Self-guided Brooklyn Cultural Tours App
Jun
30
to Jul 25
Free Events

Self-guided Brooklyn Cultural Tours App

Check out AOP’s Brooklyn Cultural District Tour app! Includes local historian Ron Janoff, historical images, and songs inspired by each location, sung by contralto Nicole Mitchell.


Produced by American Opera Projects and supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and The Howard Gilman Foundation.

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Opera Maker Lab
Oct
10
to May 30

Opera Maker Lab

  • Ebbets Field Middle School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

American Opera Projects in consultation with Opera On Tap will create and present a 12 session workshop for 20 intrepid middle schoolers living in District 57 who will participate in a free after-school program this Fall to be held in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

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One Drop Workshop
Oct
28
to Dec 31

One Drop Workshop

  • American Opera Projects (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

American Opera Projects will be holding a workshop for One Drop on October 28-November 2, with a public presentation on November 2. In partnership with Bare Opera & David Herskovits (Target Margin Theatre).

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State of the Jews
Jan
15
to Feb 15

State of the Jews

  • The Streicker Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

State of The Jews, a new opera by composer Alex Weiser and librettist Ben Kaplan (C&V alums 2017-2019) will be featured at the The Streicker Center on January 15 as part of the center’s exhibition on Theodor Herzl.

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Sep
26
7:00 PM19:00

One Drop - Libretto Reading

  • Upper West Side New York, NY United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

One Drop, adapted from the play “Brass Ankle” by famed playwright DuBose Hayward (Porgy and Bess), is a new opera adapted and composed by Tom Cabaniss. 

There will be an invitation only libretto-reading of One Drop on Thursday, September 26 in advance of the workshop and public presentation on November 2.

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As One in Edmonton
Jun
13
to Jun 30

As One in Edmonton

  • The Al & Trish Heuhn Theatre (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Hannah is a transgender woman; Hannah Before and Hannah After. During the scenes, Hannah discovers her gender identity and learns to love herself in a world where she is not accepted. The opera is composed of two parts. Each part represents essential moments of Hannah’s coming of age through a series of episodes.

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C&V Cycle 12 First Glimpse: Songs from the Great Room (Copy)
May
18
7:30 PM19:30

C&V Cycle 12 First Glimpse: Songs from the Great Room (Copy)

American Opera Projects (AOP) presents First Glimpse: Songs from the Great Room, a live concert of World Premiere songs written by the current composers and librettists of Composers & the Voice, the groundbreaking vocal-writing fellowship program that has been the starting point for some of today’s most recognized contemporary opera creators.

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C&V Cycle 12 First Glimpse: Songs from the Great Room
May
17
7:30 PM19:30

C&V Cycle 12 First Glimpse: Songs from the Great Room

American Opera Projects (AOP) presents First Glimpse: Songs from the Great Room, a live concert of World Premiere songs written by the current composers and librettists of Composers & the Voice, the groundbreaking vocal-writing fellowship program that has been the starting point for some of today’s most recognized contemporary opera creators.

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The Climate Opera Project
Apr
28
to May 31

The Climate Opera Project

  • NYU Paulson Center, Theatre C (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Climate Opera Project, an innovative initiative, continues its journey at New York University (NYU), following its successful premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).
April 28th, 5pm at NYU Paulson Center, Theatre C (38 West Houston Street)

These tickets are available to NYU community members with valid ID first, with limited tickets to the general public subject to availability.

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The Climate Opera Project
Apr
27
to May 30

The Climate Opera Project

  • NYU Paulson Center, Theatre C (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Climate Opera Project, an innovative initiative, continues its journey at New York University (NYU), following its successful premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).
April 27th, 8pm at NYU Paulson Center, Theatre C (38 West Houston Street)

These tickets are available to NYU community members with valid ID first, with limited tickets to the general public subject to availability.

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Semmelweis
Dec
5
6:30 PM18:30

Semmelweis

  • The New York Academy of Medicine (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

AOP is partnering with NYAM for a 45-minute version of the opera Semmelweis, introduced by composer Ray Lustig and NYAM Senior Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Elaine Larson.

Semmelweis is a music-theater work inspired by the tragic story of nineteenth-century Hungarian obstetrician Ignác Semmelweis (1818-1865), who discovered the cure for a devastating epidemic but could not convince the world of the simple solution, and died alone in an asylum. Dr. Semmelweis had been the first to see an unthinkable truth: that the deadly disease was passing from the bodies of the dead to healthy mothers on the unwashed hands of the doctors themselves.

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This event is made possible by generous support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Saraya Co. LTD., and Best Sanitizers, Inc.

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The Christmas Spider
Nov
15
to Feb 29

The Christmas Spider

On a bitterly cold Christmas Eve, a poor woodcutter and his two children have no gifts, barely enough to eat, and are in danger of losing their home to an impatient landlady. The surprise discovery of a large, but gentle arachnid leads to a seemingly miraculous turn of good fortune for the family, reinforcing the importance of love and togetherness.

Inspired by a Ukrainian legend (which resulted in the placing of spider ornaments on Christmas trees for a lucky New Year), THE CHRISTMAS SPIDER is the third operatic collaboration between composer Clint Borzoni and librettist John de los Santos following When Adonis Calls and The Copper Queen. Their goal is to dramatize a new tale for all ages, complete with an original yuletide carol, that adds to the rich musical tapestry of the holiday canon.

Read about why Ukrainians hang spider webs on their Christmas trees.

"The Christmas Spider was developed by The American Opera Project in their First Chance program."

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