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News, Season Announcement

Bronx Opera Announces 2026 Season

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The Bronx Opera has announced its 2026 program. The first opera of the season will be Mozart’s “Idomeneo,” which will be sung in English. The opera stars Emma Robertson, James Danner, Miastasha Gonzalez-Colon, Samantha Long, Matthew Youngblood, Rashard Deleston, Gordon Blodgett, Zachary Tirgan, James Cottone, Vianca Alejandra, and Caitlin Caruso Dobbs. Performance Dates: Feb. 12 & 14, 2026 The second {…}

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Bronx Opera to Present Humperdinck’s ‘Hansel and Gretel’

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The Bronx Opera is set to present Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel.” The work will be shown on Jan. 31 and Feb. 2 at the Lovinger Theater/Lehman College in The Bronx. The work will be conducted by conductor Michael Spierman. The opera will be sung in English When Humperdinck composed the work he described it as a Marchenoper (fairy-tale opera) and {…}

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Bronx Opera to Present ‘Iolanthe’ or ‘The Peer and the Peri’

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Bronx Opera is set to present Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Iolanthe” or “The Peer and the Peri.” The production will star Vanessa Aldrich, Brian J. Alvardo, Justin Chandler Baptiste, Alexandra Cirile, Jasmine Collins, Anchal Indu Dhir, Kayla Faccilongo, Miastasha Gonzalez-Colon, Emily Hughs, Muir Ingliss, Alonso Jorden Lopez, Marieke de Koker, Francesca Lionetta, Barbee Monk, Michael Nunsel, Michael Niemann, Jonathan Fox Powers, {…}

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Bronx Opera to Present Double Bill of ‘Il Signor Bruschino’ & ‘Gianni Schicchi’

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Bronx Opera will present a double bill of “Il Signor Bruschino” and “Gianni Schicchi” this February. The double bill opens on Feb. 3, 2024 and runs for four performances through Feb. 11, 2024. The two operas star Michael Niemann, Erik Werner, Nicholas Skotzko, Justin Ramm-Damron, Nicholas LaGesse, Bryan McClary, Matthew Youngblood, James Danner, James Mancuso, Henry Horstmann, Brian Alvarado, Hart {…}

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Bronx Opera to Showcase Poulenc’s ‘Dialogues of the Carmelites’

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The Bronx Opera will showcase four performances of Poulenc’s “Dialogues of the Carmelites,” with music and libretto by Francis Poulenc on May 6 through 14, 2023 at the Lovinger Theatre, Lehman College. The opera production will star Barbee Monk, Alina Tamborini, Hannah Spierman, Michelle Trovato, Annie Chester, Caroline Tye, Tiernan Elizabeth Chase, Sarah Daniels, Zachary Tirgan, Georgina Wu, Jenna Stewart, {…}

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Bronx Opera to Present Weill & Ira Gershwin’s ‘Lady in the Dark’

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Bronx Opera is set to present “Lady in the Dark” starting on Jan. 28, 2022. The production, which runs through Feb. 5, 2022 at the Lovinger Theatre at Lehman College in New York City, will be conducted by Michael Spierman and Eric Kramer and directed by Eric Lamp and Benjamin Spierman. The role of Liza will be shared by Elizabeth {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Bronx Opera / New York Opera Fest 2019 Review: The Mikado

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Saturday, May 4, 2019, saw the third performance of Bronx Opera’s production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado.” This cherished comedy featured a current-year setting, taking the fictitious city of Titipu and draping it in all the trappings and references of the Trump Administration. While initially uncertain as to how well the work’s themes, text, and music would translate to {…}