BMP: SONGBOOK
FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
The BMP: Songbook is the first album release from acclaimed opera producer Beth Morrison, celebrating 20 years of Beth Morrison Projects.
Best Classical Compendium
BMP Songbook: Volume I highlights arias by leading female composers from operas commissioned and produced by BMP, including Missy Mazzoli’s shimmering soundscapes, Kamala Sankaram’s stirring textures, and Paola Prestini’s immersive melodic landscapes.
Best Historical Album
The BMP: Songbook Volume II charts BMP’s history and legacy, with arias ranging from David T. Little’s rock-opera fusion to Nico Muhly’s sensitive minimalism to Du Yun’s explosive energy and more capturing the range of voices that define BMP’s first 20 years.
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ABOUT Beth Morrison Projects:
Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) is the foremost creator and producer of new opera and music-theatre, with a fierce commitment to telling the stories of our time, cultivating a new generation of talent, and collaborating with them to lead the field into a more inclusive, innovative, and relevant future.
Founded in 2006 by “contemporary opera mastermind” (LA Times) Beth Morrison, who was honored as one of Musical America’s Artists of the Year/Agents of Change, BMP now operates across the US and internationally, with offices in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, and is “a driving force behind America’s thriving opera scene” (Financial Times), with Opera News declaring that the company, “more than any other… has helped propel the art form into the twenty-first century.”
BMP has commissioned, developed, produced, and toured over 65 works in 15 countries around the world, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning chamber operas Angel’s Bone (Du Yun/Royce Vavrek) and p r i s m (Ellen Reid/Roxie Perkins) and GRAMMY™-nominated Black Lodge (David T. Little/Anne Waldman), with performances at prestigious venues and festivals such as Brooklyn Academy of Music, LA Opera, REDCAT, Edinburgh International Festival, Walt Disney Hall, The Barbican, Lincoln Center, The Walker Art Center, The Beijing Music Festival, New Visions Arts Festival, The Holland Festival, O Festival Rotterdam, and more.
