UP NEXT @ ALT
THE LIVING LIBRETTO gives audiences a first glimpse at two new one-act operas being written by resident artists in American Lyric Theater’s Composer Librettist Development Program (CLDP). Featured works include FOURTH WAVE BEAUTY QUEENS (Librettist: Laura Barati; Composer: Kathy Tagg), and THE SHADOW (Librettist: Sam Norman; Composer Ivette Herriman Rodriguez). Join us for an exciting afternoon of discovery, with an incredible group of artists who are changing the face of American opera!
The Composer Librettist Development Program
Founded in 2007, the CLDP is the only full-time professional mentorship initiative for operatic writers in the country. The CLDP is a tuition-free program that includes a core curriculum of classroom training and hands-on workshops with some of the country’s leading working artists.
“the essential contemporary opera lab.”
—The New Yorker
THE ARIA ACCESS PROJECT
The Aria Access Project (AAP) is a new resource for educators and singers that provides free access to arias by contemporary American composers and librettists for educational an audition use. This online hub includes arias from works that have recently received their premieres, as well as from operas for which the premieres are forthcoming.
Operas for Production
ALT currently has over 20 operas available to license, created by alumni of the Composer Librettist Development Program. Looking for a one-act chamber opera? A full-length, family-friendly work? An opera for your school touring program? A large-scale work for professional or academic production? Find the exact opera to suit your needs.