Amanda Hollander is a librettist and fiction writer based in Brooklyn. Since completing her Librettist Fellowship with the American Opera Project’s Composers and the Voice Program, 2019-2021, Hollander has been active in the creation of several new operas and song cycles.

more: www.amandahollander.com/about

Peter Kazaras
creative producer

Peter Kazaras was the Director of Opera UCLA (2007-2024) and the Inaugural Susan G. and Michel D. Covel MD Chair at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. A stage director and Professor of Music, he was also Artistic Director of the Seattle Opera Young Artists Program from 2006 to 2013. Earlier in his career, he received worldwide acclaim as an operatic tenor, performing at the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, Vienna, among many others. 

Over the past fifteen years, he directed over twenty productions for Seattle Opera’s main stage and Young Artists Program, plus productions for Opera Cleveland, Madison Opera, Eos Orchestra, Red: {an Orchestra}, the Santa Fe Pro Musica, and festivals at Cabrillo and Caramoor. He directed for educational programs such as Merola at San Francisco Opera Center, the Wolf Trap summer program, the Chautauqua Institute Voice Department, the Academy of Vocal Arts, the Hartt College of Music, and Florida State University. At UCLA he has directed, supervised or produced over twenty-five productions during his tenure.