{{short description|American producer of contemporary opera}} '''Beth Morrison''' is an American producer of contemporary opera.
Morrison is known for her collaborations with many artists through her company Beth Morrison Projects includes composers David T. Little, Missy Mazzoli, Du Yun, Paola Prestini, Kamala Sankaram, Darcy James Argue, and David Lang, librettist Royce Vavrek, and performers Lauren Worsham, Abigail Fischer, Nathan Gunn, and Courtney Love. With Kim Whitener and Kristin Marting of HERE Arts Center, she created PROTOTYPE Festival, an annual festival of premier opera-theatre and music-theatre by pioneering artists from New York City and around the world.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/arts/music/beth-morrison-opera-producer-with-prototype-festival.html|title=Beth Morrison, Opera Producer With Prototype Festival|first=Steve|last=Smith|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 October 2017|publisher=|accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref>
==Select opera and music-theatre works produced by Beth Morrison== * ''Soldier Songs'' (2008, David T. Little, composer and librettist)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.feastofmusic.com/feast_of_music/2008/09/when-i-saw-david-littles-soldier-songs-back-at-city-operas-vox-in-may.html|title=Soldier Songs Staged|website=Feast of Music|accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref> * ''Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt'' (2012, Missy Mazzoli, composer; Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek, librettists)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/arts/music/song-from-the-uproar-at-the-kitchen.html|title='Song From the Uproar' at the Kitchen|first=Steve|last=Smith|newspaper=The New York Times|date=26 February 2012|publisher=|accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref> * ''Dog Days'' (2012, David T. Little, composer; Royce Vavrek, librettist)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/arts/music/dog-days-new-opera-at-peak-performances-in-montclair.html|title='Dog Days,' New Opera, at Peak Performances in Montclair|first=Steve|last=Smith|newspaper=The New York Times|date=3 October 2012|publisher=|accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref> * ''Thumbprint'' (2014, Kamala Sankaram, composer; Susan Yankowitz, librettist)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/13/arts/music/thumbprint-a-chamber-opera-at-baruch-arts-center.html|title='Thumbprint,' a Chamber Opera, at Baruch Arts Center|first=Zachary|last=Woolfe|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 October 2017|publisher=|accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref> * ''The Source'' (2014, Ted Hearne, composer; Mark Doten, librettist)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bam.org/music/2014/the-source|title = The Source}}</ref> * ''Kansas City Choir Boy'' (2015, Todd Almond, composer and librettist)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2015/01/09/kansas-city-choir-boy-a-good-start-to-courtney-loves-comeback/|title='Kansas City Choir Boy' a good start to Courtney Love's comeback|date=9 January 2015|publisher=|accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref> * ''Anatomy Theater'' (2016, David Lang composer; Lang and Mark Dion, librettists)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laopera.org/season/1516-Season-at-a-Glance/Anatomy-Theater/|title=LA Opera - anatomy theater|website=www.laopera.org|accessdate=27 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028043044/https://www.laopera.org/season/1516-Season-at-a-Glance/Anatomy-Theater/|archive-date=28 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''Angel's Bone'' (2016, Du Yun, composer; Royce Vavrek, librettist)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/arts/music/review-in-angels-bone-terrified-seraphim-at-the-mercy-of-mortals.html|title=Review: In 'Angel's Bone,' Terrified Seraphim at the Mercy of Mortals|first=Corinna da|last=Fonseca-Wollheim|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 October 2017|publisher=|accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref> * ''Aging Magician'' (2016, Paola Prestini composer, co-created by Prestini, Rinde Eckert and Julian Crouch)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2016/aging-magician|title=Aging Magician|website=www.walkerart.org|accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref> * ''Breaking the Waves'' (2016, Missy Mazzoli, composer; Royce Vavrek, librettist)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/21/breaking-the-waves-opera-lars-von-trier|title=Breaking the Waves: Lars von Trier's 'true love story' becomes an opera|first=Brian|last=Wise|newspaper=The Guardian |date=21 September 2016|publisher=|accessdate=27 October 2017|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> * ''p r i s m'' (2019, Ellen Reid, composer; Roxie Perkins, librettist)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-ellen-reid-prism-review-20181130-story.html|title=With Ellen Reid's incandescent 'prism,' an opera composer is born|website=www.latimes.com|date=30 November 2018|accessdate=28 May 2019}}</ref>
==Concert works== * ''21c Liederabend'' (2009, 2011, 2013, 2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/opera-classical/21c-liederabend|title=21c Liederabend - Classical and opera - reviews, guides, things to do, film - Time Out New York|website=Time Out New York|accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/21c-liederabend-the-kitchen-april-7-2011|title=21c Liederabend|publisher=|accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/26/arts/music/21c-liederabend-at-bam-harvey-theater.html|title=21c Liederabend at BAM Harvey Theater|first=Steve|last=Smith|newspaper=The New York Times|date=25 November 2013|publisher=|accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laphil.com/tickets/21c-liederabend-op-la/2016-04-19|title=21c Liederabend, op. LA|website=www.laphil.com|accessdate=27 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028094548/https://www.laphil.com/tickets/21c-liederabend-op-la/2016-04-19|archive-date=28 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> ** ''A Few Stops on the N Train'' (2011, Du Yun, composer and lyricist)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wqxr.org/story/122446-meet-composers-weekends-21c-liederabend/|title=Meet the Composers of This Weekend's 21c Liederabend|date=7 April 2011 |publisher=|accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref> ** ''Albert, Bound or Unbound'' (2013, Marie Incontrera, composer; Royce Vavrek, librettist)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaiXFWVUV7s|title=21c Liederabend, op. 3: Cree Carrico "Albert, Bound or Unbound"|last=BAMorg|date=12 November 2013|publisher=|accessdate=27 October 2017|via=YouTube}}</ref> * ''Brooklyn Village'' (2012)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/arts/music/brooklyn-philharmonic-and-brooklyn-youth-chorus-at-roulette.html|title=Brooklyn Philharmonic and Brooklyn Youth Chorus at Roulette|first=Steve|last=Smith|newspaper=The New York Times|date=26 March 2012|publisher=|accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref> ** ''Home'' (2012) (Sarah Kirkland Snider, composer; Nathaniel Bellows, lyricist) ** ''Canvas'' (2012) (Matthew Mehlan, composer; Royce Vavrek, lyricist) ** ''Am I Born'' (2012) (David T. Little, composer; Royce Vavrek, librettist)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wqxr.org/story/194247-gesamtkunstwerk-grows-brooklyn/|title=A Gesamtkunstwerk Grows in Brooklyn|date=26 March 2012 |publisher=|accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref> * ''The Hubble Cantata'' (2016, Paola Prestini, composer; Royce Vavrek, librettist)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/6000-person-orion-nebula-vr-brooklyn/|title=A 6,000-Person Tour of the Orion Nebula Lands in Brooklyn|date=25 July 2016|publisher=|access-date=27 October 2017}}</ref>
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