Amore Opera is set to make its return to the stage with Puccini’s “La Bohème” this April. The performances, which are scheduled for April 28 through May 6, 2023 will take place at West Park Presbyterian Church on W 86th Street and Amsterdam Ave. The opera will have three separate casts, accompanied by an orchestra, adult and children’s chorus. The opera {…}
(Credit: Amore Opera) Nathan Hull, the artistic director of Amore Opera in New York, has passed away. Hull, a baritone and stage director became the Artistic Director of the company when it was created in 2009 from the ashes of the Amato Opera Company. Hull frequently performed with the Amato Opera and was well known for taking risks with Amore {…}
Amore Opera will continue its 2018-19 season with a rare Meyerbeer opera and a classic Mozart opera at the Riverside Theatre in Riverside Church on Claremont Ave in New York, NY. The company will present four performances, directed by Nathan Hull, of Giacomo Meyerbeer’s long-forgotten comedy “Dinorah,” with the original French libretto. The opera was last fully-staged at the Metropolitan Opera {…}
The Amore Opera has announced its 2018-19 season celebrating its 10th anniversary. This year the company will perform six productions that include opera classics, neglected gems of the repertoire, appealing children’s fare, and ever-popular Gilbert & Sullivan. Here is a look at what the season has to offer. Productions The season opens with Puccini’s “La Bohème” in a production co-directed {…}
This review is for the performance on Saturday, May 26, 2018. Within the intimate space of the Riverside Theatre, Amore Opera’s production of “La Traviata” brought to the surface comedic moments hidden within Francesco Maria Piave’s libretto. While this work is not one I normally would expect humor from, this approach added to the emotional investment in the audience, as {…}
The Amore Opera has announced its winter season which will close 2017. The company will celebrate the holiday season with Rossini’s comic “The Barber of Seville” and Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Scrooge.” “The Barber of Seville” opens on Dec. 22 with performances running through New Year’s Eve. The final presentation will also include a dinner. In total there will be eight showings {…}
Hidden within the Riverside Church on Clairemont avenue is the Riverside Theatre, this is where the production company Amore Opera has set the stage for its production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” Just as the opera itself grapples with love, jealousy, and what lies beneath the surface of facades, Amore Opera’s production has faithfully upheld these themes through the artistry of the {…}
Amore Opera will kick off its 10th season with two distinct works. The season opens on Oct. 20 with Puccini’s “Tosca” at the Riverside Theater on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The production will be conducted by Richard Cordova and directed by Artistic Director Nathan Hull. ”Tosca” will be presented eight times in the season with the final performance on Oct. {…}
Does experimentation work? That is a question most artists ask in a time when the art world is insecure and ticket buyers are disappearing. However, for smaller opera companies, that seems to be their means of thriving, and this week Amore Opera will take a stab at experimenting with an unknown work, Donizetti’s rarely performed “La Zingara.” “We want to {…}
Amore Opera has just announced its next two opera productions for May and June with gypsies dominating their thematic material. The company’s main website revealed that Bizet’s “Carmen” and Donizetti’s “La Zingara” would be taking the stage to close out the 2017-18 season. The former work is one of the best known in the entire repertoire while the latter is {…}
New Years weekend will not be particularly active in the American opera scene. Only three major companies will make their respective presences felt as the calendar turns from 2016 to 2017. The Metropolitan Opera will continue its full slate of operas, showcasing three works to end the year. There will be two performances given on Friday, December 30. At 12 {…}