The New York Opera Alliance will honor Ira Siff during its kickoff for the 2019 New York Opera Festival on April 29, 2019.

Siff has bee a major personage in the opera world throughout the past few decades. In addition to being an insightful commentator of the Met Opera’s Saturday afternoon broadcasts, he has worked as a performer, director, teacher, and artistic director of La Gran Scena, which was launched in 1981. He will become the fourth person honored by NYOA, following Fred Plotkin, Anne Midgette, and Lauren Flanigan.

The event, which kicks off at 6:30 p.m. at the National Opera Center, will also feature performances by such organizations as the little OPERA theatre of ny, Hunter Opera Theater, City Lyric Opera, Divaria Productions, Regina Opera Company, Rhymes With Opera, and Vertical Players Repertory.