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About the Archives
OPERA America’s comprehensive Archive, containing hundreds of articles, podcasts and videos, is a rich resource of information for artists, company staff and opera patrons alike.
The Archive contains articles from 1999 to the present, covering topics like fundraising, health, marketing, new works, performance skills, mentoring and finance, written by OPERA America staff and outside industry experts.
Podcasts and videos in the Archive provide invaluable access to OPERA America events such as the Annual Conference and Making Connections.
Full access to the Archive content is available only to OPERA America members. If you are not a member, please view the membership page to learn more.
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Alternative Paths for Singer Training
Jocelyn Dueck
Another opening, another show! For most opera companies, regularly-scheduled mainstage performances are at the center of
their activity. The rhythm of production influences all company operations, from marketing and fundraising cycles to the training
and performing opportunities available for young singers. For companies that focus on new work, however, a regular mainstage
season — with a set number of full productions in a fairly fixed schedule — is emphatically not the raison d’être. Instead, the
public events offered in any given season vary according to the needs of the creative artists. With their orientation toward process rather
than production, these companies provide a very different environment for singer training.
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Advocacy & Public Policy Update
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About OPERA America's Advocacy Efforts
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Latest News & Alerts
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OPERA America represents the interests of the opera community before Congress, the White House and federal agencies. As a founding member of the Performing Arts Alliance, OPERA America works with the performing arts field to advocate for the development of national policies that recognize and strengthen the contributions that the arts make to America.
For more information on OPERA America’s advocacy activities, please contact OPERA America’s Government Affairs Office at 202-375-7523.
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Fundraising for Independent Artists
Dianne Debicella, program director, fiscal sponsorship, Fractured Atlas; Eve Gigliotti, mezzo-soprano; Anne Ricci, general managing diva, Opera on Tap
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Desktop PCM Directory
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The desktop directory application is available for download to all PCM members.
You must be logged in to download the directory.
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Upcoming Events
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National Opera Week Begins
Friday, November 13, 2009
Opera has become such a vital part of the American musical fabric, that nearly 100 companies/organizations from across the country will be participating in and celebrating the first ever National Opera Week from November 13-22, 2009.
Participating organizations will offer a range of free programs for the public that demonstrate the allure and accessibility of this most multi-media of the arts and will be accessible to both opera lovers and newcomers to the art form. These events, showcasing the strength and diversity of established companies, community opera ensembles and opera training programs, will range from open houses, lectures/demonstrations and community performances to the presentation of the nation’s highest award in the field, the NEA Opera Honors (www.neaoperahonors.org).
Visit www.operaamerica.org/now for a complete listing of National Opera Week events.
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NEA Opera Honors Awards Presentation
Saturday, November 14, 2009
The NEA Opera Honors Awards represent the greatest honor our nation bestows in opera, and recognizes individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to opera in the United States and have become cultural treasures of the nation. The 2009 recipients are John Adams, Frank Corsaro, Marilyn Horne, Lotfi Mansouri and Julius Rudel.
The NEA Opera Honors Awards event takes place on Saturday, November 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Sidney Harman Hall of the Harman Center for the Arts, Washington, DC.
While the event is currently sold-out, unclaimed tickets will be offered free to the public on a first-come, first-served basis, as of 7 p.m. on November 14 at the Harman Center for the Arts Box Office: 610 F Street NW. In addition, free tickets will be available for viewing a live video feed in the Harman Center’s lobbies.
More information about the NEA Opera Honors is available at www.neaoperahonors.org.
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National Opera Week Ends
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Opera has become such a vital part of the American musical fabric, that nearly 100 companies/organizations from across the country will be participating in and celebrating the first ever National Opera Week from November 13-22, 2009.
Participating organizations will offer a range of free programs for the public that demonstrate the allure and accessibility of this most multi-media of the arts and will be accessible to both opera lovers and newcomers to the art form. These events, showcasing the strength and diversity of established companies, community opera ensembles and opera training programs, will range from open houses, lectures/demonstrations and community performances to the presentation of the nation’s highest award in the field, the NEA Opera Honors (www.neaoperahonors.org).
