Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble is set to present excerpts for Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” at Isham Park in Inwood, New York City. The showcase, which kicks off on Oct. 9, 2021 at 3 p.m., will star Priscilla Salisbury as Zerbinetta and Minica Niemi as The Prima Donna and Ariadne. Other cast members include James Danner as The Dance Captain, Olivia Ottinger {…}
Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble will continue its current Garden Recital series with “Dreams and Desires” on Saturday, June 26, 2021. The showcase will feature soprano Anna Woiwood and countertenor Robert Colon from Fort Tyron Park in New York City. The showcase will be livestreamed via the company’s official website. Woiwood and Colon will perform music by Hahn, Verdi, Händel, Bellini, Rachmaninoff, {…}
Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble has announced that it will be providing watch parties for several online opera productions starting in August. The company will kick off its watch parties with a presentation of Salieri’s “La Cifra” from a 2018 production directed by Bea Goodwin. Streaming Date: August 8, 2020 Next up will be a production of “Le Nozze di Figaro” from {…}
As so much of the world hunkers down during a pandemic that has shuttered live music venues for the foreseeable future, there’s no better time than now to discover new music. “Off the Beaten Track” highlights an album of note–not necessarily a new recording, but one that has caught my attention as I explore the universe of classical vocal music. {…}
Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble has announced the casts for the two shows which will make up the company’s “Love for Truth” festival in August 2020. Opening the festival on August 21 will be the East Coast premiere of “Juana” by composer Carla Lucero and librettist Alicia Gaspar de Alba. The cast will feature Luisamaria Hernandez in the title role, with Anna {…}
Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble has announced its 2018 summer festival dedicated to works by Mozart and Salieri. Starting on August 11, 2018, and running until August 26, the festival will feature 13 performances of two fully-staged operas, a scenes program, and an intimate recital to be presented in the intimate black-box space of La MaMa Theatre. Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” opens the festival {…}