Mozart’s masterpiece reveals itself to be not just an opera, but a living expression of ideals, inviting us all to look beyond the surface and uncover deeper meanings.
NEW YORK – Opera in the Garden by the ON SITE OPERA, an artistic, musical triumph in a delightful natural setting in an intimate neighborhood park.
NEW YORK – Foreign Experiences at the Roulette Intermedium, a fun, imaginative, and engaging product of incredible artistry.
New York: The George and Nora London Foundation for Singers has received a gift of $215,000 from the estate of Lois Kirschenbaum, the famously devoted and ubiquitous New York opera fan who passed away in March 2021 at age 88.
El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered is a masterpiece of modern opera and a testament to the enduring power of great art to inspire and uplift the human spirit.
With the production’s delights of flamenco dancing, passionate arias, magnificent costuming, staging, lighting, soaring melodies, and powerful drama, we ultimately gasp in awe at the power of Bizet’s Fate theme, akin to the tragedy of the last act in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with its piercing melancholy. Carmen’s impact is profound, in part due to Bizet’s launching of the verismo school, where contemporary characters live true to life.
In the Met’s Don Carlos we are in the time of the Inquisition at the peak of its ultramontane evil powers. We discover love’s immortality.
From the moment lights dimmed and the curtain raised, we saw Puccini’s vision of Madama Butterfly and entered his artistic world, thoroughly suspending our disbelief to participate in a story of sublime creative beauty, poignancy, and tragedy. Lyric soprano Eleonora Buratto’s breathtaking, sumptuous high Db filled the concert hall with rapturous, soaring grandeur.
The music of Ariadne Auf Naxos exemplified Strauss’ sumptuous instrumental colorings and is a remarkable tonal masterpiece.
In Intimate Apparel, author Lynn Nottage brings to life the struggles of African-American women who came to New York after Reconstruction.
