Past VOX
2009
Armide
Music by Jonathan Dawe, Libretto by Heather Raffo
A Bird in Your Ear
Music by David Bruce, Libretto by Alasdair Middleton
Car Crash Opera
Music by Michaela Eremiášová and Jairo Duarte–López, Libretto by Skip Battaglia
Crescent City
Music by Anne LeBaron, Libretto by Douglas Kearney
Invisible Cities
Music and Libretto by Christopher Cerrone, based on the novel by italo calvino
Katrina Ballads
Music and Libretto by Ted Hearne
Mosheh
Music and Libretto by Yoav Gal
No Easy Walk to Freedom
Music and Libretto by Chandler Carter
The Rat Land
Music by Gordon Beeferman, Libretto by Charlotte Jackson
Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Music and Libretto by Stephen Schwartz
2008
Charlie Crosses the Nation
Music and Libretto by Scott Davenport Richards
Criseyde
Music by Alice Shields, Libretto by Nancy Dean
Dice Thrown
Music and Libretto by John King
Dylan and Caitlin
Music by Robert Manno, Libretto by Gwynne Edwards
Eleni
Music by Cary Ratcliff, Libretto by Cary ratcliff with Robert Koch
Jeanne
Music and Libretto by Justine F. Chen
The Mortal Thoughts of Lady MacBeth
Music by Veronika Krausas, Libretto by Tom Pettit
The Officers
Music and Libretto by Steve Potter
Our Giraffe
Music by Sorrel Hays, Libretto by Charles Flowers
Soldier Songs
Music and Libretto by David T. Little
2007
Airline Icarus
Music by Brian Current, Libretto by Anton Piatigorsky
Crossing the Horizon
Music by Chris Lastovicka, Libretto by E.M. Lauricella
Elegy for a Prince
Music by Sergio Cervetti, Libretto by Elizabeth Esris
Elmer Gantry
Music by Robert Aldridge, Libretto by Herschel Garfein
the endings
Music and Libretto by Jenny Olivia Johnson
The Fisher King
Music and Libretto by Marc Lowenstein
In the Father’s Garden
Music by David Kirtley, Libretto by Mark Kirtley
La Machine de l’être
music by John Zorn
Nannan
music and libretto by Wang Jie
The Rat Land
Music by Gordon Beeferman, Libretto by Charlotte Jackson
Río de Sangre
Music by Don Davis, Libretto by Kate Gale
With Such Friends…
Music by Tom Schnauber, Libretto by Jeff Duncan
2006
Blake
Music by H. Leslie Adams, Libretto by Daniel Mayers
California Fictions
Music and Libretto by Mason Bates
Crescent City
Music by Anne LeBaron, Libretto by Philip Littell
Frau Margot
Music by Thomas Pasatieri, Libretto by Frank Corsaro
Harmony
Music by Robert Carl, Libretto by Russell Banks
A Letter to E. 11th Street
Music by Martin Hennessy, Libretto by Mark Campbell
Leaving Santa Monica
Music and Libretto by Jenny Olivia Johnson
The Maiden Tower
Music and Libretto by Justine F. Chen
Messer Marco Polo
Music by Max Stern, based on the novel by Donn Byrne
Paradises Lost
Music by Stephen Andrew Taylor, Libretto by Kate Gale
Red Azalea
Music by William Kraft, Libretto by Christopher Hawes
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Music and libretto by Herschel Garfein, based on the play by Tom Stoppard
2004
Dream President
Music and Libretto by Jennifer Griffith
Glory Denied
Music and Libretto by Tom Cipullo
Inspiration
Music by Donald Hagar, Libretto by John Burns
Korczak’s Orphans
Music by Adam Silverman, Libretto by Susan Gubernat
Margaret Garner
Music by Richard Danielpour, Libretto by Toni Morrison
The Reverend Jim Jones
Music by John Eaton, Libretto by James Reston, Jr.
