The Bryant Park Picnic Performances has announced its 2023 series, which features several performances by the New York City Opera. The series kicks off with the New York City Opera’s “La Bohème” under the musical direction of Joseph Rescigno. Performance Date: June 1, 2023 Next up is “The Barber of Seville,” also by the New York City Opera. Performance Date: {…}
The New York City Opera is set to present “An Evening of Caroling at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryan Park” on Dec. 13, 2022. The concert, which kicks off at 6 p.m., will be led by music director and pianist Kathryn Olander and will feature performances by soprano Kate Fruchterman, mezzo-soprano Elissa Pfaender, tenor Victor Starsky, and bass {…}
The New York City Opera is set to present Romance in Opera on Sept. 12, 2022 at the Wollman Rink in Central Park. The concert, which marks the third of the Wollman Rink concerts, will feature stars of the New York City Opera in arias and ensembles from “La Bohème,” “Tosca,” “La Traviata,” “Roméo et Juliette,” “L’elisir d’amore,” “The Pearl {…}
Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America is set to present the New York City Opera’s fourth and final summer 2022 performance at Bryant Park. The company will showcase a special one-night-only abridged version of Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor.” The production will star soprano Sarah Coburn, tenor WooYoung Yoon, and the bass-baritone Mark Delavan. It will be directed {…}
The New York City Opera is set to present Milestones of American Opera on August 15, 2022, at the Wollman Rink in Central Park. The performance will feature excerpts from American operatic works by Carlisle Floyd, Ricky Ian Gordon, Douglas Moore, Tobias Picker, Robert Ward, and Iain Bell from such operas as “The Ballad of Baby Doe,” “Susannah,” “Emmeline,” “Stonewall,” {…}
The New York City Opera is set to present an abridged version of “La Traviata” at Bryant Park as part of the park’s Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America. The concert will take place on August 12 with Michael Capasso, General Director of New York City Opera, noting “‘The People’s Opera’ is thrilled to return to our summer home {…}
The New York City Opera will celebrate Pride Month with its “Pride in the Park” concert. The evening will be held on June 17, 2022 at as part of Bryant Park Picnic Performances and will feature a diverse program of selections from opera and musical theater sung by Glenn Seven Allen, Chelsea Bonagura, Lauren Hoffmeier, Brian James Myer, Peter Kendall {…}
New York City Opera is set to present a season of four free, live shows for its Park Series in Bryant Park’s Picnic Performances. The company will present one-night-only operas accompanied by live music including “The Barber of Seville,” “La traviata,” “Lucia di Lammermoor,” and a special Pride in the Park performance. The first showcase will be held on May {…}
New York City Opera is set to present a family-friendly version of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” at schools in Great Neck and New York, NY. Performances will be held from May 3-5, 2022 and will feature a whimsical puppet production starring singers from University of California, Santa Barbara’s Opera Theatre Program, dancers and actors from the UCSB Department of Theater {…}
The New York City Opera has postponed its upcoming production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s double bill “The Seven Deadly Sins” & “Mahagonny Songspiel.” The works were originally set to be performed on April 20 through 24, 2022 at the Theater at John Jay College. Kamal Kahn was set to conduct the performances which should have starred Michael Boley, {…}
New York City Opera is set to present a series of family-friendly performances of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” at the Theater at St. Jean’s this May. The showcases, which will both take place on May 8, 2022, will also feature a Q & A with the cast following each performance. No cast was provided on the official press release {…}