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When the coronavirus pandemic made large gatherings unsafe, performing arts groups took their work online as a last resort, despite misgivings. Many were surprised at how successful their digital programming turned out to be.
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Opera Theatre of St. Louis will ask a 10-member panel, composed mostly of artists of color working outside the opera field, to commission nine short operas. A $750,000 grant from the Andrew F. Mellon Foundation will fund the program.
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"Chicago," "Jersey Boys" and "King Lear" received the most nominations from the St. Louis Theater Circle. Read the full list of nominees before the group's award ceremony on March 28.
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On Tuesday, the Missouri History Museum and Opera Theatre of St. Louis presented “I Dream a World: A Celebration of Juneteenth” in commemoration of the day when people who’d been enslaved in Texas belatedly learned of their emancipation.
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Marketing director Anh Le, composer Laura Karpman and librettist Taura Stinson discuss highlights from Opera Theatre of St. Louis' upcoming 2021 Festival Season, which sold out just one week after opening ticket sales to the public.
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The Fabulous Fox Theatre and Opera Theatre of St. Louis will host live performances after a year of cancellations. Opera Theatre will host its summer festival series outside while the Fox will feature indoor concert performances under new safety and social distancing guidelines before it prepares for Broadway shows this fall.
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Opera Theatre of St. Louis has an "overwhelmingly white" administrative staff, according to its leader. A fellowship program aims to increase the behind-the-scenes diversity at the organization and elsewhere in the field.
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“Songs for St. Louis: A Concert in the Commons” premieres on the Nine Network on Nov. 16. It features three rising star opera singers. Opera Theatre’s Artistic Director of Young Artist Programs Patricia Racette discussed the highlights on "St. Louis on the Air."
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Opera Theatre has established a fund to support work by underrepresented voices in the heavily white world of professional opera. It also plans a fellowship program to train artists and administrators of color.
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Damon Bristo, director of arts administration for Opera Theatre of St. Louis, resigned from his job last month after police arrested him on suspicion of child sexual trafficking in the second degree.