Which comes first - the words or the music? Discover the answer to that age old question and more at our upcoming panel on collaboration among opera writers! Are you a playwright or musical theatre writer who wants to learn how to write an opera?
Join us for webinar examining how collaboration works between an opera librettist and an opera composer! Discover how to navigate the collaboration process, who decides the idea for the story, and how collaborating on an opera differs from collaborating on a new musical. You'll also learn how to find a collaborator, why you should sign a collaboration agreement, what your standard billing credit should be, and more.
Host: Joan Ross Sorkin (Librettist)
Moderator: David Simpatico (Librettist)
Panelists: Deborah Brevoort (Librettist), David Johnston (Librettist), John de los Santos (Composer/Librettist)
This event is part of the Guild's ongoing “Credit the Librettist” campaign. After all, if there is no librettist, then there is no opera.
Operatunity! How to Create an Opera is a new series of conversations about the art, craft, and business of creating opera!
It can feel lonely to make opera; sometimes, it's hard to find resources, career training opportunities, craft development tools, or chances to connect with kindred spirits. Nevertheless, there is new opera being made all over the country, by people who are fascinated by such an emotional, powerful method of storytelling. If you are one of those opera writers, you are not alone. You are part of a community of librettists and composers, and your Guild is here for you.
This virtual event will be archived on the DG website, so that it can continue to be an ongoing resource for opera makers.