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Opera: FY2003 Grants

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

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Anchorage Opera Company
Anchorage, AK
$20,000
To support the Anchorage Opera Studio Theatre, a young artist statewide touring program. In 2003 04 the project will include programs, performances, and residencies in rural communities and in the underserved Anchorage School District.

Baltimore Opera Company, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$15,000
To support the Baltimore Opera Studio and education and community programs. In order to advance an appreciation of opera, programs will be developed during the 2003-04 season for audiences of all ages and ethnic and economic backgrounds.

Glimmerglass Opera, Inc. (consortium)
Cooperstown, NY
$50,000
To support a series of audience development and access programs, including a tour to rural communities, high school partnerships and residencies. A consortium with New York City Opera, the project will focus on Handel's Orlando and Offenbach's Bluebeard as the subjects of the Gala Weekend Symposium and Summer Seminar Weekend, respectively.

Houston Grand Opera Association, Inc.
Houston, TX
$95,000
To support Discover America: Community Connections Initiative - Phase II. In 2003-04, the initiative will focus on free and discounted performances in order to reach a broader base of young and diverse audiences.

Nashville Opera Association
Nashville, TN
$10,000
To support the implementation of electronic technology for opera education of children, K-12 educators and other adults. Digital ISDN connection, computer equipment and special software will be utilized to present programs via video conferencing.

New Cleveland Opera Company (aka Cleveland Opera)
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
To support the Intergenerational Initiative and activities associated with core K-12 educational programs. The initiative will feature the Great Works Student Matinee Program that brings together students from the Hathaway Brown School in Shaker Heights and older adults from senior centers in underserved, urban communities.

OPERA America, Inc. (consortium)
Washington, DC
$50,000
To support the development of Cornerstones, a permanent learning resource for audiences and opera companies on the Internet. In consortium with the Boston Lyric Opera, multimedia educational materials will be designed in 2003-04 concerning 10 of the most frequently performed operas.

Opera Omaha, Inc.
Omaha, NE
$20,000
To support outreach activities associated with the opera, Cold Sassy Tree, by Carlisle Floyd. A four week tour of scenes from the opera and community programs that advance the public's understanding of American opera will take place in 2003-04.

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (aka OTSL) (consortium)
St. Louis, MO
$65,000
To support workshops and the world premiere of a one-act opera for young people, titled Lewis and Clark: Dream of the Pacific by Stephen Mager. The project will commemorate the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Pine Mountain Music Festival, Inc. (aka PMMF)
Hancock, MI
$10,000
To support performances of Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore and a tour of opera scenes by the Pine Mountain Music Festival Young Artists. In 2003, the Young Artists will tour Highlights of the Great Operas to three remote and underserved cities in the Upper Peninsula: Iron Mountain, Marquette and Calumet.

Pittsburgh Opera, Inc. (consortium)
Pittsburgh, PA
$50,000
To support the planning and implementation of a series of public programs and forums to coincide with the first-ever performing arts convention in Pittsburgh. The project, a consortium with Chatham Baroque, Bach Choir of Pittsburgh and the Children's Festival Chorus of Pittsburgh, will highlight how music performances contribute to a community's higher quality of life.

Shreveport Opera
Shreveport, LA
$10,000
To support a tour of Corps of Discovery--Musical Journey, a new opera by Michael Ching with libretto by Hugh Moffat, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. Community performances and interactive educational residencies will take place in eight cities and underserved areas throughout Louisiana and East Texas in the 2003-04 season.

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Austin Lyric Opera
Austin, TX
$25,000
To support the southwestern premiere of Dead Man Walking by Jake Heggie with libretto by Terrence McNally. Performances will be held in Bass Concert Hall on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin in January 2003.

Boston Early Music Festival &Exhibition, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$20,000
To support the 12th biennial festival featuring the baroque opera Die schoene und getreue Ariadne by Johann Georg Conradi. This will be the first production of the opera since 1691.

Central City Opera House Association
Denver, CO
$20,000
To support a new production of Goyescas by Enrique Granados to be sung in Spanish. This work has rarely been performed in the United States since its American premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in 1916.

Chicago Opera Theater
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support a double-bill production featuring Hans Krasa's Brundibar and Bohuslav Martinu's Comedy on the Bridge. In 2003, five performances of the operas will be given with a variety of outreach events that will focus on the historical and musical aspects of each opera.

Dallas Opera
Dallas, TX
$35,000
To support a production of Pique Dame by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Four performances of Richard Jones' 2000 Barclay Stage Award-winning production will be given at the Music Hall at Fair Park in 2003, reaching an estimated audience of 21,000.

Glimmerglass Opera, Inc.
Cooperstown, NY
$50,000
To support a new production of Good Soldier Schweik by Robert Kurka and Lewis Allan. The opera will be given nine performances during the summer of 2003.

