Beth Morrison is an American producer of contemporary
opera
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.
Morrison is known for her collaborations with many artists through her company Beth Morrison Projects includes composers
David T. Little
David T. Little (born October 25, 1978) is a Grammy-nominated American composer, record producer, and drummer known for his operatic, orchestral, and chamber works, most notably his operas ''JFK,'' ''Soldier Songs'', and ''Dog Days'' which was na ...
,
Missy Mazzoli
Missy Mazzoli (born October 27, 1980) is an American composer and pianist who has received critical acclaim for her chamber, orchestral and operatic work. In 2018 she became one of the first two women to receive a commission from the Metropolitan ...
,
Du Yun
Du Yun (traditional Chinese: 杜韻, simplified Chinese: 杜韵) is a Chinese-born American composer, performer, musician and performance artist. She won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her opera ''Angel's Bone'', with libretto by Royce ...
,
Paola Prestini,
Kamala Sankaram
Kamala Sankaram (born 1978) is an American composer, vocalist, playwright and actress. Based in New York City, she is best known for chamber operas about women who find themselves in situations where they are forced to confront patriarchal structu ...
,
Darcy James Argue
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Biography
Argue was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He studied at McGill University in Montreal from 1993 ...
, and
David Lang, librettist
Royce Vavrek
Royce Vavrek is a Canadian-born Brooklyn-based librettist, playwright, dance scenarist, musical theatre writer and filmmaker known for his collaborations with composers David T. Little, Missy Mazzoli, Mikael Karlsson (composer), Mikael Karlsson, ...
, and performers
Lauren Worsham
Lauren Tolbert Worsham (born April 4, 1982) is an American actress and singer known for her work in the opera and musical theatre. She received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in ''A Gentleman's Guide ...
,
Abigail Fischer,
Nathan Gunn
Nathan T. Gunn (born November 26, 1970, in South Bend, Indiana) is an American operatic baritone who performs regularly around the world. He is an alumnus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where he is currently a professor of voice ...
and
Courtney Love
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. With Kim Whitener and Kristin Marting of
HERE Arts Center, she created
PROTOTYPE Festival
Prototype Festival is an annual, weeklong contemporary opera and musical theater festival held in New York City.
Program
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, an annual festival of premier opera-theatre and music-theatre by pioneering artists from New York City and around the world.
Select opera and music-theatre works produced by Beth Morrison
* ''Soldier Songs'' (2008,
David T. Little
David T. Little (born October 25, 1978) is a Grammy-nominated American composer, record producer, and drummer known for his operatic, orchestral, and chamber works, most notably his operas ''JFK,'' ''Soldier Songs'', and ''Dog Days'' which was na ...
, composer and librettist)
* ''
Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt'' (2012,
Missy Mazzoli
Missy Mazzoli (born October 27, 1980) is an American composer and pianist who has received critical acclaim for her chamber, orchestral and operatic work. In 2018 she became one of the first two women to receive a commission from the Metropolitan ...
, composer; Mazzoli and
Royce Vavrek
Royce Vavrek is a Canadian-born Brooklyn-based librettist, playwright, dance scenarist, musical theatre writer and filmmaker known for his collaborations with composers David T. Little, Missy Mazzoli, Mikael Karlsson (composer), Mikael Karlsson, ...
, librettists)
* ''
Dog Days
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'' (2012,
David T. Little
David T. Little (born October 25, 1978) is a Grammy-nominated American composer, record producer, and drummer known for his operatic, orchestral, and chamber works, most notably his operas ''JFK,'' ''Soldier Songs'', and ''Dog Days'' which was na ...
, composer;
Royce Vavrek
Royce Vavrek is a Canadian-born Brooklyn-based librettist, playwright, dance scenarist, musical theatre writer and filmmaker known for his collaborations with composers David T. Little, Missy Mazzoli, Mikael Karlsson (composer), Mikael Karlsson, ...
, librettist)
* ''Thumbprint'' (2014,
Kamala Sankaram
Kamala Sankaram (born 1978) is an American composer, vocalist, playwright and actress. Based in New York City, she is best known for chamber operas about women who find themselves in situations where they are forced to confront patriarchal structu ...
, composer; Susan Yankowitz, librettist)
* ''
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* ''The Source'' (1999 film), a 1999 documentary film about the Beat generation
* ''The Source'' (2002 film), a 2002 scienc ...
