New York City Opera Offers Boys’ Night at L’ETOILE, 3/26
By: BWW News Desk Mar. 11, 2010
Join your fellow opera queens and cultural gays for a fabulous evening of drinks, light fare, incredible entertainment, and French connections.
The Juilliard-trained opera singer and drag performer Shequida serves as host of the evening, guaranteed to make you say "ooh la la" as she shows off her five-octave range with opera selections and pop hits during intermission and a post-show party.L'Étoile, Chabrier's droll and sparkling comic opera was first seen at New York City Opera in 2002. This witty, stylish production by the celebrated director Mark Lamos, features choreography by Seán Curran, pitch-perfect sets are by Andrew Lieberman, costumes by Constance Hoffman, and lighting by Robert Wierzel. L'Étoile will be sung in the original French, with English supertitles.
L'Étoile will be conducted by Emmanuel Plasson, with Jennifer Zetlan as Laoula, Julie Boulianne as Lazuli, Liza Forrester as Aloès, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt is King Ouf I, Andrew Drost is Tapioca, William Ferguson as Hérisson de Porc-Épic, and François Loup as Siroco.
WHEN Friday, March 26 at 8 pm
David H. Koch Theater
(West 63rd Street & Columbus Avenue)
New York, NY 10023TICKETS Tickets start at $53 and include a discounted ticket to the 8:00pm performance of L'Étoile, plus admittance to the intermission and post-show parties.For Boys' Night tickets:ONLINE:
Visit www.nycOpera.com and enter code BOYS10 when selecting your seatsBY PHONE: Call 212.870.7757 and mention code BOYS10
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