Beth Morrison Explained

Beth Morrison is an American producer of contemporary opera.

Morrison is known for her collaborations with many artists through her company Beth Morrison Projects includes composers David T. Little, Missy Mazzoli, Du Yun, Paola Prestini, Kamala Sankaram, Darcy James Argue, and David Lang, librettist Royce Vavrek, and performers Lauren Worsham, Abigail Fischer, Nathan Gunn and Courtney Love. With Kim Whitener and Kristin Marting of HERE Arts Center, she created PROTOTYPE Festival, an annual festival of premier opera-theatre and music-theatre by pioneering artists from New York City and around the world.^[1]

Select opera and music-theatre works produced by Beth Morrison

• Soldier Songs (2008, David T. Little, composer and librettist)^[2]
• (2012, Missy Mazzoli, composer; Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek, librettists)^[3]
• Dog Days (2012, David T. Little, composer; Royce Vavrek, librettist)^[4]
• Thumbprint (2014, Kamala Sankaram, composer; Susan Yankowitz, librettist)^[5]
• The Source (2014, Ted Hearne, composer; Mark Doten, librettist)^[6]
• Kansas City Choir Boy (2015, Todd Almond, composer and librettist)^[7]
• Anatomy Theater (2016, David Lang composer; Lang and Mark Dion, librettists)^[8]
• Angel's Bone (2016, Du Yun, composer; Royce Vavrek, librettist)^[9]
• Aging Magician (2016, Paola Prestini composer, co-created by Prestini, Rinde Eckert and Julian Crouch)^[10]
• Breaking the Waves (2016, Missy Mazzoli, composer; Royce Vavrek, librettist)^[11]
• p r i s m (2019, Ellen Reid, composer; Roxie Perkins, librettist)^[12]

Concert works

• 21c Liederabend (2009, 2011, 2013, 2016)^{[13] [14] [15] [16]}
  • A Few Stops on the N Train (2011, Du Yun, composer and lyricist)^[17]
  • Albert, Bound or Unbound (2013, Marie Incontrera, composer; Royce Vavrek, librettist)^[18]
• Brooklyn Village (2012)^[19]
  • Home (2012) (Sarah Kirkland Snider, composer; Nathaniel Bellows, lyricist)
  • Canvas (2012) (Matthew Mehlan, composer; Royce Vavrek, lyricist)
  • Am I Born (2012) (David T. Little, composer; Royce Vavrek, librettist)^[20]
• The Hubble Cantata (2016, Paola Prestini, composer; Royce Vavrek, librettist)^[21]

Notes and References

1. News: Beth Morrison, Opera Producer With Prototype Festival. Steve. Smith. The New York Times. 27 October 2017. 27 October 2017.
2. Web site: Soldier Songs Staged. Feast of Music. 27 October 2017.
3. News: 'Song From the Uproar' at the Kitchen. Steve. Smith. The New York Times. 26 February 2012. 27 October 2017.
4. News: 'Dog Days,' New Opera, at Peak Performances in Montclair. Steve. Smith. The New York Times. 3 October 2012. 27 October 2017.
5. News: 'Thumbprint,' a Chamber Opera, at Baruch Arts Center. Zachary. Woolfe. The New York Times. 27 October 2017. 27 October 2017.
6. Web site: The Source.
7. Web site: 'Kansas City Choir Boy' a good start to Courtney Love's comeback. 9 January 2015. 27 October 2017.
8. Web site: LA Opera - anatomy theater. www.laopera.org. 27 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171028043044/https://www.laopera.org/season/1516-Season-at-a-Glance/Anatomy-Theater/. 28 October 2017. dead.
9. News: Review: In 'Angel's Bone,' Terrified Seraphim at the Mercy of Mortals. Corinna da. Fonseca-Wollheim. The New York Times. 27 October 2017. 27 October 2017.
10. Web site: Aging Magician. www.walkerart.org. 27 October 2017.
11. Web site: Breaking the Waves: Lars von Trier's 'true love story' becomes an opera. Brian. Wise. 21 September 2016. 27 October 2017. www.theguardian.com.
12. Web site: With Ellen Reid's incandescent 'prism,' an opera composer is born. www.latimes.com. 30 November 2018. 28 May 2019.
13. Web site: 21c Liederabend - Classical and opera - reviews, guides, things to do, film - Time Out New York. Time Out New York. 27 October 2017.
14. Web site: 21c Liederabend. 27 October 2017.
15. News: 21c Liederabend at BAM Harvey Theater. Steve. Smith. The New York Times. 25 November 2013. 27 October 2017.
16. Web site: 21c Liederabend, op. LA. www.laphil.com. 27 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171028094548/https://www.laphil.com/tickets/21c-liederabend-op-la/2016-04-19. 28 October 2017. dead.
17. Web site: Meet the Composers of This Weekend's 21c Liederabend. 27 October 2017.
18. Web site: 21c Liederabend, op. 3: Cree Carrico "Albert, Bound or Unbound". BAMorg. 12 November 2013. 27 October 2017. YouTube.
19. News: Brooklyn Philharmonic and Brooklyn Youth Chorus at Roulette. Steve. Smith. The New York Times. 26 March 2012. 27 October 2017.
20. Web site: A Gesamtkunstwerk Grows in Brooklyn. 27 October 2017.
21. Web site: A 6,000-Person Tour of the Orion Nebula Lands in Brooklyn. 25 July 2016. 27 October 2017.