American Opera Projects

The future of American opera is in good hands. AOP's mission is to develop and present new and innovative works of lyric theater, provide a creative home to emerging and established artists, and engage contemporary communities in a transformative operatic experience. The American Opera Project is a vision, an unending experiment in storytelling wit... h the central premise that each life is an operatic story waiting to be told - and each telling of that story is an operatic experience waiting to happen. We are a home for artists to learn, experiment, and create. We are a family of innovators in vocal storytelling. We will be beautiful. We will be dangerous. We will laugh at ourselves. We will always remember that feeling precedes thought, entertainment precedes enlightenment, and wonder precedes belief. And we will join our audience with respect, passion, and a desire to share a moment in time that will last for years to come. The vision of The American Opera Project (AOP) begins with storytelling. We reaffirm our commitment to providingand celebratingan environment of mutual respect, in which all people can feel free to tell and live their stories. To us, the American part of our name acknowledges the full diversity represented in the United States, now and throughout the history of our country. These heritages, and their stories, influence American culture in important and meaningful ways. AOP believes that fostering a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion among our staff, board, artists and collaborators is critical for our success as an organization, and for the advancement of opera as an art form that represents us all. In 1988, American Opera Projects became The American Opera Project. But we are still AOP. As AOP, we continue a proud legacy of being at the forefront of the contemporary opera movement for over thirty years through the commissioning, developing, and producing of opera and lyric theater projects, training programs for student and emerging composers and librettists, and community ...Read More