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OPERA America Awards $100,000 In Discovery Grants To Eight Women Composers

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OPERA America Awards $135,000 To Support Commissions Of Women Composers At Five Opera Companies

OPERA America has revealed the five recipients of the 2025 Commissioning Grants from its Opera Grants for Women Composers program. The grants promote the development of new works by women and bring ...
The New York Times

‘No Excuses Anymore’ for Gender Inequality in Classical Music

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by In Vienna, a series of concerts and summits will highlight women and nonbinary composers, as well as the dominance of the dead, white, male canon. By ...
LAist

On Dissonance (An Evening of Classical, Symphonic, and Opera Works), curated by Solange Knowles

Solange Knowles curates a special night honoring Black women’s contributions to innovation in opera and classical music. The evening focuses on the work of renowned late composer and educator Julia ...
Chicago Sun-Times

What to know about the darkly twisted ‘Salome,’ which is back at the Lyric Opera after two decades

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PBS

New Opera Showcases Black Women of the Civil Rights Movement

Lesser-known Black female heroes are taking center stage in an opera aptly called “She Who Dared.” "She Who Dared" spotlights the women who challenged segregation in Montgomery, using classical music ...