Visit www.operaamerica.org/now for a complete listing of National Opera Week events.
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Making Connections: Master Class with Harolyn Blackwell
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Join us for a vocal master class with celebrated American soprano Harolyn Blackwell. Four singers drawn from the OPERA America membership will perform.
Pre-registration
required.
When: 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., followed by a reception
Where: 330 Seventh Avenue, 16th floor (at 29th Street)
To learn more and register, visit: www.operaamerica.org/makingconnections
Questions? Call 212-796-8620 or e-mail MakingConnections@operaamerica.org
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Salon Series: An Evening with Ricky Ian Gordon
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
OPERA America's Salon Series: Exploring American Voices features live performances of American opera and songs in the intimate setting of the OPERA America office. The Salon Series showcases the diverse and unique talents of today's most distinguished composers.
The next event will take place at OPERA America on February 10 at 6:00 p.m., and will feature the music of Ricky Ian Gordon. The evening's program will be performed by soprano Devon Guthrie, mezzo-soprano Rebecca Jo Loeb, tenor John Myers, baritone Aaron Theno and Ricky Ian Gordon himself at the keyboard. The composer will be in attendance for a post-performance conversation with OPERA America President and CEO Marc A. Scorca. The event is presented in collaboration with Carl Fischer Music.
Admission is free, but seating is limited; please R.S.V.P. by Friday, February 5 to José Rincón at JRincon@operaamerica.org.
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Director Says He Left Met Production in Visa Spat
By Daniel J. Wakin
• The New York Times • Tuesday, September 07, 2010
When the respected German director Peter Stein withdrew in July from a major production of Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov at the Metropolitan Opera, blame was laid on the usual suspects: “personal reasons.” Now those reasons have become clear. Mr. Stein said he had pulled out because he felt offended by his treatment at the United States Consulate in Berlin when he applied for a work visa and by a lack of sympathy from Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager, over confrontations with bureaucracy.
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Fantastical, Collaborative Ten Days Opera
By Ken Bullock
• San Francisco Classical Voice • Friday, September 03, 2010
A collaborative live opera, Dieci giorni (or 10 Days), by Bay Area composers Erling Wold, Lisa Scola Prosek, Martha Stoddard, and Davide Verotta, conducted by Stoddard and directed by Jim Cave. The production opens on Sept. 10 for a two-weekend run at Thick House on San Francisco’s Potrero Hill.
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Arts Biz Pitches 1% Solution
By Miriam Kreinin Souccar
• Crain's New York Business • Thursday, September 02, 2010
Stung by the recession, budget cuts and a drop in charitable giving, New York City's cultural institutions are launching a major campaign to convince the city to allocate 1% of its annual budget to arts funding.
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Cal Performances Continues to Astound
By Jason Victor Serinus
• East Bay Express • Thursday, September 02, 2010
The East Bay artistic community held its collective breath when Robert Cole, longtime director of Cal Performances, announced his departure at the end of last season. The big question on everyone's mind, in the face of the economic downturn and shrinking budgets, was whether his replacement could possibly continue the international reputation for artistic excellence that Cole had achieved during his 23 years at the helm of the most comprehensive, single-location performing arts series in the United States. Judging from the organization's current season, the first designed by new Director Matías Tarnopolsky, 40, everyone can exhale. Tarnopolsky not only has managed to arrange significantly more performances than last year, but has also astounded with a host of artistic coups.
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At Lincoln Center, Information Is Architecture
By Robin Pogrebin
• The New York Times • Thursday, September 02, 2010
The electronic component of the redesign of Lincoln Center includes — in addition to the words that have been adorning the risers of the new grand entrance stair on Columbus Avenue for the last few months — five screens at the back of the new bleachers facing Alice Tully Hall, scrolling text on the West 65th Street staircase to the north plaza, and 13 new vertical 4-by-8-foot L.E.D. screens, or blades, lined up along the south side of West 65th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues.
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