Summer and All it Brings
Music by Daniel Felsenfeld, Libretto by Ernest Hilbert
Waking in New York
Music by Elodie Lauten, based on the poetry of allen ginsberg
2003
All Quiet on the Western Front
Music and Libretto by Nancy Van de Vate
The Awakening
Music by James Stepleton, Libretto by Andrew Joffe
Belladonna
Music by Bernard Rands, Libretto by Leslie Dunton-Downer
Borgia Infami
Music by Harold Blumenfeld, Libretto by Charles Kondek
Inferno of Dante: Canto V
Music by Patrick Soluri
Frankenstein
Music by Greg Sandow, Libretto by Thomas M. Disch
The Old Majestic
Music by Robert X. Rodríguez, Libretto by Mary Medrick
Strange Fruit
Music by Chandler Carter, Libretto by Joan Ross Sorkin
Twelfth Night
Music by Joel Feigin, Based on a play by William Shakespeare
Young Caesar
Music by Lou Harrison, Libretto by Robert Gordon
2002
Apollo 14: A Space Opera
Music and Libretto by David Meckler
Della’s Gift
Music by Dan Welcher, Libretto by Paul Woodruff
Dum Dee Tweedle
Music and Libretto by David Del Tredici
The Firmiana Rain
Music and Libretto by May–Tchi Chen
Florida
Music by Randall Eng, Libretto by Donna DiNovelli
Lovers and Friends (Chautauqua Variations)
Music and Libretto by Michael John LaChiusa
Life is a Dream
Music by Lewis Spratlan, Libretto by James Maraniss
Madame Mao
Music by Bright Sheng, Libretto by Colin Graham
Merlin
Music by Ezequiel Viñao, Libretto by Caleb Carr
The Newport Rivals
Music and Libretto by Kirke Mechem
The Rape of the Lock
Music and Libretto by Deborah Mason
2001
All My Sons
Music by James Legg, Based on the play by Arthur Miller
Androcles and the Lion
Music and Libretto by Philip Hagemann
The Cows of Apollo or The Invention of Music
Music by Chris Theofanidis, Libretto by William M. Hoffman
Dreaming of Wonderland
Music and Libretto by Manly Romero
Henry and Clara
Music by Jorge Martin, Libretto by Peter M. Krask
Hit & Run
Music and Libretto by Michael Abels
The Lost Childhood
Music by Janice Hamer, Libretto by Mary Azrael
Lysistrata or The Nude Goddess
Music and Libretto by Mark Adamo
Mrs. Satan
Music by Victoria Bond, libretto by Hilary Bell
to scratch an angel
Music and libretto by Ari Frankel
www.love
Music by Kevin March, libretto by kim yaged
2000
Democracy
Music by Scott Wheeler, Libretto by Romulus Linney
Haroun and The Sea of Stories
Music by Charles Wuorinen, Libretto by James Fenton
The Highway
Music and Libretto by Jeremy Beck
Last Leaf
Music and Libretto by Michael Remson
Muhammad Ali
Music by John Duffy
My Kinsman, Major Molineux
Music by Bruce Saylor, Based on a poem by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nicholas and Alexandra
Music by Deborah Drattell, Libretto by nicholas von hoffman
Romeo and Juliet
Music by Lee Hoiby, adapted by mark shulgasser from the play by william shakespeare
Sacco and Vanzetti
Music and Libretto by Anton Coppola
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Music by Matthew Harris, Based on a novel by Thomas Hardy
The Thief of Love
Music and Libretto by Sheila Silver
With Blood, With Ink
Music by Daniel Crozier, Libretto by Peter M. Krask
1999
Blood on the Dining Room Floor
Music by Jonathan Sheffer, Based on a story by Gertrude Stein
Dora
Music by Melissa Shiflett, Libretto by Nancy Fales Garrett
The Noblest Game
Music by David Diamond, Libretto by Katie Louchheim
Pope Joan: An Operatic Heresy
Music by John Musto, Libretto by Denise Lanctot
Welfare: The Opera
Music by Lenny Pickett
Little Women
Music and Libretto by Mark Adamo
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