AMERICAN OPERA PROJECTs

is a home for lyric theater and the artists who make it.

American Opera Projects (AOP) is a non-profit organization that provides resources and opportunities to artists for the creation of new lyric theater. Based in Brooklyn, AOP has been 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 engagement.

 

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#throwbackthursday to AOP's Spring Season, from the @bam_brooklyn premiere of THE POST OFFICE, to the latest production from the AOP-NYU/Tisch Opera Lab, THE TRANSIT OPERAS. Make a donation today at #linkinbio and support AOP's mission of commission
O Public! Benjamin Franklin’s ghost appeals to you in this 250th year of our Democracy to support AOP’s community of creators making music, poetry and architecture: Opera! Make a donation at #linkinbio and support AOP. Donate before
@composersandthevoice, 2011-13 alum @mika_karlsson next collaboration with AOP, after 2018's THE ECHO DRIFT, is BARCELONA, MAP OF SHADOWS. With libretto by @mallorycatlett (stage director for THE ECHO DRIFT) and in collaboration with @maboumines, BAR
@raylustig SEMMELWEIS was developed in AOP's @composersandthevoice with librettist Matt Doherty. After the opera's premiere in Budapest Sept, 2018, AOP produced newly arranged English-language excerpts Dec, 2023 in collaboration with the New York Aca
Congratulations to all writers, performers, and the entire team behind the AOP–NYU/Tisch Opera Lab’s THE TRANSIT OPERAS! Thursday marked the final performance at the @nytransitmuseum, celebrating their 50th year anniversary. The 12 short
Tonight is the final performance of THE POST OFFICE at @bam_brooklyn! Limited tickets available at #linkinbio Experience this opera by composer Laura Kaminsky (AS ONE) and poet/librettist @elainesexton (SITE SPECIFIC), with design by Charles Renfro
Take a look back at the BAM premiere of THE POST OFFICE! Limited tickets available for May 20 & 21 at #linkinbio Experience this contemporary opera by composer Laura Kaminsky (AS ONE) and poet/librettist @elainesexton (SITE SPECIFIC), with desi
After its incredible premiere at @bam_brooklyn, THE POST OFFICE continues this week, limited tickets available at #linkinbio Set inside a modern American post office, the THE POST OFFICE explores questions of division, belonging, and democracy thro
See highlights from the New York premiere of THE POST OFFICE, now playing at @bam_brooklyn. Limited tickets available on 5/19, 20 & 21 at #linkinbio The ghost of Benjamin Franklin, the first US Postmaster General, is drawn into a thoroughly con
THE POST OFFICE arrives in Brooklyn tonight at @bam_brooklyn! Read Patrick Sauer's (OperaWire) article on the new opera by Laura Kaminsky (music) @elainesexton (libretto) & Charles Renfro (design) at #linkinbio In THE POST OFFICE, the ghost of
After the world premiere last week, THE POST OFFICE arrives in Brooklyn this Saturday for its debut at @bam_brooklyn! Opening Night on May 16 is officially sold out — but tickets are still available for performances on May 17, 19, 20, and 21.
Seats are filling up fast for performances at the African Grove Theater! See the AOP-NYU/Tisch Opera Lab this weekend for THE TRANSIT OPERAS — a collection of 12 original short operas created in celebration of the @nytransitmuseum’s 50th
 
““The future of American opera is in good hands.””
— Opera News

“a valuable company [that] offers a chance to look in on operas in progress by talented composers” — The New Yorker

"known for bringing cutting-edge vocal productions to the masses" — New York Magazine

"a perfect first exposure to opera." — Time Out NY

"Bravo to AOP for supporting such controversial and ultimately important work." — Opera Today

“a valuable company [that] offers a chance to look in on operas in progress by talented composers” — The New Yorker "known for bringing cutting-edge vocal productions to the masses" — New York Magazine "a perfect first exposure to opera." — Time Out NY "Bravo to AOP for supporting such controversial and ultimately important work." — Opera Today

 

Recent productions

AOP General Slideshow
Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom
Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom

AOP World Premiere, 2014.

As One
As One

Chautauqua Opera 2018. Photo by Dave Munch.

Hagoromo
Hagoromo

BAM Next Wave Festival 2015