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Opera: FY2004 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
$12,500
To support the Summer Opera Camp, a tour, and residencies in communities throughout Alaska. During a 13-week fall residency, Studio Theatre artists will tour to Barrow, to an Inupiaq village, and to the North Slope of Alaska.

Arizona Opera Company
Phoenix, AZ
$10,000
To support Opera Briefs, an in-school program that will be presented throughout Arizona. The seven-week tour will feature a condensed, 45-minute, English version of Rossini's La Cenerentola.

Augusta Opera Association
Augusta, GA
$10,000
To support the Outreach Program. Performances will be held in a variety of venues including middle and high schools, assisted living homes, and senior citizen centers throughout the Central Savannah River area. The company will partner with school systems in the area to expose students to the art of opera.

Boston Lyric Opera Company
Boston, MA
$25,000
To support outdoor performances of Verdi's Aida. Two free performances of the opera, to be held on the Boston Common in fall 2005, will be accompanied by community programs designed specifically for young adults and professionals.

Cincinnati Opera Association
Cincinnati, OH
$20,000
To support touring of a new bilingual opera, and other outreach programs. The family-friendly opera, How Nanita Learned to Make Flan, will be mounted using full costumes and sets and constructed so that it will adapt to a variety of venues.

Glimmerglass Opera, Inc. (consortium)
Cooperstown, NY
$25,000
To support a consortium project comprising a series of access programs. In partnership with New York City Opera, the series will include the Summer Seminar Weekend, featuring co-productions of Puccini's La Fanciulla de West and Gilbert & Sullivan's Patience; the Young Artist Spring Tour; and workshops for high school students.

Houston Grand Opera Association, Inc.
Houston, TX
$60,000
To support Discover America: Community Connections Initiative, Phase II. The initiative will focus on opera performances that reach a broad base of young and diverse audiences and are reasonably priced or free to the public.

Intermountain Opera Association of Bozeman
Bozeman, MT
$10,000
To support performances of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and related educational activities. Three performances will take place at Wilson Auditorium utilizing a core group of six professional singers from New York, augmented by instrumentalists and singers from the community.

Lake George Opera Festival Association, Inc.
Saratoga Springs, NY
$7,500
To support regional touring of opera for elementary, middle, and high school students. The tour will include communities in Vermont, Massachusetts, and upstate New York.

Mississippi Opera Association, Inc.
Jackson, MS
$10,000
To support a staged production of The Gospel at Colonus, composed by Bob Telson and libretto written by Lee Breuer. Performance of the gospel oratorio will take place at Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson.

Opera Idaho, Inc.
Boise, ID
$10,000
To support performances of Guiseppe Verdi's La Traviata. In collaboration with the Rimrock Opera Company, the project will present the production to artistically underserved populations in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming.

Opera North
Lebanon, NH
$10,000
To support A Festival of Shakespeare in Song. The festival will feature five performances of Charles Gounod's Romeo and Juliet and four performances of Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Opera Omaha, Inc.
Omaha, NE
$10,000
To support Opera Insights and Opera for Everyone. The two programs are part of a community access initiative designed to bring opera to the general public.

Pine Mountain Music Festival, Inc.
Hancock, MI
$10,000
To support performances of Puccini's La Boheme and a tour by the Young Resident Artists. Performances will take place in Michigan's rural Upper Peninsula in Houghton at the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, a three-year-old, state-of-the-art production facility.

Pittsburgh Opera, Inc. (consortium)
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
To support a consortium project that will bring artist residencies and opera performance touring to college campuses. In collaboration with the Appalachian College Association, the company will provide multi-day residencies on campuses in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Shreveport Opera
Shreveport, LA
$10,000
To support the production and tour of the opera Why Dinosaurs Don't Litter by Susan M. Yankee. Community performances will be accompanied by educational residencies in eight cities and underserved areas throughout Louisiana and East Texas.

Tulsa Opera, Inc.
Tulsa, OK
$10,000
To support educational and outreach programs. The project will include an Opera Express tour; a student matinee; Tulsa Youth Opera; Opera Insights 101 & 102; Music! Words! Opera!; Literacy Through Opera; Education Attic; and Opera Imaginaire.

Creativity

Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Inc. (consortium)
Roslindale, MA
$15,000
To support a production of Nixon in China by John Adams with libretto by Alice Goodman. In consortium with the Boston Academy of Music, the New England premiere of this opera will feature two fully staged performances at the Emerson Majestic Theater in Boston.

Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
Cedar Rapids, IA
$10,000
To support a production of La Traviata by Guiseppi Verdi. Two performances of the opera sung in Italian with projected English supertitles will be held at Theatre Cedar Rapids.

Central City Opera House Association
Denver, CO
$25,000
To support a new production of Le Jongleur de Notre Dame by Jules Massenet. This regional premiere, sung in French, will have 11 performances at the Central City Opera House.

Chicago Opera Theater
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the Young Artist Program. The performance-based training program will engage young professionals for six to 15 weeks, during which they will receive individual coaching, take part in master classes with world-class coaches, and have the opportunity to understudy principal roles.

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
$10,000
To support Morton Feldman's opera Neither on a double-bill with Arnold Schoenberg's Erwartung. Ten performances of the Neither/Erwartung project will be held at the 500-seat St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn.

