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Invitational & Jury

Opera For All Voices: Stories Of Our Time

Opera for All Voices (OFAV) is committed to co-commissioning and co-producing new operatic works for audiences of all ages that bear the same artistic integrity and depth of storytelling as the festival season. There is additionally a commitment to social impact and the representation of diverse voices through the development of these new and important works.

History

OFAV was guided by a consortium of opera companies led by the Santa Fe Opera including Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Minnesota Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, San Francisco Opera, Sarasota Opera, and Seattle Opera — resulting in the commission of four new works, flexible in both scope and scale, which can be performed in a variety of venues. The teams behind the commissioned works were selected through an invitational process and adjudicated by a jury of twelve distinguished individuals in the field of opera.

Projects selected through the invitational are moving through the development process. Each will receive a workshop, the opportunity to premiere the opera at one of the partner companies listed above, as well as the opportunity for subsequent performances at other partner companies.

Commissions

Opera for All Voices is made possible by generous funding from the Melville Hankins Family Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and an OPERA America Innovation Grant, supported by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation.

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Opera America Grant Logo
Andrew Mellon Foundation Logo

Jury Members

Kip Cranna Headshot

Dr. Kip Cranna

OFAV Jurist, Moderator, and Consortium Dramaturg

Octavio Cardenas Portrait

Octavio Cardenas

Martha Collins Headshot

Martha Collins

Peter Kazaras Portrait

Peter Kazaras

Dale Kruse Headshot

Dr. Dale Kruse

Carolyn Kuan headshot

Carolyn Kuan

Conductor

Everett McCorvey Portrait

Dr. Everett McCorvey

Deborah Nansteel Portrait

Deborah Nansteel

James Robinson Portrait

James Robinson

Director

Valerie Sainte-Agathe Portrait

Valérie Sainte-Agathe

Gene Scheer Portrait

Gene Scheer

Bright Sheng Portrait

Bright Sheng

Louise Toppin Portrait

Louise Toppin

Key Change │ Creating Opera For All Voices

What if we fail? What if we succeed? What if we keep imagining? These and other questions guide us through the ups and downs of a new initiative called Opera for All Voices.

Join us as we explore the commission and creation of new operas and their connection to our industry, our communities and our future.

Learn More

Principle chorus on stage of Candide

For more information, please contact:

Anna Garcia
Manager of Programs and Partnerships
505-946-2423
operaforall@santafeopera.org