SEATTLE: Seattle Opera announced today that composer Laura Kaminsky and librettist Deborah Brevoort have been named Creative Directors of the company’s new-works incubator program, the Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab. Kaminsky and Brevoort, who both previously served as Creation Lab mentors, will redesign the Creation Lab curriculum and serve as mentors for up-and-coming composers and librettists looking to tell diverse and innovative stories on the opera stage.
Established in 2020, the Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab seeks to cultivate emerging opera composers and librettists from the Pacific Northwest. Over the course of an 18-month program, three composer-librettist teams will learn the craft of collaborative writing for the opera stage, receiving support from professional composers and librettists as they develop their work. The program culminates in the presentation of new, 20-minute works at the Opera Center in March 2028. Previous projects have received subsequent performances at companies such as Kitsap Opera and Lowbrow Opera Collective.
“We are very excited for Laura and Deborah to spearhead this program,” said Lōkela Alexander Minami, Co-Director of Programs & Partnerships, Community Engagement. “They are not only leaders in the field, but also experienced instructors with deep connections to the Pacific Northwest. Under their guidance, we have sharpened and expanded this training program, and we can’t wait to see how the next cohort of participants will bring the innovative spirit of the region to bear on this powerfully expressive and adaptable art form of opera.”
For more information: https://www.seattleopera.org/about/creation-lab/
