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Q & A: Composers Amy Beth Kirsten & Jeremy Beck on Their Unique Double for City Lyric Opera

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On May 15, City Lyric Opera will premiere a unique double bill. The two chamber operas, “Black Water,” by Jeremy Beck, and “Savior” by Amy Beth Kirsten, explore female agency across time. “Black Water” is an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ novella of the same name, while “Savior” takes on the story of Joan of Arc from a contemporary lens. {…}

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City Lyric Opera to Present a New Double Bill

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City Lyric Opera is set to present “Black Water” by Jeremy Beck and “Savior” by Amy Beth Kirsten. The double bill of chamber operas interrogates female agency across time and will run between May 15 and 18, 2025 at the Frank Shiner Theater in the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture. Both operas were selected through CLO’s artist submission-based model—an {…}

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City Lyric Opera of New York Cancels Baroque Festival Due to Lack of Federal Funding

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The City Lyric Opera of New York has canceled its Baroque Festival scheduled for March 6 through 8, 2025. The cancelation was due to Federal funding from the NEA that was never received. Mezzo-soprano Michaela Wright who was set to perform took to social media and said, “I feel it’s time to finally share that my upcoming baroque recital for {…}

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City Lyric Opera & MABC to Present Eugenia Forteza in ‘Con Fuoco’

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City Lyric Opera and Madison Avenue Baptist Church (MABC) are set to present “Con fuoco” starring mezzo-soprano Eugenia Forteza and guitarist Federico Diaz. This concert celebrates Hispanic and Latin American heritage with iconic songs from Spain, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and Brazil, along with lesser-known works. Forteza and Argentine guitarist Federico Diaz will perform works by Manuel de Falla, Heitor Villa- {…}

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Zuly Inirio, Eugenia Forteza, Olivia Greene, Rachelle Pike, Makayla McDonald, James Brown Headline City Lyric Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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New York’s City Lyric Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. First up is “¡Tumbao! A Celebration of Afro-Latin Music” starring soprano Zuly Inirio. She is joined by pianist Amaury Morales and percussionist Hugo Cruz. Performance Dates: Sept. 26 & 28, 2024 Next up is “Con Fuoco: A Latin American and Iberian Music Concert for Mezzo-Soprano and Guitar” featuring Eugenia Forteza and {…}

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City Lyric Opera Unveils 2024 Spring Season

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City Lyric Opera has announced its Spring 2024 season. First up is “Lifting Voices” featuring soprano Amanda Simms. The program features music by Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov and Black composer HT Burleigh. Performance Date: Jan. 27, 2024 Next up is “The Languages of Love,” featuring baritone Sejin Park and pianist Hyemin Jeong. Performance Date: Feb. 10, 2024 Sopranos Abagael Cheng {…}

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City Lyric Opera to Present ‘La Traviata’

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City Lyric Opera is set to present Verdi’s “La Traviata.” CLO’s Artistic and Music Director Michelle Rofrano helms the production from the podium. Rofrano said, “I grew up listening to and loving Giuseppe Verdi’s operas. Over the years I have grown to realize that although there wasn’t vocabulary for it at the time, Verdi was essentially a feminist. He was {…}

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City Lyric Opera to Showcase NYC Premiere of Lori Laitman & Leah Lax’s ‘Uncovered’

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City Lyric Opera is set to present the New York premiere of “Uncovered” starting on Nov. 16-19, 2022 at the HERE Arts Center. The opera, which features a libretto by Leah Lax based on her memoir “Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home,” was composed by Lori Laitman. The production will be conducted by Jackson McKinnon and {…}

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City Lyric Opera to Present ‘Uncovered’

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City Lyric Opera will present the New York premiere of Lori Laitman’s new opera “Uncovered.” The work, which is based on Leah Lax’s groundbreaking memoir “Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home,” will be performed at HERE Arts Center from Nov. 16-19, 2022. The production will be conducted by Jackson McKinnon and directed by Beth Greenberg. Soprano {…}