Steal a Pencil for Me CD released on Sono Luminus label
A recording of the “Steal a Pencil for Me” opera, by composer Gerald Cohen and librettist Deborah Brevoort, will be released on the Sono Luminus record label on August 23, [...]
Deborah approved for Fulbright Specialist residency in South Korea
WASHINGTON DC/SEOUL S. KOREA. The US Fulbright commission has approved a residency in South Korea for Fulbright Specialist Deborah Brevoort. Deborah will lead a month-long opera writing workshop for selected [...]
Deborah joins mentor team at the Seattle Opera
SEATTLE, WA. Deborah will serve as a Librettist Mentor to the Seattle Opera’s 2024- 25 Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab, with composers Laura Kaminsky and Zach Redler and librettist Jerre [...]
Deborah is appointed as a Fulbright Specialist by US. State Dept.
WASHINGTON DC; February 9, 2024. The US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and World Learning has placed Deborah Brevoort on the Fulbright Specialist Roster for [...]
No Passport Press pubishes 2nd edition of The Women of Lockerbie & The Comfort Team
April 2024: The second edition of Deborah’s two-play volume was released by No Passport Press featuring original cover artwork by Roberta Levitow.
OPERA America Awards Deborah the Campbell Opera Librettist Prize.
June 30, 2023 (New York) — OPERA America is pleased to announce the 2023 Campbell Opera Librettist Prize recipient, Deborah Brevoort. Conceived and funded by acclaimed librettist and lyricist Mark Campbell, the Prize is [...]
Deborah is the Librettist Mentor for WNO’s 2023 AOI project
MARCH 2023; WASHINGTON DC. Deborah will serve as the 2023 Librettist Mentor to Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative at the Kennedy Center, with Kamala Sankaram who will serve as [...]
THE KNOCK to have stage premiere at Cincinnati Opera in 2023
Cincinnati Opera’s 2023 Summer Festival will present favorite works while also elevating new voices and fresh perspectives, said artistic director Evans Mirageas. Next summer, four productions will be mounted in [...]
QUAMINO’S MAP to premiere at Chicago Opera Theater in 2022
CHICAGO, IL: Chicago Opera Theater (COT) announced their 2021 season today. Included in the lineup is QUAMINO’S MAP, a new full-length opera commissioned by COT, with a libretto by Deborah [...]
MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT will be opening production at Ford’s Theatre after the pandemic
WASHINGTON, DC: In-person performances begin this October with MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT by Deborah Brevoort. Based on true events, MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT explores the real-life friendship between [...]
THE KNOCK is commissioned by the Glimmerglass Festival for a 2021 premiere
COOPERSTOWN, NY: The Glimmerglass Festival, the summer opera and musical theater festival in Cooperstown, New York, has announced plans for the summer of 2021 in the wake of its 2020 [...]
Deborah invited to join Playwright’s Collective at Florida Studio Theatre
SARASOTA, FLA.: Florida Studio Theatre (FST) has named seven new members to its Playwrights Collective, a coalition of writers dedicated to creating new works for FST’s stages. The selected writers [...]
