This Moment in Opera

Want to hear the future of opera?  Director of Artistic Planning Edward Yim, Dramaturg Cori Ellison, and Producer Beth Morrison discuss their selections for this year's VOX Contemporary American Opera Lab.  Listen as they detail the process for choosing the pieces that will have the chance to perform at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts with the entire New York City Opera Orchestra.

 

On May 1st and 2nd New York City Opera celebrates the 10th Anniversary of VOX, a free two-day festival of new American opera, with ten bold new works from both established and emerging American composers.
 
In this episode you will hear from some of the creative forces behind VOX 2009: 
 

        

 

 

Act I (2:25): Renowned musical theater composer Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippen) discusses his first foray into writing opera.
 
Act II (13:50): Gordon Beeferman and Charlotte Jackson, the creators of The Rat Land, which was presented at VOX 2007 return with a new scene from the opera. 
 
Act III (24:15): Project Director Yuval Sharon and City Opera Dramaturg Cori Ellison discuss what happens behind-the-scenes at VOX