Last week, AOP's Ziyan Yang conducted an interview with composer and C&V 2011-13 alum Sidney Marquez Boquiren, discussing Sidney's participation in Composers & the Voice, his AOP-developed opera INDEPENDENCE EVE, and his involvement in Opera Omaha's Poetry & Music Project, which will have its annual concert on May 3, 2025 at the Omaha Conservatory of Music. Join AOP for staged C&V Scenes on May 29 and 30 at AOP's home base in BK. Read more about the fellows and the program here: https://www.aopopera.org/pagecycle12 (fb)

#throwbackthursday to GHOSTLIGHT Chorus' performance of David Lang's THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL PASSION on February 8, 2025 at Church of St. Luke in the Fields. GHOSTLIGHT Chorus joins AOP on May 3, 2025 at 1 PM for an hour-length program as part of Bang On a Can Long Play 2025 of works by composer Arvo Pärt in celebration of his 90th birthday. The concert will feature The Abbot Agathon (AOP-commissioned English language singing translation by Cori Ellison) with soprano Sarah Moulton Faux, O-Antiphonen for 8 celli, and Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen for chorus. Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aop-plays-arvo-part-tickets-1249554072869?aff=oddtdtcreator (fb)