Dallas Opera
Dallas, TX
$20,000
To support a production of Jenufa by Leos Janacek. Four performances of the opera will be given at the Music Hall at Fair Park.

Florida Grand Opera, Inc.
Miami, FL
$40,000
To support the American premiere of Szulamit by Hungarian composer Ede Donath. This new production will receive five performances at the Dade County Auditorium in Miami and two additional performances at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale.

Glimmerglass Opera, Inc.
Cooperstown, NY
$30,000
To support the world premiere of The Refugees by Stephen Hartke with libretto by Philip Littell. Based on Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, the opera will have nine performances during the company's 30th festival season.

Kentucky Opera Association
Louisville, KY
$10,000
To support a new co-production of Cendrillon by Jules Massenet. Two performances of this production, set in mid-20th century, will be held at Whitney Hall in the Kentucky Center for the Arts.

Knoxville Opera Company
Knoxville, TN
$10,000
To support the The Barber of Seville by Gioacchino Rossini and The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The operas will be performed as the centerpiece of the third Rossini Festival in Knoxville.

Long Beach Opera
Long Beach, CA
$10,000
To support a new production of Die Schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman) by Richard Strauss. Two performances of the opera will be held at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach.

Lyric Opera Center for American Artists
Chicago, IL
$25,000
To support faculty costs for the singer training and professional development program. The year-long vocal instruction program includes language, theatrical and vocal instruction, as well as master classes and career development guidance.

Lyric Opera of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$100,000
To support the world premiere of A Wedding by William Bolcom with the libretto by Arnold Weinstein and Robert Altman. Based on Robert Altman's 1978 film of the same name, the opera will be a major highlight of the company's Golden Jubilee Season.

Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$10,000
To support a new production of A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten. Five performances will be held at the Lyric Theatre in Kansas City reaching an estimated audience of 4,500.

Madison Opera, Inc.
Madison, WI
$10,000
To support a production of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini. The opera will be performed in the new 2,250-seat Overture Hall in Madison.

Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
To support a new production of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Maestro James Levine will conduct 15 performances at the Lincoln Center Opera House.

Minnesota Opera Company
Minneapolis, MN
$20,000
To support a new production of Lucretia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti. Five performances will be held at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, MN.

New York City Opera, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support a new production of Morning Becomes Electra by Marvin David Levy. Five performances will be given at Lincoln Center's New York State Theater.

Opera Orchestra of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the specialized training and professional development of opera singers in the Young Artist Program. The program will offer individual instruction and ensemble training, provide technical and professional skills, and teach work habits necessary for a successful career.

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
St. Louis, MO
$50,000
To support a new production of Gloriana by Benjamin Britten with libretto by William Plomer. Six performances will be given at the 987-seat theater at Webster University's Loretto-Hilton Center.

OperaDelaware, Inc.
Wilmington, DE
$10,000
To support, through a Chairman's extraordinary action award, production of educational material and performances of THE HOBBIT by the Family Opera Theater. Students, teachers, and families will be introduced to opera through this adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's novel, THE HOBBIT. This classic fantasy is a core book for Delaware schools and the company will integrate state learning

Pittsburgh Opera, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$40,000
To support the regional premiere of Dead Man Walking by Jake Heggie. Six performances of this new American work will be featured at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts in Pittsburgh.

San Diego Opera Association
San Diego, CA
$20,000
To support a new production of The Pearl Fishers by George Bizet. Four performances with sets and costumes by British fashion icon Zandra Rhodes will be held at the Civic Theatre.

San Francisco Opera Association
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support the United States premiere of Le Grand Macabre by Gyorgy Ligeti. Six performances of the opera will take place at the 3,148-seat War Memorial House.

Santa Fe Opera
Santa Fe, NM
$50,000
To support the commission of a new opera Bel Canto by Aaron Jay Kernis with libretto by Philip Littell. Based on the American novel of the same name by Ann Pachett, the opera will be written for seven principal soloists, a mixed chorus of 24-36 singers, and orchestra.

Seattle Opera
Seattle, WA
$40,000
To support a new production of George Bizet's Carmen. Twelve performances will be held in the new Marion Oliver McCaw Hall.

Syracuse Opera Company, Inc.
Syracuse, NY
$10,000
To support a new production of The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Two performances will be held at the 2,000-seat Crouse-Hinds Concert Theater of the John H. Mulroy Civic Center Theaters at Oncenter.

Teatro de la Opera de Puerto Rico, Inc.
San Juan, PR
$10,000
To support a production of Tristen und Isolde by Richard Wagner. Two performances of the opera will be held at the 1,800-seat Luis A. Ferre Performing Arts Center in San Juan.

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Vienna, VA
$15,000
To support the world premiere of Volpone, a new chamber opera by John Musto with libretto by Mark Campbell. Commisioned by the Wolf Trap Foundation, the opera will have three performances at The Barnes of Wolf Trap, a 352-seat venue.

Heritage & Preservation

Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the recording and distribution of a two compact-disc set of the opera Amistad, composed by Anthony Davis with libretto by Thulani Davis. The two-act opera is based on the Amistad revolt of 1839, a successful uprising of captives on a slave ship en route to America.

Services to Arts Organizations and Artists

Opera America, Inc.
Washington, DC
$100,000
To support information service print publications and online databases. Nine print and online resources provide pertinent artistic, financial and programmatic information to the organization's 117 company members and individual singer membership.


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