The American Opera Project Presents “As One: The Work Continues”
THE AMERICAN OPERA PROJECT PRESENTS: “AS ONE: THE WORK CONTINUES”
In honor of International Transgender Day of Visibility, The Center in partnership with The American Opera Project will present “AS ONE: THE WORK CONTINUES…”, moderated by baritone, model, and creative director Rahzé Cheatham. This event will feature an in-person panel discussion with documentary filmmaker and As One librettist Kimberly Reed as well as frequent As One singers, baritone Lucas Bouk and mezzo-soprano Heather Jones. The event will culminate with the premiere of the newly commissioned choral work, “A Brighter Light” by the creators of As One, honoring the day and marking the recent 50th production of As One. The choral work will premiere as a video featuring over 35 singers who have embodied the role of Hannah in productions of As One across the world.
The program will reflect on transgender and nonbinary visibility in the arts and society since As One premiered in 2014, and what the near future holds. The launch of the True Voice Award, promoting vocal training for transgender singers, will also be discussed.
AS ONE: THE WORK CONTINUES… is presented by AOP and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of NYC
In association with The 44th Annual Festival of New American Music, Anchorage Opera, Chautauqua Opera Company & Conservatory, Eugene Opera, Chicago Fringe Opera,Hawaii Opera Theatre, Opera Columbus, Opera Idaho, New Orleans Opera, Opera Maine, Opera Orlando, Opera Santa Barbara, Pensacola Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Portland Opera, UrbanArias
ABOUT THE AMERICAN OPERA PROJECT
Founded in 1988, The American Opera Project (AOP) is at the forefront of the contemporary opera movement through its commissioning, developing, and producing of opera and lyric theater projects, training programs for student and emerging composers and librettists, and free community events. AOP is recognized around the country for numerous groundbreaking works on LGBTQ themes like Paul’s Case (Spears/Walat, UrbanArias, 2014), A Letter to East 11th Street (Hennessy/Campbell, AOP, 2004), four mini-operas about the Stonewall Uprising made in its opera training program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Patience & Sarah (Kimper/Persons, Lincoln Center Festival, 1998), the first major opera about a lesbian relationship, and As One (Kaminsky/Campbell/Reed, BAM, 2014), the first major opera about transgender issues and one of the most widely-produced contemporary operas written in the 21st Century. Current LGBTQ-themed works in development include House of Legendary (Rubinstein/Kim), a love story set in NYC’s 1980s drag ball scene, and The Night Falls (Ludwig-Leone/Russell/Schumacher), a dance-opera premiering Spring 2023. www.aopopera.org
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DETAILS
Thursday, March 31, 2022
7 p.m. ET
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. ET
$10 Suggested Donation