FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE AMERICAN OPERA PROJECT'S AOPTV ADDS SELECTIONS FROM WWI OPERA IN HONOR OF VETERANS' DAY "LETTERS THAT YOU WILL NOT GET" JOINS RECENT MUSIC VIDEO ADDITIONS "FIRST GLIMPSE 2020" AND "SONGS OF SUFFRAGE," FREE TO THE PUBLIC November 10, 2021 Brooklyn, NY -The American Opera Project's AOPTV free streaming service announces the addition of three music videos of songs from the chamber opera Letters That You Will Not Get: Women's Voices from the Great War that will be available this week beginning November 11, Veterans Day, formerly Armistice Day. The videos were made in early fall of 2020 with the artists self-recording in lockdown, and premiered last year in a series of online events. This will be the first time the videos will be available for free to the public. The chamber opera Letters That You Will Not Get: Women's Voices from the Great War (composer Kirsten Volness, librettists Kate Holland, Susan Werbe) gives voice to American, British, European, Asian, African and Caribbean women affected by war, by setting to music the writings of women in World War I. The work is scored for an all-women ensemble of six singers and string quintet and is set to have its staged world premiere in May 2022 in New York City in a production by AOP. The videos join other recent additions to AOPTV made by the Brooklyn-based organization during the past year including "Songs of Suffrage" - three art songs created to commemorate the 2019 Women's Suffrage Centennial, acknowledging the complex history of the fight for progress - and "First Glimpse 2020," a video album of 20 World Premiere songs created during AOP’s 2019-21 cycle of Composers & the Voice, the groundbreaking fellowship program that has been the starting point for many of today’s most recognized contemporary operas and artists. For more information, including full details on each program and how to watch, visit www.aopopera.org/aop-tv. Information about Letters That You Will Not Get and Composers & the Voice can be found at https://www.aopopera.org/letters and https://www.aopopera.org/composers-voice. AOP received support for the development and pubic presentations of Letters That You Will Not Get: Women's Voices from the Great War from the National Endowment for the Arts "Art Works" program, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and many individuals.

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ABOUT THE AMERICAN OPERA PROJECT Founded in 1988, The American Opera Project (AOP) has been at the forefront of contemporary opera for over 30 years. The Brooklyn-based producing organization commissions, develops and produces music-theatre projects, trains emerging composers and librettists, and creates personal connections within its community. Its works have received critical acclaim at opera companies and venues around the world, establishing a new musical canon that recognizes the operatic story in every life. AOP further expands the operatic field through its training programs The NYU Opera Lab, in partnership with NYU and for students and alumni in The NYU Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, and Composers & the Voice, AOP’s in-house, two-year fellowship program for emerging composers and librettists. Press for AOP: "known for bringing cutting-edge vocal productions to the masses" — New York Magazine "a perfect first exposure to opera." — Time Out NY "Bravo to AOP for supporting such controversial and ultimately important work." — Opera Today "The future of American opera is in good hands." — Opera News Media Contact: Meagan Brus, Director of Marketing and Communications email: mbrus@aopopera.org Press material is available at: www.aopopera.org/press

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