Michael Capasso

New York City Opera Presents PRIDE IN THE PARK As Part Of Bryant Park Picnic Performances

New York City Opera will present the annual Pride in the Park concert on Friday, June 17, 2022 at 7pm as part of Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America.

Bryant Park Picnic Performances to Present New York City Opera's PRIDE IN THE PARK

Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America will continue on June 17 with New York City Opera’s annual celebration Pride in the Park. City Opera will also be joined by the LaGuardia High School Choir, directed by Jeanne Cascio.

Bryant Park Picnic Performances to Kick Off With New York City Opera's THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America will officiall kick off its 2022 season on May 27 with New York City Opera’s staged and costumed production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. 

New York City Opera Presents UCSB's Family-Friendly Production Of Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE

New York City Opera presents a family-friendly version of Mozart's The Magic Flute at schools in Great Neck and New York, NY from May 3-5, 2022.

New York City Opera Presents Family-Friendly Performances Of THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

New York City Opera presents a family-friendly version of The Barber of Seville at the Theater at St. Jean's, 150 E. 76th Street, NYC on Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 10am & 2pm. Gioachino Rossini's sparkling music animates the hijinks of Figaro, opera's most famous barber.

New York City Opera to Stage Family-Friendly Performances of THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

New York City Opera presents a family-friendly version of The Barber of Seville at the Theater at St. Jean’s, 150 E. 76th Street, NYC on Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 10am & 2pm. Gioachino Rossini’s sparkling music animates the hijinks of Figaro, opera’s most famous barber. Tickets start at $5 and are available at newyorkcityopera.yapsody.com/event/index/725815/il-barbiere-di-siviglia. The performance is 75 minutes, sung in Italian, and is appropriate for all ages.

New York City Opera to Present Weill & Brecht's THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS & MAHOGONNY SONGSPIEL

New York City Opera will present Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's thrilling double bill, The Seven Deadly Sins & Mahagonny Songspiel, for the first time ever told as one story, a tragic fable for today.

Ricky Ian Gordon's THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS Featured Virtually At The Calandra Institute At CUNY

New York City Opera's world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon's opera The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, a co-production with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, will be represented by librettist Michael Korie on a virtual panel at the Calandra Institute at CUNY on February 1, 2022 at 5pm ET.

The Garden of The Finzi-Continis

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BWW Review: GARDEN OF FINZI-CONTINIS at City Opera-NYTF Is Too Much of a Good Thing

Ricky Ian Gordon and Michael Korie, in their new opera for New York City Opera and National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene, weren’t the only ones to be inspired by the famed 1962 novel THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS (IL GIARDINO DEI FINZI CONTINI) by Italian Giorgio Bassani. The film version, by Vittorio De Sica, won the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 1970, running half the time of the opera. Still, it is the novel that excited them all.

VIDEO: New York City Opera Creates UN ZOOMO IN MASCHERA

As the year 2020 draws to a close, stars past and present of New York City Opera (NYCO) have come to the aid of “The People’s Opera” by participating in Un Zoomo in Maschera, a word from the artists of New York City Opera, a special year-end fundraiser which will be released on social media today.

VIDEO: NY City Opera To Present Soprano Aprile Millo In Concert

New York City Opera (under the direction of Michael Capasso, General Director) will present, in a rare New York appearance, beloved soprano Aprile Millo in concert Wednesday, January 30 at 7:30pm at Zankel Hall (881 Seventh Avenue, at 56th Street).