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New York Festival of Song returns to the peace and natural beauty of the North Fork of Long Island to launch the 2015-16 NYFOS Emerging Artists series with a residency and pair of performances: Sunday, August 23, 2015, 5:00 p.m. at Poquatuck Hall inOrient, NY and Saturday, August 22, 2015, 5:00 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church in Bellport, NY.

New York Festival of Song returns to the peace and natural beauty of the North Fork of Long Island to launch the 2015-16 NYFOS Emerging Artists series with a residency and pair of performances: Sunday, August 23, 2015, 5:00 p.m. at Poquatuck Hall in Orient, NY and Saturday, August 22, 2015, 5:00 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church in Bellport, NY.

NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG -- the only New York organization devoted solely to the astonishing variety and power of song -- has announced its 2015-16 season.

Following a sold-out run of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in June 2015, Wolf Trap Opera continues the Figaro storyline with the Washington, D.C. premiere of acclaimed composer John Corigliano and librettist William M. Hoffman's contemporary opera The Ghosts of Versailles. The new production plays for four performances, July 10, 12, 15 and 18, at The Barns at Wolf Trap. See below for production and ticketing information; production photos are available upon request beginning July 10.

The New York Festival of Song completes its 2014-15 NYFOS Mainstage series with LETTERS FROM SPAIN-A World of Song in Spanish Poetry tonight, April 28, 2015 at 8:00 pm at Merkin Concert Hall.

New York Festival of Song completes its second season of the NYFOS After Hours cabaret series at HENRY's Restaurant on the Upper West Side, with an encore presentation of this year's hugely entertaining NYFOS@Juilliard concert, Great American Songwriting Teams, on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 10:00 p.m.

The New York Festival of Song completes its 2014-15 NYFOS Mainstage series withLETTERS FROM SPAIN-A World of Song in Spanish Poetry on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 8:00 pm at Merkin Concert Hall.

New York Festival of Song marks its seventh annual residency at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts with BEL CANTO/CAN BELTO, to be performed today, March 17, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. at Merkin Concert Hall.

NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG announces its 2015 spring gala, Cream of the Crop, celebrating NYFOS' commitment to emerging artists. The concert takes place Monday, March 30 at 7:00 p.m. at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, followed by supper at the '21' Club.

New York Festival of Song marks its seventh annual residency at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts with BEL CANTO/CAN BELTO, to be performed on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. at Merkin Concert Hall.

SAN FRANCISCO, February 4, 2015 – Twenty-three singers, five apprentice coaches, and one apprentice stage director, representing seven countries, will participate in the 58th season of the Merola Opera Program from June 8 to August 22, San Francisco Opera Center Director Sheri Greenawald announced today. More than 800 artists vied this year for the 29 coveted spots in the highly selective summer opera training program. Nearly one third of this season's artists come from countries outside the United States, including artists from Australia, China, Italy, New Zealand, Russia and South Korea, and the US artists hail from 15 states, including California, New York, Illinois, Michigan, Florida, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Idaho.

The New York Festival of Song marks its tenth annual co-presentation with Juilliard's Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts tonight, January 14, 2014 at 8:00PM with GREAT AMERICAN SONGWRITING TEAMS, to be performed in the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at The Juilliard School.

The New York Festival of Song's 'invaluable contemporary-music series' (The New Yorker) NYFOS Next enters its fifth season and shifts to a new format-a three-concert mini-festival during the month of February. The series is set to showcase new works from a host of composers including Adam Guettel, Gabriel Kahane, George Steel, and a preview of a pair of highly anticipated new operas: Paul Moravec's The Shining and Bright Sheng's The Dream of Red Chamber.

The New York Festival of Song marks its tenth annual co-presentation with Juilliard's Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts on Wednesday, January 14, 2014 at 8:00PM with GREAT AMERICAN SONGWRITING TEAMS, to be performed in the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at The Juilliard School.

Opera Exposures, the not-for-profit opera company founded in 2004 by Edna Greenwich, will celebrate the end of its tenth year with a holiday concert on Sunday, December 21, 2014, at 3 PM at the same venue where it all began for the company in February 2004 - St. Marks Church in the Bowery, 131 East Tenth Street at Second Avenue in Manhattan.

Fifty years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the New York Festival of Songbrings back one of its most beloved shows, HARLEM RENAISSANCE, tonight, December 9, 2014 at 8:00 pm as it continues the 2014-15 Mainstage series at Merkin Concert Hall.

The New York Festival of Song's “invaluable contemporary-music series” (The New Yorker) NYFOS Next enters its fifth season and shifts to a new format—a three-concert mini-festival during the month of February. The series is set to debut new works from a host of composers including Adam Guettel, Gabriel Kahane,George Steel, and a preview of a pair of highly anticipated new operas: Paul Moravec's The Shining and Bright Sheng's The Dream of Red Chamber.

The New York Festival of Song's annual tradition, "A Goyishe Christmas to You!" returns Monday, December 15, 2014 at 10:00 p.m. at HENRY's Restaurant as part of the 2014-15 NYFOS After Hours cabaret series.

Fifty years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the New York Festival of Songbrings back one of its most beloved shows, HARLEM RENAISSANCE, on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at 8:00 pm as it continues the 2014-15 Mainstage series atMerkin Concert Hall.

In conjunction with the 75th anniversary of Dr. Sigmund Freud's death, New York Festival of Song opens its 2014-15 Mainstage series at Merkin Concert Hall with Art Song on the Couch: Lieder in Freud's Vienna tonight, November 11, 2014 at 8:00 pm.