Teatro Grattacielo is set to present its America 250 double bill, bringing together the world premiere of “Jefferson Lives!” and a new production of Puccini’s “Suor Angelica.” The production is set to be presented on Nov. 7 and Nov. 8 at The Sam at The Flea Theater. “Jefferson Lives!” is Teatro Grattacielo’s first commissioned opera, created in collaboration with Polyhymnia, {…}
Teatro Grattacielo has announced the appointment of Hilary Baboukis as Director of Artistic Operations and Programming. Effective Sept. 1, 2026, Baboukis’ appointment marks the organization’s second full-time employee. Baboukis is a Greek-American mezzo-soprano, conductor, and arranger and orchestrator, who serves as Associate Music Director at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York City, teaches voice {…}
Teatro Grattacielo has been awarded a $24,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the world premiere of its new chamber opera “Jefferson Lives!” The multidisciplinary work explores John Adams’ reflections on his deathbed about the founding of the United States. “Rather than presenting history as a fixed narrative, the opera approaches the American Revolution as a {…}
Teatro Grattacielo has received grants from three major public funding bodies. The New York City-based opera company has been awarded a three-year grant from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Cultural Development Fund. It has also received grants from the New York State Council on the Arts and the City Council’s FY26 Cultural Immigrant Initiative, led by State Senator Eric {…}
Teatro Grattacielo has announced a new 2026 Support Program. The program includes tiered subscriptions, updated giving options, and the new Support a Young Singer initiative. Te tiers include Coro Circle, Supporting Circle, Leading Circle, Maestro Circle, and Support a Younger Singer. This season the company produced four sold-out productions, a major gala, paid internships, workshops, and free Creative Tableaux events. {…}
Teatro Grattacielo has unveiled its 32nd season. The season opens with the staged world premiere of Joseph Summer and Eve Summer’s “The Tempest.” The production team includes conductor Enrico Fagone and director Stefanos Koroneos, with Gregory Pernicone as assistant director. The cast features Daniel Klein as Prospero, Kelly Guerra as Ariel, Maia Gonzalez as Miranda, and Omar Najmi as Ferdinand. {…}
Teatro Grattacielo has announced several upcoming events and collaborations taking place this fall. Opera at Gotham Park returns with a miniature performance of Jorge Sosa’s opera “Generación Perdida,”staring mezzo-soprano Eugenia Forteza. A series of video clips from the summer production of Sosa’s opera will also be shown. The performance on Oct. 18 is held alongside The Longest Table’s community {…}
Teatro Grattacielo will present three major premieres in its 2026 season. The company revealed its upcoming season in the program for its recent production of “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The program notes indicate that the company will showcase the world premiere of Joseph Summer’s “The Tempest;” the U.S. premiere of the original Italian libretto for Castelnuovo Tedesco’s “The Importance of {…}
Teatro Grattacielo is set to revive Pietro Mascagni’s “L’Amico Fritz.” The production is set to introduce a wider audience to the rarely performed masterpiece, which was last presented by the company in 2021 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The opera will be directed by Anna Laura Miszerak and will be presented at the Downstairs Theater, La MaMa from {…}
The Teatro Grattacielo is set to close its 2025 season with Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The production, which will be performed at the Downstairs Theater at La MaMa from July 25 to 27, 2025 will be conducted by Mexican pianist and conductor Abdiel Vázquez, with direction by Teatro Grattacielo’s Artistic Director, Stefanos Koroneo. Regarding teh production Koroneos said, “Pierre-Augustin Caron {…}
Teatro Grattacielo premiered “The Tin Angel” on June 28 at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theater. Based on Paul Pines’s semi-autobiographical novel “Last Call at the Tin Palace,” the three-act opera directed by Chloe Treat and conducted by Enrico Fagone, revisits a smoky slice of 1970s Bowery. The Tin Angel is a jazz club full of ghosts, addicts, crooked cops, and {…}