Opera
- William Bolcom – A View from the Bridge
- Deborah Drattell – Festival of Regrets
- Rued Langgaard – Antikrist (composed 1921-30, premiered 1999)
- Daron Hagen – Bandanna
- John Harbison – The Great Gatsby
- Nicholas Lens – The Accacha Chronicles Trilogy: Terra Terra – The Aquarius Era
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