The New York City Opera is gearing up for its 2019 production of “Stonewall” by asking for support via Patreon. “Today we are launching a campaign via Patreon allowing you to commit to a monthly gift in support of Stonewall. You can even choose which part of the opera you would like to support— from production elements like lighting, set {…}
The New York City Opera has announced its first two operas for the 2018-19 Season. The season is set to include a world premiere and a modern classic that will be directed by Francesca Zambello. The company will announce the rest of the lineup in the company weeks. Productions The New York City Opera opens its 75thAnniversary with Francesca Zambello’s production {…}
This review is for the performance on June 3, 2018. It’s quite often that operas, great and otherwise, have been adapted from, what we’d call today, other media. Whether plays or novels, it was standard practice for composers such as Verdi, Puccini and even Wagner to repurpose story and characters for the operatic stage. And there are so many impressive {…}
With Memorial Day Weekend now past, more opera companies are back in business. This weekend’s offerings feature a wide range of repertoire, including two major continental premieres. Here are our recommendations (in alphabetical order by company). La Favorita – New Amsterdam Opera The New Amsterdam Opera showcases a rare performance of Donizetti’s “La Favorite,” which will be dedicated to the {…}
The 2017-18 season comes to an end. Now what do you do? Or more like where do you go? Opera lovers know that there are a plethora of festivals to check out, but many are distant from their own traditional opera companies and it can turn into a challenge trying to figure out where to fly out to in the {…}
One thing I can say, with assurance, about the newly revived New York City Opera’s programming is…that it is anything but the expected. Productions such as the recent “Delores Claiborne” and “Cruzar la Cara de la Luna,” all reviewed by me for Operawire, could not have been more different. But they all share an excitement and vision that is breathing new, creative {…}
To begin, I’m not sure I can – in mere words – really convey the experience of seeing the New York City Opera’s production of “Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (To Cross the Face of the Moon).” I will, of course, attempt to do just that, but when a musical experience is both sui generis and yet – and {…}
Last week was rife with modern opera in our top five works to see during the weekend. And this weekend will be no different with a number of companies experimenting and promoting new music. Cruzar la Cara de la Luna – New York City Opera The New York City Opera brings the world’s first-ever mariachi opera to its stage this {…}
The New York City Opera, an institution that had been at the heart of New York City’s opera culture was dead. Its fate was unknown. That’s when Michael Capasso stepped in. He had already worked extensively as a stage director and had even founded his own company, the Dicapo Opera Theatre in 1981. So he was not new to taking {…}
The New York City Opera will showcase the mariachi opera “Cruzar La Cara de La Luna” this weekend. It will be the New York Premiere of the opera by Jose “Pepe” Martinez. The libretto for the work is by Leonard Foglia. The opera will get its first performance on Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. with subsequent performances due on the {…}
Director and actor Frank Corsaro has died at the age of 92. Corsaro was known as both an opera and Broadway director as well as his work at the New York City Opera, where he was a lead figure. Among the productions that he was recognized for were Prokofiev’s “The Fiery Angel,” Verdi’s “La Traviata,” which starred Patricia Brooks and {…}