46 | communityengagement
Telling the Stories of Georgia WRITTEN BY
JEFF ROFFMAN
Jessica Kiger
One of the competing teams performs in the 2015 showcase at Theatrical Outfit from the 24-Hour Opera Project.
Long-time fans of The Atlanta Opera may remember the company’s 24-Hour Opera Project, which brought artistic teams together to create and perform an original opera scene in twenty-four hours. This season, we are bringing the concept back with a bold new vision, and you are invited! Over four days in June, teams of composers and librettists from historically underrepresented communities, will craft compelling, completely new 10-minute operas. The operas will focus on stories from Atlanta and Georgia’s diverse communities, which have rarely been featured on operatic stages. The winning team will be awarded a future opera commission with The Atlanta Opera and $10,000. We’re calling it the 96-Hour Opera Project. Atlanta native and international opera star bass Morris Robinson is our artistic advisor on the project and will also join the judging panel which includes Priti Gandhi,
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