The New York City Opera has announced its 2019-20 season. The season opens in September with a concert that will celebrate the company’s 75th anniversary season. This concert will be presented free to audiences at Bryant Park and will showcase scenes and arias from many of the company’s legendary productions. Performance Date: Sept. 9, 2019 The company will then continue {…}
As we get toward the end of Pride Month, the New York City Opera will premiere a major opera. But that doesn’t mean that there are not a number of other important works on display. Here is a rundown of our top picks for the operas to see this weekend (in alphabetical order by company). Stonewall – New York City {…}
It was March of 2018 and New York City Opera General Manager Michael Capasso wanted to make a big statement with his 2019 season. The 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots would take place in 2019 and it was the perfect opportunity for New York City Opera, which has championed operas about the LGBTQ+ community over the last few years, {…}
(Credit: Joe Ritter, courtesy of Utopia Opera) This week Iain Bell and Mark Campbell’s new opera “Stonewall” makes its world premiere at the New York City Opera, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Riots at the Stonewall Inn. The opera has a particular significance as it will continue the New York City Opera’s annual pride initiative by showcasing operas with LGBT themes. {…}
“As One” has become one of the major works of American opera in the 21st century. The work has been the most produced new opera in North America since its debut in September of 2014 and its revival by the New York City Opera this summer bears out why. The work, created by composer Laura Kaminsky and librettist Mark Campbell {…}
This week’s picks center on a lot of rare operas by many of the top independent opera companies around the U.S. Here are the best operas to kick off your summer with. Soldier Songs – Alamo City Opera David T. Little’s “Soldier Songs” is gaining increased popularity and audiences will get a chance to see why on Saturday and Sunday. {…}
The New York City Opera has announced it will bring back Bryant Park’s highly popular free summer performing arts series. The popular series will present three concert performances showcasing two popular operas and one concert celebrating pride month. The series opens with Puccini’s “La Bohème” with stars of New York City Opera. Performance Date: May 20, 2019 The second concert in {…}
The New York City Opera has announced casting for its upcoming world-premiere production of Iain Bell and Mark Campbell’s “Stonewall.” The new opera will feature Andrew Bidlack, Liz Bouk as Sarah, Lisa Chavez as Maggie, Michael Corvino, Jessica Fishenfeld, Marc Heller as Larry, Brian James Myer as Carlos, and Jordan Weatherston Pitts as Renata. Leonard Foglia will direct, and Carolyn {…}
The return to New York of Aprile Millo, on an unbelievably frigid night, was both recital and celebration, where the packed-house audience soon forgot their shivers, radiating so much warmth towards the artist on stage. Millo’s highly anticipated recital – produced by the always-interesting New York City Opera — was her first concert in the city in nearly a decade. {…}
Internationally renowned soprano Aprile Millo returns to New York on January 30, 2019 for a highly anticipated recital with the New York City Opera. This performance marks her first concert in the city in nearly a decade. Accompanied by Inseon Lee on piano, Millo will perform a wide-ranging program consisting of songs by Bellini, Tosti, Liszt, Donaudy, Rachmaninoff, and Wagner, as {…}
On Jan. 9, 2019, the New York City Opera proudly presented the 35th world premiere in the company’s history, Ted and Lesley Rosenthal’s “Dear Erich,” at the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. The jazz opera tells the story of Erich, a young man who emigrates the United States right as Hitler rises to power in {…}
