On June 28, 2021, Opera Italiana is in the Air will present a free, outdoor concert which will mark the official reopening of the Naumberg Bandshell in Central Park.

Led by conductor Alvise Casellati, the program will include arias from Italian works, and will be performed by musicians from The Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, and students from Juilliard and the Manhattan School of Music; there will also be a performance of works by 17-year-old Mondriana Villegas from the NY Phil’s Very Young Composers program.

Opera Italiana is in the Air is a cultural non-profit dedicated to making classical music accessible to all audiences. Currently, the organization is collaborating with Memorial Sloan Kettering and its Music Therapy department to present the hospital’s Rising Voices Choir singing the national anthem during the concert.

A live stream of the concert will be made available for all MSK patients and staff members.