The resulting opera is "Delta King Blues" and the men in question are composer Damien Geter and librettist Jarrod Lee.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Campbell Opera Librettist Prize (COLP), conceived and funded by acclaimed ...

Austin Opera has announced the premiere of its commissioned opera Ofrenda, a bilingual tale of a family's love and loss, to ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. OPERA America has announced the selection of Douglas Kearney as the ...

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Lawyers rarely get to display their artistic talents. The closest most get to the creative process is drafting a contract for a performer or writer. Lawyers rarely get to display their artistic ...

It’s unusual for a librettist to get top billing in opera, but Niloufar Talebi is no ordinary librettist, and her latest work, “Abraham in Flames,” is certainly no ordinary opera. For Talebi, who has ...

Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage will be in St. Louis with her daughter and fellow writer Ruby Aiyo Gerber for a pair of talks on Feb. 23 & Feb. 24. Conversation topics will include their world ...

Mark Campbell talks about his craft and what he feels will save the challenged opera art form. The Grammy award-winning opera “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” made its West Coast debut at McCaw Hall ...

“Are Black audiences, actors, and producers simply conditioned to having their stories told by white counterparts?” screenwriter and director Darian Lane, who is Black, wondered in a 2021 op-ed for ...

With his latest play Pity due next week at the Royal Court and a new opera, The Skating Rink, about to open at Garsington Opera, 31 year-old Rory Mullarkey is not so much on a roll as sitting pretty ...