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Beyond NYC: Vanderbilt Mansion in Beautiful Dutchess County, NY

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Beyond NYC: Vanderbilt Mansion in Beautiful Dutchess County, NY

History and nature all within less than two hours from New York City

Vanderbilt Mansion Hyde Park NY Dutchess county
View of Hudson river from the roof-top of Vanderbilt Mansion; photo credit NPS Bill Urbin / Image courtesy of NPS

Vanderbilt Mansion and Gardens in Hyde Park, NY is a perfect place to get in touch with history and nature.  If you haven’t explored the hills of the east shore of Hudson River yet, you are in for a pleasant surprise. Located just under a 2-hour drive from New York City, the treasures of Dutchess County seems to be infinite and as fulfilling as ever.

The proximity to the City and easy access to the mighty Hudson River and its steamboats running up and down from New York to Albany made this land a very desirable real-estate starting from the early 19th century. The Grand Central Railroad allowed for stable connection from the secluded places like Hyde Park or Rhinebeck to the City and established the area as and a tourist destination. As for the ultra-rich, it let them combine life on the estates with the pleasures of city life. The mansions of the industrialists started popping up on the shores of Hudson River showcasing their net-worth to the public.

The region’s historical treasures are numerous and range from the revolutionary period all the way to the mid-20th century.

Check the historic site website for the opening hours and public alerts.

 

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Opera in NYC: Cendrillon at City Lyric Opera

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Opera in NYC: Cendrillion at City Lyric Opera

Live performance at A.R.T. New York, 502 West 53rd Street, NY, NY

New York Premiere of all-female production in English  

One of New York City’s most innovative opera companies, City Lyric Opera (CLO), has chosen Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon (Cinderella) to open the company’s sixth season. Celebrating its New York premiere, Cinderella is an enchanting, accessible chamber-opera that retells the well-loved story of Charles Perrault’s fairy tale, Cinderella, with wit and imagination. For an ensemble of seven, small chorus, and 11-piece chamber orchestra, CLO casts Peruvian soprano Shaina Martinez-Azzopardi (2021 Met Council semifinalist) as Cinderella, and tenor Nicholas Huff (Florida Grand Opera) as the Prince.

 

Date & time: Thursday-Saturday, Dec 16-18 @ 7:30 p.m. EST + Saturday, Dec 18 @ 2:00 p.m. EST

Venue: A.R.T. New York, 502 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019

Tickets: Adults $25. Children $15 (Ages 7+) https://www.citylyricopera.org/cendrillon

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Beyond NYC: Piano Music for Four Hands at Bronxville Women’s Club

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Beyond NYC: Piano Music for Four Hands at Bronxville Women’s Club

Midland Music Concert Series restarts on Saturday, December 4th, 2021 at 7 pm

One Piano Four Hands Program performed by internationally acclaimed pianists Oxana Mikhailoff and Vassily Primakov

Pianists Oxana Mikhailoff and Vassily Primakov at the piano playing in four hands
Pianists Oxana Mikhailoff and Vassily Primakov / Image courtesy of the musicians

Pianists, educators, and co-directors of the concert series, Oxana Mikhailoff and Vassily Primakov have known each other for nearly 30 years. Sharing warm memories about their alma-mater Moscow State Conservatory and their teacher Vera Gornostaeva, they started professional collaboration in New York upon their arrival here in the 1990s. The musicians continue enriching their careers by playing for the audiences in Bronxville and Sparkill, NY and touring together around the country.

It is a particular treat for the music lovers to hear them play in four hands as each pianist brings certain individuality and unique musical texture which perfectly complements the style of the other. Indeed, the harmony rules!

The program will include music by Liszt, Saint-Saens, Mendelssohn, Czerny and will also feature the next generation of pianists who are Mikhailoff’s and Primakov’s students.

Indulge your cravings for piano music on Saturday, December 4th, 2021 as the concert will be a delicious treat for the music fans. Join the musicians in the charming setting of the Bronxville Women’s Club and share the joy of music!

