Bryant Park Picnic Performances has announced the 2024 season which will feature the New York City Opera. “Picnic Performances aims to make New York City’s extraordinary arts and culture accessible to everyone,” Dan Fishman, Bryant Park’s Vice President of Programming told OperaWire. “Take any means of public transportation, grab a free blanket, and enjoy world-class artists. Without the barriers of {…}
The New York City Opera is set to conclude its Bryant Park summer series with Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet” on Sept. 8, 2023. The opera will be conducted by Maestro Joseph Rescigno and accompanied by members of the City Opera Orchestra. Shayna Leahy will direct the production which will star Victor Starsky, Joanna Mongiardo, Alex Boyd, Amy Maude Helfer, Drew Seigla, {…}
New York City Opera’s Bryant Park summer series is set to continue with “From Vienna to Broadway!” The concert will feature a charming review of songs, duets, and ensembles that takes the audience on a musical journey through the 20th century. Among the composers featured in the concert will be Lehar, Sondheim, Herbert, Romberg, Gershwin, Loesser, and Bernstein. In a {…}
New York City Opera’s Bryant Park summer series is set to continue with Tenor Alessandro Lora in Concert on August 19. Tenor Alessandro Lora will perform a concert of diverse Italian repertoire including folk, popular, and traditional Neapolitan songs alongside operatic favorites. The concert will feature the New York City Opera Orchestra led by two conductors, Maurizio Barbacini and Diego {…}
The New York City Opera’s Bryant Park summer series is set to continue Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” on August 18, 2023. The production will be fully staged and is set to feature members of the New York City Opera Orchestra. In a statement, General Director Michael Capasso said, “We are delighted to return as a part Bryant Park Picnic Performances {…}
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 {…}