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, {…}
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 {…}
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, {…}
New York Opera Alliance has announced the new five-borough opera series, which is set to take place between April 20-23, 2023. The series will occur over several days three times a year across all five boroughs. It starts with NYOANext: Bronx, on April 20, with a general audition and singers showcase, emphasizing unrepresented opera singers. On April 22, a matinee of performances {…}
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 {…}
*** Written in collaboration with Francisco Salazar.*** The New York Opera Festival has announced its 2021 lineup, which will take place virtually in light of continued concerns over COVID-19. The New York Opera Fest will present a Kick-Off Event and NYOA Service Awards. The virtual event will feature both live and pre-recorded performances from New York City’s opera companies. In {…}
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 {…}
Arguably the biggest New York City opera event of the summer is the New York Opera Festival, which will be entering its fourth iteration this summer. The beauty of the festival is that it features a plethora of major companies coming together to express themselves through opera. This has not changed in 2019, which features performances throughout May and June. {…}
As we enter the second weekend of January the opera schedule starts to get busier around North America, especially with the Prototype Festival in full swing. Many of those works were in last week’s recommendations and they still stand. But there are other major productions worth considering for your opera enjoyment this weekend (in alphabetical order by company). Stinney – {…}
The New York Opera Fest will feature a launch party on May 1, led by the New York Opera Alliance. Every year, the event features a special guest who is honored. This year’s honoree will be music critic, Anne Midgette, “for her support and championship of independent opera companies and the art form as a whole.” “I’m very honored to {…}
The New York Opera Fest has been announced and it will feature a ton of new productions and performances to behold. The showcase kicks off on May 1, 2018, with an opening night launch at Opera America and runs all the way until June 26. So here is a breakdown of what’s in store for audiences. As has been the {…}