The Consulate General of Greece in New York and Teatro Grattacielo, with support from Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy, co-hosted a concert titled “The 10 Faces of Maria Callas” to commemorate the iconic soprano’s 100th birthday. The program featured nine arias that were among the soprano’s personal favorites. Young artist soloists Seongeun Luna Park, Eun Byoul Song, Stephanie Rivero, Sasha Gutierrez, {…}
Teatro Grattacielo and the Consulate General of Greece in New York will present “The 10 Faces of Maria Callas” on March 17, 2023. The showcase will feature sopranos Sasha Gutierrez, Seongeun Luna Park, Stephanie Rivero, Eun Byoul Song, and Victoria Davis. They will be accompanied by pianist Alla Milchetein and actress Liz Klein. “Maria Callas is one of the 20th century’s most legendary and enduring {…}
Teatro Grattacielo has announced its 2022-23 season. The company will kick things off with “Don Giovanni” in co-production with the Mid-Atlantic Chamber Orchestra. Jason Tramm will conduct while Stefanos Koroneos directs. The performance will feature Enes Pektas, Lucas Bouk, and Ashton Jones as Don Giovanni; Logan Dooley as Leporello; William Mouat and Rick Agster as Commendatore; Sara Kennedy, Ashia Barnes, {…}
Teatro Grattacielo has announced the addition of Suzanne Marie Musho to its Board of Directors. Musho has more than 25 years of experience in design, strategic planning, and project leadership. She has worked on projects for such organizations as the American Museum of Natural History, the Jackie Robinson Museum, Columbia University, Buck Institute for Research in Aging, and the New {…}
Teatro Grattacielo and Camerata Bardi International Academy, in collaboration with the Rhodes International Festival and the City of Rhodes, Greece, will present Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” on September 6-7 at the Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights. The production will star Johan Watzke, Rick Agster, Valerio Morelli, Stephanie Lorenz, Diego Valdez, Lisa Algozzini, Konstantinos Palaiologou, and Clara {…}
New York based Teatro Grattacielo has announced a major cast change for its upcoming production of “Don Giovanni.” The production, which opens on August 5, 2022, will star Suchan Kim in the title role. He will take over for Joe Lodato, who was originally scheduled. “We wish Joe Lodato well and a speedy recovery and are so pleased that Suchan {…}
The Harrison Friends of Opera and Teatro Grattacielo will present an evening of Neapolitan song and favorite melodies at the Harrison, New York, Public Library on July 11, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. Artists performing include soprano Clara Luz Iranzo, mezzo-soprano Eugenia Forteza, and tenors Diego Valdez, David Santiago, and Enzo Pizzimenti. Pianist Alla Milchtein and accordionist Ezio Pelliteri will accompany. {…}
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 {…}
Teatro Grattacielo and Camerata Bardi are set to present “Don Giovanni” at the Apollo Theater in Ermoupolis in Greece. The opera will star Manos Christofakakis in the title role alongside Rick Agster, Valerio Morelli, Stephanie Lorentz, Olivia Le Roux, Adam Golstein, Diego Valdez, Lisa Algozzini, Sophie Kochanowski, Lucas Bouk, Bryan McClary, Clare Ghigo, and Mara Koutsaimani. The opera will also {…}
Teatro Grattacielo will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Zandonai’s “Giulietta e Romeo” at Battery Park City. The opera, which will be presented as part of the inaugural Festival of New York, had its world premiere on Feb. 14, 1922 at the Constazi Theater in Rome. Audiences in New York will get to check it out on June 4 and 5, {…}
On November 14, 2021, New York’s Teatro Grattacielo presented a semi-staged production of Pietro Mascagni’s “L’Amico Fritz.” Unlike his hit, “Cavalleria rusticana,” Mascagni’s second opera orbits the far reaches of the standard repertoire. I give the company credit for reviving the somewhat charming opera, but there were misfires in the musical execution and elsewhere that marred the production, leaving me {…}