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 National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the Opera Theatre of St. Louis to support personnel expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. This funding falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies promoting well-being and community resilience, and build capacity and...
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 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...
Opera Lafayette received a $198,750 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The award will support the recovery and production of three 18th century French operas in Washington D.C. from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. Specifically, Opera Lafayette will create educational programming and materials to encourage humanistic interpretation of early music through lecture videos,...
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 $160,000 Project Grant to the National Alliance for Musical Theatre Inc. to support the Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for high school students from March 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024. This funding supports the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to provide opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education. Through this award, the National Alliance for...
The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Nashville Opera Association, Inc. under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support personnel expenses for the Nashville Opera Company from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023 in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants program aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts...
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 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...