KIM WITMAN, senior director, Wolf Trap Opera & Classical Programming, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, welcomes the conference to The Barns at Wolf Trap with a sample from their 2007 Grammy-nominated opera Volpone (music by John Musto, libretto by Mark Campbell), featuring alumni of the Filene Young Artist Program.
As a part of OPERA America’s core commitment to new work development, the New Works Sampler is a showcase of works in progress and recent premieres. Complementing the New Works Forum, this performance will feature the wide spectrum of musical styles employed by emerging and established composers creating opera today.
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2015 New Works Sampler Selections:
An American Dream
Jack Perla, composer
Jessica Murphy Moo, librettist
Submitted by Seattle Opera
Becoming Santa Claus
Mark Adamo, composer and librettist
Submited by G. Schirmer; presented by The Dallas Opera
Bhutto
Mohammed Fairouz, composer
Mohammed Hanif and Mohammed Fairouz, co-librettists
Submitted by Beth Morrison Projects
Cuentos de Peregrinacion – A Song Cycle Opera
Hector Armienta, composer and librettist
Submitted by Opera Cultura
Ivonne from the opera cycle Ghosts of Crosstown
Nathaniel Stookey, composer
Jerre Dye, librettist
Submitted by Opera Memphis