Kentucky Opera Association
Louisville, KY
$22,500
To support a new production of Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti. As a centerpiece of the 50th anniversary season, two performances will be given at the Kentucky Center for the Arts' Whitney Hall with a final dress rehearsal targeted for students.

Lyric Opera Center for American Artists
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support faculty costs for the singer training and professional development program. The multidisciplinary curriculum includes language, theatrical and voice instruction as well as master classes and career development guidance.

Lyric Opera of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$100,000
To support a new production of Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz. Ten performances of the opera at the Civic Opera House's Aardis Krainik Theatre will reach an estimated audience of 35,000 in 2003.

Madison Opera, Inc.
Madison, WI
$10,000
To support a consortium with Opera Pacific for a new production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini. In 2003, performances will be held at the Oscar Mayer Theatre which is being expanded to an 850-seat house.

Minnesota Opera Company
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the North American premiere of the Handmaid's Tale by Danish composer Paul Ruder. Five performances of the opera at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts are expected to reach an audience of more than 9,200.

New Orleans Opera Association
New Orleans, LA
$10,000
To support the commissiong and production of The Baroness by Thea Musgrave. This historical opera, based on the life of the Baroness Micaela Almonaster Pontalba of New Orleans, will be the centerpiece for the celebration of the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial.

New York City Opera, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
To support a new production of The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten. Four performances of the opera will be held at Lincoln Center's New York State Theater.

Opera Carolina
Charlotte, NC
$10,000
To support a production of Cold Sassy Tree by Carlisle Floyd. Three performances of this east coast premiere will be given at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center and are expected to reach an audience of 4,200.

Orlando Opera Company, Inc.
Orlando, FL
$10,000
To support the expansion of the Resident Artist Program. During a nine-month residency, eight singing-actors will be given stylistic training in the zarzuela, launching a new artistic initiative targeted to reach the Hispanic population

OTSL (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis)
St. Louis, MO
$70,000
To support a new production of Nixon in China by John Adams with libretto by Alice Goodman. Six performances at Webster University's Loretto-Hilton Center are expected to draw an audience of 5,700.

Pittsburgh Opera, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
To support the regional premieres of A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten and The Three Penny Opera by Kurt Weill. Four performances of A Midsummer Night's Dream will take place at the Byham Theatre; two performances of The Three Penny Opera will be performed at the Brew House.

Portland Opera Association Inc.
Portland, OR
$20,000
To support the west-coast premiere of A View from the Bridge by William Bolcom. Adapted from the play by Arthur Miller, the opera's libretto is by Mr. Miller and Arnold Weinstein.

San Diego Opera Association
San Diego, CA
$25,000
To support production costs for Therese Raquin by Tobias Picker. Four performances at the San Diego Civic Theatre are expected to reach an audience of more than 9,300 with an additional 2,500 high-school students attending a student dress rehearsal.

San Francisco Opera Association
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
To support a production of Virgil Thomson's The Mother of Us All, with libretto by Gertrude Stein. Six performances at the War Memorial Opera House in 2003 are expected to reach an audience of more than 17,500.

Santa Fe Opera
Santa Fe, NM
$75,000
To support the world premiere of Madame Mao by Bright Sheng with libretto by Colin Graham. Four performances at the Santa Fe Opera House in 2003 will reach an estimated audience of 10,000.

Sarasota Opera Association, Inc.
Sarasota, FL
$20,000
To support the commissioning of a children's opera by John Kennedy. Designed for the company's Youth Opera Program, all roles in this opera will be sung by children.

Seattle Opera
Seattle, WA
$50,000
To support a new production of Mourning Becomes Electra by Marvin David Levy. Eight mainstage performances in Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, related community and education events, and live radio broadcasts are expected to reach an audience of more than 58,000.

Skylight Opera Theatre Corp.
Milwaukee, WI
$12,500
To support workshops of the opera Midnight Angel by David Carlson. Two two-day workshops with orchestral reduction by Ronald Foster will be held in 2003.

The Met (Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.)
New York, NY
$100,000
To support a new production of Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz. In 2003, nine performances of this opera will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the composer.

Tulsa Opera, Inc.
Tulsa, OK
$25,000
To support production costs for I Capuleti e i Montecchi by Vincenzo Bellini. Three performances in Chapman Music Hall of the Tulsa Performing Arts Center are expected to reach a capacity audience of 7,100.

Utah Opera Company
Salt Lake City, UT
$25,000
To support a new production of Cold Sassy Tree by Carlisle Floyd. Five performances at the Capitol Theatre in Salt Lake City are expected to reach an audience of 9,500 from the Wasatch Front and neighboring states.


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