Hailed as “one of the most significant music events of the year” by D Magazine, Fort Worth Opera’s Frontiers showcase has
yielded numerous regional and world premieres since its inception. Commissioned by the American Lyric Theater, Patrick Soluri
and Deborah Brevoort’s macabre, Edgar Allan Poe-inspired opera Embedded (Frontiers 2013) appeared during FWOpera’s
2016 Festival. This past season, Matthew Peterson and Jason Zencka’s critically-acclaimed, true crime opera Voir Dire (Frontiers
2014) proved to be a highlight of the company’s 2017 Festival.
Beyond North Texas, Robert Paterson and David Cote’s trio of comic, one-act operas, Three Way, premiered at Nashville Opera
and BAM Fisher in 2017, and Opera Colorado will present the world premiere of Gerald Cohen and Deborah Brevoort’s true-life
WWII romance, Steal a Pencil for Me (Frontiers 2016) during their 2018 season. Griffin Candey and Thom Miller’s delectable
dark comedy, Sweets by Kate (Frontiers 2017), will receive its NYC premiere at the legendary Stonewall Inn in July of 2017 with
OperaRox Productions. In January of this year, Clint Borzoni and John de los Santos’ erotic opera, When Adonis Calls (Frontiers
2015), was staged as part of Opera America’s 2017 New Works Forum.