 1. OPERA America interview with AOP Founder Grethe Barrett Holby as part of the Oral History Project @GBHOLBY @OPERAAmerica #meetopera #oralhistoryproject #operapioneers #operahistory youtu.be/CZ_bMpeGn6g?t=1598

So grateful for the support of @CoplandFund 🌟🌟🌟
Get to know our grantees! @AOPopera is an incubator for new contemporary American opera works. Based in NYC, they have an impressive history of commissioning, developing, and producing opera and lyric theater projects for over 30 years.
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Thank you so much to Senator @JabariBrisport and to Assemblymember @phara4assembly and her husband Charles for attending performances of “Letters.” We were thrilled to have you! Your support of local arts is important and appreciated! #opera #supportlocalarts
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Letters show number 4 is tonight!!! 7:30pm at the Space at @IrondaleCenter 💌 Stick around after the show for a Post-Performance Talkback: "Women, War, and the Importance of Memory" with @DrAliceKelly !
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What can we learn today from women's struggles and achievements of those given voice in Letters? Join @DrAliceKelly and the Letters creative team in this Post-Performance Talkback! Tickets here: ci.ovationtix.com/27285/prod…

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Tonight!!! Tickets here: ci.ovationtix.com/27285/prod…

Replying to @DrAliceKelly
I'll be moderating a post-show talkback on "Women, War, and the Importance of Memory" on Aug 4 with the co-librettist @WerbeSusan, the composer @kirstenvolness, the director Kate Bergstrom & associate producer & mezzo-soprano Caitlin McKechney. Come along!aopopera.org/events/2022/let…
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The American Opera Project retweeted
31 Jul 2022
Near NY thru Aug. 7? Find time to see ”Letters You Will not Receive” a modern opera on women in #WW1 by the @AOPopera. Amazing artists & story. Checkout a preview on @TheWWImuseum YouTube channel. AND - if you can - you want tix on 8/4 to be there for the @DrAliceKelly talkback.
Replying to @DrAliceKelly
I'll be moderating a post-show talkback on "Women, War, and the Importance of Memory" on Aug 4 with the co-librettist @WerbeSusan, the composer @kirstenvolness, the director Kate Bergstrom & associate producer & mezzo-soprano Caitlin McKechney. Come along!aopopera.org/events/2022/let…
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The American Opera Project retweeted
2nite: Playing a closing night/after party for the On Women festival at the Space at Irondale in our band’s hometown Brooklyn! @IrondaleCenter @AOPopera
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The American Opera Project retweeted
This is a wonderful opera, vocalising many different women from WWI - exciting that it is finally opening to the public!
It’s opening night! “Letters That You Will Not Get Women’s Voices From The Great War” composed by @kirstenvolness libretto by Kate Holland and @WerbeSusan directed by @kate_bergstrom and music direction by Mila Henry is part of the @IrondaleCenter’s On Women Festival #opera #wwi
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It’s opening night! “Letters That You Will Not Get Women’s Voices From The Great War” composed by @kirstenvolness libretto by Kate Holland and @WerbeSusan directed by @kate_bergstrom and music direction by Mila Henry is part of the @IrondaleCenter’s On Women Festival #opera #wwi
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