Music Critics Association of North America Award for Best New Opera

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The Music Critics Association of North America gives an Award for Best New Opera annually to given to a composer and librettist.

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In giving the inaugural award in 2017, the association stated that the prize "which recognizes musical and theatrical excellence, will be given annually to a fully staged work that received its world premiere in North America during the preceding calendar year." [1]

Recipients

YearOperaComposer and librettistFinalistsRef.
2017 Breaking the Waves Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek [2]
2018 The Wake World David Hertzberg [3]
2019 prism Ellen Reid and Roxie Perkins [4]
2020Blue Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson [5]
2021 Sweet Land Du Yun, Raven Chacon, Douglas Kearney, Aja Couchois Duncan [6]
2023R.U.R. A Torrent of Light Nicole Lizée and Nicolas Billon
  • n/a
 [7]

References

  1. ↑ "New Opera Award Goes to Mazzoli, Vavrek for Waves" by John Fleming, Classical Voice North America, June 20, 2017
  2. ↑ "Missy Mazzoli's 'Breaking the Waves' Wins Historic Award". June 20, 2017.
  3. ↑ "MCANA's Second Annual Best New Opera Award Goes to David Hertzberg's 'The Wake World'".
  4. ↑ "Reid, Perkins Win Opera Award For Profile In Trauma" by Kyle MacMillan, Classical Voice North America, July 24, 2019
  5. ↑ "Blue is the opera on police violence that America needs to see, but can't by Michael Andor Brodeur, The Washington Post , June 17, 2020
  6. ↑ "MusicalAmerica - the Industry's Sweet Land is awarded 'Best New Opera' by MCANA".
  7. ↑ Brodie, Susan (June 20, 2023). "'A Torrent Of Light,' Tale Of Rising AI Peril, Wins Critics' New Opera Prize | Classical Voice North America".
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