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Michelle DiBucci joins New York Theatre Workshop’s production of Three Sisters as music director opening Spring 2020.  Directed by Sam Gold and starring Greta Gerwig and Oscar Isaac.                                        Read More…

National Sawdust will host a weeklong workshop of DiBucci’s latest opera, Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup featuring Soprano, Ashley Emerson, and Mezzo-Soprano, Eve Gigliotti. Catch excerpts from the workshop in performance on February 15, 2020.                                        Read more…

CBS Sunday Morning’s David Pogue interviews Michelle DiBucci about what elements in music make scary movies even scarier.                      Read more…

DiBucci’s chamber opera, Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, an unflinching look at the opioid addiction crisis, is being developed at Against The Grain Theatre in Toronto under the direction of Joel Ivany. Upcoming workshops include National Sawdust in Brooklyn and The Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada. Read More…

DiBucci serves as Music Director for the Five Senses Festival, Sacred Music in the Woods. Curated by Edward Bilous and featuring the world renown dance theater, Pilobolus. August 2, 2019. Read More…

Kronos Quartet, in collaboration with visual artist,Trevor Paglen, remount DiBucci’s fanciful arrangement of Powerhouse at Barbican Hall, London on July 11, 2019. Read More…

DiBucci’s ballet-opera, Charlotte Salomon: Der Tod und die Malerin, will be performed in Berlin at the Stiftung Planetarium Berlin on May 2, 2019.  Read More…

Planetarium Bochum features music from DiBucci’s ballet-opera, Charlotte Salomon: Der Tod und die Malerin  synchronized with large-format photo sequences projected on the planetarium dome.                  Read more…

Holland Festival 2018. Kronos Quartet, in collaboration with visual artist,Trevor Paglen, reconstruct DiBucci’s fanciful arrangement of “Powerhouse” at the Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam on June 15, 2018. Read More…

DiBucci’s ballet-opera, Charlotte Salomon: Der Tod und die Malerin will be remounted in Bridget Breiner’s acclaimed production at Musiktheater im Revier.  Performances run from September 29 – October 29, 2017.  Read More…

DiBucci served as Music Director for the live, televised event, In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace: Centennial Commemoration of the U.S. Entry into World War I.  Read More…

Opera America presents excerpts from DiBucci’s ballet-opera, Charlotte Salomon: Der Tod und die Malerin in concert at Town Hall (New York City) on January 13, 2017.  Erik Ochsner, conductor, leads the SONOS Chamber Orchestra with Mezzo-Soprano, Brenda Patterson.  Read More…

Pilobolus Dance Theater remounts On the Nature of Things at Skirball Hall in New York from November 16 – December 2, 2016, featuring music by Michelle DiBucci.  Read More…

DiBucci’s music-theater work, Basetrack Live, hits the road for its 2nd national tour.  Read More…

Faust Prize – DiBucci’s ballet, Charlotte Salomon: Der Tod und die Malerin (Death and the Painter) was awarded the 2015 Faust Prize – Germany’s highest honor awarded to theater and dance.  Co-Creator, Bridget Breiner, won the prize in the category, “Best Choreography”.  Read More…

On October 10th 2015 the Ballet im Revier Gelsenkirchen will revive its highly acclaimed ballet-opera production of Charlotte Salomon: Der Tod und die Malerin (Death and the Painter) by Michelle DiBucci and Bridget Breiner. Performances through November 20thRead More…

New York Times, Charles Isherwood’s Best Theater of 2014.
The New York Times lists Michelle DiBucci’s recent music-theater work, Basetrack Live, as one of the top ten theatrical works of 2014. Read More…

DiBucci’s, Charlotte Salomon: Der Tod und die Malerin, has been nominated for two Faust awards – Germany’s most prestigious theater award. Read More…

On February 14, 2015, DiBucci’s full-length Ballet-Opera, Charlotte Salomon: Der Tod und die Malerin will premiere at Musiktheater im Revier, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Bridget Breiner, choreographer.            Read More…

Michelle DiBucci is the recipient of Opera America Grants for Female Composers, made possible through the generosity of The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. Read More…

DiBucci’s music is featured in the show, Basetrack Live, premiering in New York at the Next Wave Festival at BAM in November 2014 followed by a national tour. Read More…

DiBucci’s score for Pilobous’,  On the Nature of Things, had it’s  NY premiere at the Joyce Theater in July and is currently part of the 2014/15 touring season. Read more...