As part of the New York Opera Fest, Rhymes with Opera will present “Coping Mechanisms” on May 19 at 8:00 p.m EDT and then again on May 20 at the same time. The production will take place at the 124 Bank Street Theatre for both nights. This will be the final show of Rhymes With Opera’s (RWO) 2016-2017 season. Founding {…}
New Opera NYC is gearing up to present Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel” in a rare appearance in NYC. According to the company’s official website, the famed work has not appeared on the New York City stage since 1971 when New York City Opera did it last. Interestingly enough, the opera has also always been sung in French and English. However, {…}
Ardea Arts with the University of Kentucky opera theatre are coming together to present, “Bounce: The Basketball Opera Pop-Up Shows” with performances all around New York City basketball courts. The series will start on May 17 and continue every Wednesday up until June 14. Each week the location of the production will change, but all of them start at begin at {…}
This summer the Skylark Opera will present Mozart’s beloved masterpiece “Don Giovanni.” The new production will a site-specific production in collaboration with Angels & Demons Entertainment and will be set during the Prohibition era, circa 1932. The production will feature Don Giovanni as a nefarious owner of the most popular speakeasy in town. The production will take place at the Minneapolis {…}
For just one night, Operamission presents William Bolcolm’s complete “Cabaret Songs” at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre on May 16 at 9:30 p.m. EST. Countertenor Jordan Rutter will sing all 24 of Bolcolm’s and poet Arnold Weinstein’s cabaret songs, while Jennifer Peterson will play the piano. The New York-based opera singer Jordan Rutter made his opera debut in Operamission’s 2016-2017 season when he {…}
SoBe Arts, in collaboration with the Colony Theatre in Miami, has started work on “Tesla” a Multidisciplinary opera about the life, innovations, and explorations of Nikola Tesla. Ideally, by September, the production will be recorded, videotaped, and edited for worldwide distribution. To finish this project, they have started a Kickstarter campaign page titled “TESLA, a Multidisciplinary Opera.” So far they have {…}
This Sunday, Megan Elizabeth Cook will live-stream her capstone recital for her Certificate in Opera! The live-stream will start at 3:00 p.m. CST, and go until 4:30 p.m. The live-stream will be on Facebook and up for the public to watch. Streaming from the DePaul University Concert Hall in Chicago IL, the soprano will begin her repertoire list with Benjamin {…}
The Miller Theatre at Columbia University will be premiering a major opera in 2018. The opera in question is “Proving Up,” which will get its New York Premiere at the Miller Theatre. The work, with a libretto by Royce Vavrek and music by Missy Mazzoli, will appear in September 2018 using Opera Omaha’s production. “Proving Up” will be featured as {…}
Want to know what the collective creative genius of Brooklyn can put together? Then head over to the Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn College on Thursday, May 11, for the Brooklyn College Opera Theater’s production of “Brooklyn Baby!” The opera, which is being billed as a “show within a show” is set up as follows. The characters of John Musto’s “Late {…}
This coming weekend Hunter Opera Theatre will debut two NYC opera premieres, “Fireworks” by Kitty Brazelton and “Lady Bird” by Henry Mollicone at Danny Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College. The performances are slated to take place on May 11 and May 12, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. “Fireworks” is a one-act comedic opera about the Fourth of July. It follows the {…}
New Camerata Opera presents “Peter Rabbit” with music by Gaetano Donizetti and a libretto by Stan Lacy. Debuting on May 13 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, the beloved childhood tale will come to life at the Brooklyn Public Library. The 30-minute performance will feature a question and answer segment afterward, where children can have fun and learn at the same time. {…}