'' (2014,
Ted Hearne
Ted Hearne (born 1982) is an American composer, singer and conductor. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
Biography
Ted Hearne was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, where he was a member of the Chicago Children's Choir and gradu ...
, composer; Mark Doten, librettist)
* ''
Kansas City Choir Boy'' (2015, Todd Almond, composer and librettist)
* ''Anatomy Theater'' (2016,
David Lang composer; Lang and Mark Dion, librettists)
* ''
Angel's Bone
''Angel's Bone'' is an opera by composer Du Yun and librettist Royce Vavrek in one act that follows the plight of two angels discovered on earth who are forced into spiritual and sexual slavery at the hands of a financially troubled couple. The w ...
'' (2016,
Du Yun
Du Yun (traditional Chinese: 杜韻, simplified Chinese: 杜韵) is a Chinese-born American composer, performer, musician and performance artist. She won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her opera ''Angel's Bone'', with libretto by Royce ...
, composer;
Royce Vavrek
Royce Vavrek is a Canadian-born Brooklyn-based librettist, playwright, dance scenarist, musical theatre writer and filmmaker known for his collaborations with composers David T. Little, Missy Mazzoli, Mikael Karlsson (composer), Mikael Karlsson, ...
, librettist)
* ''Aging Magician'' (2016,
Paola Prestini composer, co-created by Prestini,
Rinde Eckert and
Julian Crouch
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)
* ''
Breaking the Waves
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'' (2016,
Missy Mazzoli
Missy Mazzoli (born October 27, 1980) is an American composer and pianist who has received critical acclaim for her chamber, orchestral and operatic work. In 2018 she became one of the first two women to receive a commission from the Metropolitan ...
, composer;
Royce Vavrek
Royce Vavrek is a Canadian-born Brooklyn-based librettist, playwright, dance scenarist, musical theatre writer and filmmaker known for his collaborations with composers David T. Little, Missy Mazzoli, Mikael Karlsson (composer), Mikael Karlsson, ...
, librettist)
*
''p r i s m'' (2019,
Ellen Reid, composer; Roxie Perkins, librettist)
Concert works
* ''21c Liederabend'' (2009, 2011, 2013, 2016)
** ''A Few Stops on the N Train'' (2011,
Du Yun
Du Yun (traditional Chinese: 杜韻, simplified Chinese: 杜韵) is a Chinese-born American composer, performer, musician and performance artist. She won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her opera ''Angel's Bone'', with libretto by Royce ...
, composer and lyricist)
** ''Albert, Bound or Unbound'' (2013, Marie Incontrera, composer;
Royce Vavrek
Royce Vavrek is a Canadian-born Brooklyn-based librettist, playwright, dance scenarist, musical theatre writer and filmmaker known for his collaborations with composers David T. Little, Missy Mazzoli, Mikael Karlsson (composer), Mikael Karlsson, ...
, librettist)
* ''Brooklyn Village'' (2012)
** ''Home'' (2012) (
Sarah Kirkland Snider
Sarah Kirkland Snider (born October 8, 1973) is an American composer. She has received critical acclaim for her chamber, orchestral, song cycle, choral, and ballet works.
Biography
Snider was born and raised in Princeton, New Jersey. Despite a ...
, composer; Nathaniel Bellows, lyricist)
** ''Canvas'' (2012) (Matthew Mehlan, composer;
Royce Vavrek
Royce Vavrek is a Canadian-born Brooklyn-based librettist, playwright, dance scenarist, musical theatre writer and filmmaker known for his collaborations with composers David T. Little, Missy Mazzoli, Mikael Karlsson (composer), Mikael Karlsson, ...
, lyricist)
** ''Am I Born'' (2012) (David T. Little, composer; Royce Vavrek, librettist)
* ''The Hubble Cantata'' (2016,
Paola Prestini, composer;
Royce Vavrek
Royce Vavrek is a Canadian-born Brooklyn-based librettist, playwright, dance scenarist, musical theatre writer and filmmaker known for his collaborations with composers David T. Little, Missy Mazzoli, Mikael Karlsson (composer), Mikael Karlsson, ...
, librettist)
References
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Living people
American opera managers
American theatre managers and producers
American women theatre managers and producers
Year of birth missing (living people)