The New York City Opera is set to conclude its Bryant Park summer series with Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet” on Sept. 8, 2023. The opera will be conducted by Maestro Joseph Rescigno and accompanied by members of the City Opera Orchestra. Shayna Leahy will direct the production which will star Victor Starsky, Joanna Mongiardo, Alex Boyd, Amy Maude Helfer, Drew Seigla, {…}
The New York City Opera is set to present Romance in Opera on Sept. 12, 2022 at the Wollman Rink in Central Park. The concert, which marks the third of the Wollman Rink concerts, will feature stars of the New York City Opera in arias and ensembles from “La Bohème,” “Tosca,” “La Traviata,” “Roméo et Juliette,” “L’elisir d’amore,” “The Pearl {…}
The New York City Opera is set to present Milestones of American Opera on August 15, 2022, at the Wollman Rink in Central Park. The performance will feature excerpts from American operatic works by Carlisle Floyd, Ricky Ian Gordon, Douglas Moore, Tobias Picker, Robert Ward, and Iain Bell from such operas as “The Ballad of Baby Doe,” “Susannah,” “Emmeline,” “Stonewall,” {…}
The New York City Opera has announced casting for its upcoming production of “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis.” The Ricky Ian Gordon and Michael Korie opera, which will be directed by Richard Strafford, is set to star Rachel Blaustein, Brian James Myer, Mary Phillips, Stephen Powell, and Victor Starsky. The work will open on Jan. 19, 2022 at the Edmond {…}