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Opera in NYC: The Garden of Alice at City Lyric Opera

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Opera in NYC: The Garden of Alice at City Lyric Opera

City Lyric Opera Presents an Immersive, Multi-Sensory American Premiere of Elizabeth Raum’s The Garden of Alice

US Premiere | May 17-21, 2022  

Soprano Laura Soto-Bayomi (to play lead role of Alice)
Soprano Laura Soto-Bayomi (to play lead role of Alice) / Image courtesy of the artist

One of New York City’s most innovative opera companies, City Lyric Opera (CLO), presents the American premiere of Elizabeth Raum’s The Garden of Alice (1985) with soprano Laura Soto-Bayomi (Opera Colorado) playing the lead role of Alice. CLO’s modern twist on the Lewis Carrol classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland takes audiences on an interactive journey down a whimsical rabbit hole. Inspired by similar immersive experiences (Sleep No More, Van Gogh), CLO offers audiences a chance to engage in a fantastical Wonderland through a combination of live operatic performances, kaleidoscopic digital landscapes, and a wacky array of costumes and props.

Date & time: Tuesday-Saturday, May 17-21 @ 7:00 p.m. EST (pre-show cocktail hour 6:00 p.m.) + Saturday, May 17 @ 2:00 p.m. EST

Venue: Blue Building, 222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017,  Train: 4/5/6/Shuttle to Grand Central

Tickets: $35. To purchase, visit CityLyricOpera.org.

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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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Opera in HD: Turandot at the Metropolitan Opera

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Opera in HD: Turandot at the Metropolitan Opera

Giacomo Puccini’s final masterpiece in Franco Zeffirelli’s opulent production by the MetOpera

Stream from anywhere on Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Opera Turandot at Metropolitan Opera Lincoln Center NYC
Oksana Dyka in the title role of Puccini’s “Turandot.”
Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

Puccini’s Turandot, a grand spectacle of timeless music, rich decorations, dramatic arias, and dazzling performers is a crown-jewel in the Metropolitan Opera repertoire.

The legendary story about the cold and proud Chinese princess claiming her superiority over every contender for her heart is lavishly staged in this historic Franco Zeffirelli‘s  production from 1987.

In its Week 18 of the free streaming, the MetOpera features the recording made on November 7, 2009. The cast includes soprano Maria Guleghina in the title role, tenor Marcello Giordani as Prince Calaf, soprano Marina Poplavskaya as Liu, and Samuel Ramey as Timur. Rich orchestration, the inclusion of the uncommon musical instruments in the score, innovative use of the chorus, and ballet are all parts of this grand spectacle of pride, revenge, and love. The free stream is available from 7.30pm for 23 hours.

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Opera in HD: Mozart’s Le Nozze Di Figaro at The MetOpera

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Opera in HD: Mozart’s Le Nozze Di Figaro at The MetOpera

Mozart’s Le Nozze Di Figaro by Mozart in the modernized setting from the Metropolitan Opera stage

Stream from anywhere on Saturday, July 18, 2020

Susanna Phillips as the Countess, Nadine Sierra as Susanna, and Luca Pisaroni as Figaro in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro."
Susanna Phillips as the Countess, Nadine Sierra as Susanna, and Luca Pisaroni as Figaro in Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera

A cornerstone of any opera house’s repertoire, Mozart’s Le Nozze Di Figaro is available to stream on Saturday, July 18, 2020. Sir Richard Eyre’s dynamic production had opened 2014-2015 Met Opera season. The recording from October 18, 2014 features sopranos Marlis Petersen and Amanda Majeski; Isabel Leonard sings the role of the pageboy Cherubino; Ildar Abdrazakov leads as Figaro and Peter Mattei is Count Almaviva. James Levine is conducting.

Premiered at the Met in the 2014-2015 season, the current production transposes the action from the late 18th century Spain to an elegant villa of the 1930s. It fluidly employs the rotating stage for the fast change of the decor and uninterrupted action when moving from scene to scene. The creators and the cast present a highly entertaining and instructive storyline about the virtues of love, decency, loyalty, and the vice of jealousy.

Ingeniously using a sequence of comic scenes with hidings and cross-dressings, Beaumarchais’s play denounces the feudal rules and highlights the wits and smarts of the lower classes. According to Beaumarchais’s contemporaries, the play foreshadowed the French Revolution.

The libretto for the opera was written by Mozart’s favored collaborator Lorenzo Da Ponte. Da Ponte adapted a popular play La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro by Beaumarcheau for his libretto which he completed even before Mozart started writing music for the opera.

At the MetOpera, Le Nozze’s magical music and catchy arias are delivered by the incredible cast with confidence and mastery. The beauty of the duets and the ensemble arias are well-matched by the orchestral work while the comic scenes and the moments of tension are skillfully calibrated and are presented with vitality and affection.

Enjoy the vibrant production of the timeless masterpiece by Mozart and Da Ponte.

The opera’s run time is 3 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission; sung in Italian with the subtitles. The stream starts at 7.30 pm and is available for 23 hours.

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