Music Critics Association of North America Award for Best New Opera
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The Music Critics Association of America (MCANA) Award for Best New Opera is an annual prize given to a composer and librettist.
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 the preceding calendar year."[1]
Recipients
Year | Opera | Composer and librettist | Finalists | Ref. |
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2017 | Breaking the Waves | Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek |
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2018 | The Wake World | David Hertzberg |
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2019 | prism | Ellen Reid and Roxie Perkins |
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2020 | Blue | Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson |
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References
- ^ "New Opera Award Goes to Mazzoli, Vavrek for Waves" by John Fleming, Classical Voice North America, June 20, 2017
- ^ http://operawire.com/missy-mazzolis-breaking-the-waves-wins-historic-award/
- ^ https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwopera/article/MCANAs-Second-Annual-Best-New-Opera-Award-Goes-To-David-Hertzbergs-The-Wake-World-20180410
- ^ "Reid, Perkins Win Opera Award For Profile In Trauma" by Kyle MacMillan, Classical Voice North America, July 24, 2019
- ^ "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