The New York Opera Festival will open with its annual Kick-Off Event and NYOA Service Awards. The event, which will take place on April 29 will be broadcast on newyorkoperafest.org and Facebook.com/NYOperaFest. During the event, participants of the festival will showcase live and pre-recorded performances. Additionally, the NYOA will celebrate the life and honor the memory of Antoine Hodge as {…}
(photo credit: Divaria Productions) While both Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau were members of France’s infamous group Les Six, Poulenc first associated with Cocteau as an admirer of his work. And it was not until 30 years later, when Jean Cocteau’s play “La voix humaine,” written in 1928, became the libretto of Francis Poulenc’s 1958 one-act opera. Poulenc kept the {…}
The New York Opera Fest 2019 kicked off on Monday, April 29 and for the next several weeks, New Yorkers will get ample opportunity to enjoy opera in a variety of unique ways. As has been OperaWire’s tradition over the years, we have reached out to a number of the companies participating in the festival and have asked them a {…}
The New York Opera Fest 2019 kicked off on Monday, April 29 and for the next several weeks, New Yorkers will get ample opportunity to enjoy opera in a variety of unique ways. As has been OperaWire’s tradition over the years, we have reached out to a number of the companies participating in the festival and have asked them a {…}
The New York Opera Fest 2019 kicked off on Monday, April 29 and for the next several weeks, New Yorkers will get ample opportunity to enjoy opera in a variety of unique ways. As has been OperaWire’s tradition over the years, we have reached out to a number of the companies participating in the festival and have asked them a {…}
The New York Opera Festival 2019 officially launched with a preview concert on Monday, April 29 at The National Opera Center. The event featured a wide range of performances and also took the time to honor a major figure in the opera world as the recipient of the 2019 NYOA Service Award. Things kicked off with a performance of “Udiste?” {…}
The New York Opera Alliance will honor Ira Siff during its kickoff for the 2019 New York Opera Festival on April 29, 2019. Siff has bee a major personage in the opera world throughout the past few decades. In addition to being an insightful commentator of the Met Opera’s Saturday afternoon broadcasts, he has worked as a performer, director, teacher, {…}
Arguably the biggest New York City opera event of the summer is the New York Opera Festival, which will be entering its fourth iteration this summer. The beauty of the festival is that it features a plethora of major companies coming together to express themselves through opera. This has not changed in 2019, which features performances throughout May and June. {…}