Encompass New Opera Theatre
138 S. Oxford Street, Suite 1A
Brooklyn, NY 11217
718.398.4675 tel.
718.398.4684 fax
encompassopera@yahoo.com
Nancy Rhodes
Artistic Director
Mara Waldman
Music Director
Spring Gala!
May 18th Encompass Honors Composer
Jerry Bock!
Touring available for a Gertrude Stein musical trilogy. Click here for more information
"The most distinctive music heard all season."
—USA Today (for Only Heaven)
"An inventive and most pleasing triple bill."
—The New York Times (for Miss Havisham's Wedding Night, Ocean Dream, and I Will Wait)
"[Nancy] Rhodes is one of the most inventive directors of the theatre."
—The (Bergen) Record (for Elizabeth and Essex)
Encompass New Opera Theatre is dedicated to creating, developing and producing imaginative productions of new music theatre and contemporary opera. Striving to discover and nurture emerging artists, premiere groundbreaking new productions, and revive important 20th century operas by outstanding American and international composers, Encompass has produced over 50 fully-mounted operas with orchestra and staged readings of more than 150 new works, from jazz and cabaret to musicals and opera.
Company productions represent a vast tapestry of American voices and genres, garnering a reputation for creative process, quality performances and artistic passion. Encompass plays a vital role in the cultural landscape by:
- Creating an arts incubator for new composers and librettists;
- Keeping 20th and 21st century American opera alive with fresh, new productions;
- Nurturing American singers from diverse backgrounds;
- Creating cross-cultural music theatre collaborations;
- Providing international exposure for contemporary American opera;
- Developing new audiences for music theatre and opera.
| Encompass New
Opera Theatre Board of Trustees 2007 Barbara Bliss, co-Chair Bettye Martin Musham, co-Chair Nancy Rhodes, President Barbara G. Eubanks, Secretary Lester Wigler, Treasurer Jane Clegg Harriet Slaughter |
| Encompass Advisory Board Sheldon Harnick, co-Chair John Kander, co-Chair |
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Suzy
Bassani
Michael Bawtree Jack Beeson Martha Coigney Roberta Cooper Pamela Drexel Ulla-Britt Edberg Gene Feist Justin Ferate Raymond L. Forsythe Jack Gaughan Michael Gill Ricky Ian Gordon Carolyn F. Hellman Lee Hoiby O. Alden James, Jr. Sharon Kanach |
Sturla Sturlason Large
June LeBell Tania Leon Robert E. Levy, Esq. David Lloyd Dr. Hellmuth Matiasek Kirke Mechem Louis Newman Dorothy Olim Sally Ordway Murray Rosenthal Stephen Sondheim Guy Stern A. Joseph Tandet, Esq. Edward Thomas Keith Turnbull Robert Ward |
Encompass Founding Advisory Board Jean Dalrymple (1902-1998) |
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has generously awarded
Encompass New Opera Theatre a coveted Access to Artistic Excellence
grant for The Theory of Everything.
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138 South Oxford Street • Suite 1A • Brooklyn, NY 11217
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