Verismo Joins Opera in 21st Century at Banff

June 20, 2019

Verismo Communications founder Beth Stewart serves as guest faculty this week at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, where the Opera in the 21st Century residency is challenging the conventions of opera performance, production, and design.

The stellar faculty, led by Banff Opera Artistic Director Joel Ivany, is comprised of Against the Grain artists and other internationally recognized professionals from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines.

Emerging artists are developing concurrent new works from Paola Prestini & Royce Vavrek and Nicole Lizée. Their work with Beth will include overviews of public relations, media, personal branding, arts entrepreneurship, and arts activism.