 

 

Program

F. Mendelssohn, Overture and Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Transcription for four hands)

C. Czerny,  Sonata in F Minor (Original score for four hands)

F. Liszt, Symphonic Poem Mazeppa (Original score for four hands)

C. Saint-Saens, Carnaval of the Animals (Transcription for four hands)

 

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This concert is presented in collaboration with ARTS-NY

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Opera in NY: MUSIC AS THE MESSAGE – FALL IN ❤️ WITH LOVE!

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Opera in NY: MUSIC AS THE MESSAGE – FALL IN ❤️ WITH LOVE!

Season Two Premiere of Adrienne Danrich’s Music as the Message

New Interactive Virtual Performance on Sunday, November 14th at 4 pm

By the American Opera Project and Opera On Tap, in association with Broadway Presbyterian Church.

Music as the message - Fall in love with love on Sun, Nov 14 at 4 pm
Music as the Message / Courtesy of the American Opera Project

Join the American Opera Project and Opera On Tap for the Season Two premiere of Adrienne Danrich’s Music as the Message, reimagined as an interactive, free virtual performance, available to all. Goodwill offerings are accepted and donors at the $30 level or above may receive a personal invitation to join members of the community in the live studio audience, as space allows. Together, let us usher in this season of renewal, reopening and reflection, celebrating the greatest four letter word ever created — LOVE!

Joining Danrich and Music as the Message Ensemble (Victoria A. Davis, Patrice P. Eaton, Cameo Humes, Scott Tomlinson) will be guest artists Marsha Thompson, Blythe Gaissert, Andrew Garland, James Moore, Violetta Zabbi, Brian Shankar Adler, Dwight Howard, Peter Siedenberg, and Broadway Presbyterian pastor, Chris Shelton. The episode will also see the premiere of the newly-commissioned song Muse of Memory by Adrienne Danrich and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec (Sanctuary Road, The Shining).

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Opera in NY: New Opera Scenes by Emerging Composers

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Opera in NY: New Opera Scenes by Emerging Composers

NEW OPERA SCENES CREATED IN THE 2019-2021 COMPOSERS & THE VOICE PROGRAM

New Opera Scenes by Emerging Composers
Image courtesy of C&V/American Opera Project

This September, The American Opera Project (AOP) kicks off its 33rd season with premiere music from five distinctive new operas at an outdoor concert in its home neighborhood of Fort Greene, Brooklyn. C&V SCENE AND HEARD showcases opera scenes from five emerging composers  – Matt Frey, Alaina Ferris, Michael Lanci, Mary Prescott, and Jessica Rudman – who created the works during their fellowships in AOP’s opera writing program Composers & the Voice (C&V). The biannual event is a rare look at the creative process in action, hosted by C&V Artistic Director Steven Osgood.

The scenes will be performed by C&V’s resident opera singers Jasmine Muhammad (lyric soprano, Metropolitan Opera), Timothy Stoddard (tenor, Bare Opera), Justine Aronson (coloratura soprano, Bang on a Can Summer Festival), and Mario Diaz-Moresco (baritone, Glimmerglass Opera), as well as guest artists Nina Riley (soprano, Bronx Opera), Victoria Davis (soprano, Washington National Opera), Blythe Gaissert (mezzo-soprano, Metropolitan Opera, LA Opera), and Cáitlín Burke (mezzo-soprano, Wolf Trap Opera).

 

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Date: SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 | 3pm EDT
Venue: Tent next to the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, NY
www.nycgovparks.org/parks/fort-greene-park

Tickets: General admission tickets are available via Eventbrite for $25

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/composers-the-voice-scene-and-heard-tickets-168150004189

Health and Safety Protocols

All audience members will be required to show proof of full vaccination (your final dose was administered at least 14 days before the performance date). Masks are optional. At check-in, audience members will be required to show proof of full vaccination using either the NEW YORK STATE EXCELSIOR PASS or a hard copy/photo of your vaccination card alongside a form of ID. Performers will be distanced but unmasked.
https://www.aopopera.org/cvscenes21
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/composers-the-voice-scene-and-heard-tickets-168150004189

 

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