PBS has announced that it will start broadcasting Ricky Ian Gordon’s “Intimate Apparel” as part of its Great Performances series. The showcase, which premiered on Sept. 23, 2022 on PBS will also be viewable on the PBS Video App and the company’s official website. The opera, which is set in Manhattan in 1905, follows the story of an African American {…}
Photographer credit: Dario Acosta Mezzo-soprano Krysty Swann is currently performing the role of Mayme in “Intimate Apparel” at Lincoln Center Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. The opera is one of Ricky Ian Gordon’s latest works and features a libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage that is based on her play. The production officially opens on January 31st, after a two-year pause {…}
Ricky Ian Gordon and Lynn Nottage’s “Intimate Apparel” began previews last week in the lead up to its opening at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater on Monday, March 23rd. In anticipation of this work’s arrival, the Guggenheim Works and Process presented highlights of Gordon and Nottage’s individual processes while creating this work, and also brought attention to the importance of collaboration {…}
The Works & Process series will continue with Lincoln Center Theater’s “Intimate Apparel” by Ricky Ian Gordon and Lynn Nottage with Bartlett Sher. The upcoming discussion will go behind the scenes of the new chamber opera based on Lynn Nottage’s popular play “Intimate Apparel,” with music by Ricky Ian Gordon and a libretto by the playwright and directed by Bartlett {…}
Lincoln Center Theater has announced that it will showcase “Intimate Apparel,” a new opera by Ricky Ian Gordon with a libretto by Lynn Nottage. The opera, which will open on March 23, 2020 (previews are set to open on Feb. 27, 2020) will be directed by Bartlett Sher, who has become a staple at the Metropolitan Opera. “Intimate Apparel” follows {…}