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Robert Ward Receives Nation's
Highest Award in Opera
In June, 2011, National Endowment for the Arts chairman
Rocco Landesman announced that Robert Ward would receive NEA Opera
Rocco Landesman announced that Robert Ward would receive NEA Opera
Honors Award at a ceremony and concert the Sidney Hartman Center for
the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. This is the highest award the people and the government of the United States can bestow for achievement in opera.
Mr. Ward received this award along with three other designees: John Conklin (stage designer), Speight Jenkins (general director), and Risë Stevens (mezzo-soprano).
Past honorees include Carlisle Floyd, Philip Glass, John Adams, James Levine, Julius Rudel, Marilyn Horne, and Leontyne Price.
NEA Opera Honors recipients are nominated by the public and chosen by an NEA-convened panel of opera experts.
To see an interview with Robert Ward about his life and music please click on the following
link:
To see an interview with Dr. Robert Kolt on Robert Ward's opera, The Crucible, please click on the following link:
To see the awards ceremony in its entirety please click on the following link:
And see the NEA website at: www.arts.gov for further information.
