AOP (American Opera Projects) and The Phoenix Concerts will co-produce “AOP25: Celebrating Composers & the Voice,” a concert featuring the work of composers and librettists from AOP’s C&V (Composers & the Voice) program, an annual fellowship that trains composers to write for the operatic voice.Phoenix Concerts Artistic Director and C&V alumna (2005-06) Gilda Lyons will be one of the highlighted composers, along with Conrad Cummings, Daniel Felsenfeld, Vivian Fung, and Hannah Lash. The concert coincides with the seventh iteration of C&V and the twenty-fifth anniversary of AOP. Featured singers include soprano Adrienne Danrich (San Francisco Opera, Cincinnati Opera), mezzo-soprano Nicole Mitchell (New York Philharmonic, Sarasota Opera) with Mila Henry on piano. Excerpts from Vivian’s Songs of Childhood will be featured in the concert.
