On Site Opera is set to present “Il Tabarro” between May 14 – 17, 2023. The company will showcase the opera at the historic lightship Ambrose at the South Street Seaport, making the second time the organization partners with the Seaport Museum. “Il Tabarro” will be conducted by Geoffrey McDonald and will feature guest director Laine Rettmer. The cast will {…}
On Site Opera has announced that co-founder and General and Artistic Director Eric Einhorn will departing the company at the end of 2023. After its founding in 2012, On Site Opera quickly became a leader of presenting the art form in nontraditional venues, putting together more than 20 productions, three world premieres, and numerous U.S. and New York premieres. Einhorn {…}
On December 8, 2022, On Site Opera will present its acclaimed, holiday production of Gian Carlo Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” following a three-year hiatus. This site-specific staging will be held at the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, and is presented in partnership with Breaking Ground, New York’s largest provider of supportive housing. The performances will feature a community choir {…}
On Site Opera will celebrate its 10 anniversary with a special gala on Oct. 19, 2022. The event, which will take place at the Museum of the City of New York, will honor Founding President Emerita Jan A. Gross while also featuring numerous pop-up performances. Audiences will be invited to walk through three gallery spaces. In the Central Gallery, audiences {…}
On Site Opera is set to present a free walking tour in celebration of its 10-year anniversary. Entitled “Discover the Decade,” the 23-mile stroll allows audiences a self-guided tour through the company’s numerous production at the Bronx Zoo, the Prince George Ballroom, The Cotton Club, the American Museum of Natural history, and the Wavertree at the South Street Seaport, among {…}
On June 14, 2022, On Site Opera celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a fundraising concert held at Ellington in the Park. The event paid tribute to the company’s history and mission of performing in unconventional venues with a riverside concert in the style of a birthday party. The program was comprised of selections which played upon relevant themes, such as {…}
On Site Opera has announced the appointment of current board Secretary Corey Kinger as the new President, effective Sept. 1, 2022. The current board President Jane A. Gross, who has served in her role since the company’s inception in 2012, has been designated unanimously by the board as the Founding President Emerita, a title that will be attached to her {…}
On June 14, 2022, On Site Opera will celebrate its tenth anniversary season with an al fresco birthday bash held at Ellington in the Park. The event will feature live performances of operatic favorites, as well as cake and light refreshments, as OSO raises funds for the next decade of innovative programing. Musical selections will draw from works such as {…}
Credit: Karjaka Studios “As more people transition, the [opera] industry is going to realize that transgender singers are just like any other singers. I was transphobic in my own beliefs and thought; ‘The voice will be less. It won’t be operatic in quality.’ There are some risks, of course, but I have the same lyric baritone range as a lyric {…}
On Site Opera is teaming up with Five Boroughs Music Festival to deliver the premiere of “Five Borough Songbook, Volume III.” The showcase, which will take place on April 21 in Brooklyn and on April 24 on Staten Island, will feature new works by Arianne Abela, Raquel Acevedo Klein, Kinan Azmeh, Colin Britt, Majel Connery, Laura Jobin-Acosta, Will Healy, Brian {…}
On Site Opera is set to continue its 10th anniversary celebration with a production of Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi.” The showcase, which opens on April 7, 2022 and runs through the 10th, will take place at The Prince George Ballroom in New York City. In the process, the work will be updated from the 13th century to the roaring 1920s. The {…}