New York City Opera to Stage Family-Friendly Performances of THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
by Marissa Tomeo
- Apr 14, 2022
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.
Everett Lee, First African American Broadway Conductor, Dies at 105
by Stephi Wild
- Jan 19, 2022
BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that conductor Everett Lee has died at age 105. Lee became the first African-American conductor to lead a production on Broadway in 1945's On The Town. He was also among the first Black conductors to lead a major opera company, conducting the New York City Opera's production of Verdi's 'La Traviata' in 1955.
New York City Opera to Present The World Premiere Of THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Nov 19, 2021
This January, New York City Opera (under the direction of Michael Capasso, General Director) will produce its latest world premiere of a new American opera, Ricky Ian Gordon's THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS, a co-production with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director, Dominick Balletta, Executive Director).
Broadway Producer Sonny Everett Dies At Age 72
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Oct 5, 2009
EVERETT, Horace Henderson 'Sonny,' 72, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2009 in New York City. He was born on August 31, 1937 in Fordyce, Arkansas to Jasper Horace Everett, a Ford dealer, and Corrine Henderson Everett, a school teacher.
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