Project Grant 18642433621

The Metropolitan Opera Association Inc., doing business as Met Opera, received a $160,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support a new production of Champion by Grammy Award-winning composer Terence Blanchard and librettist Michael Cristofer. This award falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education. The funding will allow Met...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $510,381 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant to support the world premiere production of the opera Poppaea by American composer Michael Hersch and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann. The Musikverein "Wien Modern" organization in Austria will produce the opera at the Festival Wien Modern from October 30 to November 30, 2021. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to inform and influence...

The Los Angeles Opera Company received a $130,000 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support a new production of Verdi's Aida and related community engagement activities. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which supports opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education. Funds will support the new staging of Aida to be performed from January 1 to September 30,...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $267,503 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant (CFDA 19.040) to support the performance of "Song of the Shank" by U.S. artists at the 2023 Wiener Festwochen festival in Austria. George Lewis will compose and Jeffery Renard Allen will author and write the libretto for the musical work. Stan Douglas will contribute visual art, and the Ensemble Modern will perform the piece at the June 13-15, 2023...

The Minnesota Opera received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support personnel expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which supports opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies that promote well-being and resilience, and build capacity and...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Opera America, Inc. from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support personnel expenses to help the organization respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts, integrate...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded the San Diego Opera Association $150,000 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The funding will support personnel expenses to aid the organization's response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. As the primary recipient, the San Diego Opera Association will use the NEA grant to cover staffing costs while delivering opera programming to the...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $372,250 Project Grant to the Baltimore Choral Arts Society Inc. to support a concert by Baltimore Choral Arts Society singers and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Konzertaus in Vienna, Austria on October 22, 2022. The concert delivers products and services that advance the goals of the agency's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program by informing and influencing foreign publics in Austria...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to American Opera Projects from January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant funds will support personnel and facilities expenses to enable the organization to respond to and recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for...

The Portland Opera Association Inc. received a $200,777 Project Grant award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929), effective September 19, 2025, with a completion date of April 30, 2029. The grant funds the archival digitization of the Portland Opera performance archive, a collections-focused preservation initiative that will convert historically significant performance records into digital formats for enhanced accessibility and long-term...