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 {…}
Teatro Grattacielo has announced the introduction of a “Pay-What-You-Can ticketing model.” The model is designed to create a casual performance atmosphere, designed to invite new and younger audiences into the world of opera. The initiative will be used for the World Premiere of “Generación Perdida” by Jorge Sosa and a bold new staging of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” With {…}
Teatro Grattacielo and Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy announced the “Tribute to Naples: Songs of Eternal Passion” to take place on July 15, 2025. Soprano Maia Gonzalez, mezzo-soprano Eugenia Forteza, tenor Pedro Barrera, and bass-baritone Henry Hyunsoon Kim will perform some of Italy’s most beloved melodies. This special concert, created by Enzo Pizzimenti, celebrates the enduring legacy of Neapolitan song, a {…}
Teatro Grattacielo has announced the world premiere of “Generación Perdida,” a monodrama-opera composed by Mexican composer Jorge Sosa, based on the book by Mexican-Colombian poet Javier Moro Hernandez. The piece will explore the humanitarian crisis affecting Mexico and Latin America, where kidnapping and forced disappearances have profoundly impacted countless communities over the past decade. In a statement, Jorge Sosa said, {…}
Teatro Grattacielo has announced the addition of Jana King and Judi Kende to the Board of Directors and Emilia Nuccio to the Advisory Board. “I am honored to be working with these amazing female leaders who are joining the Board of Teatro Grattacielo,” said Stefanos Koroneos, the Artistic Director of Teatro Grattacielo, per an official press release. “Thank you for {…}
