New York City Opera News

Henry Purcell's King Arthur, with libretto by John Dryden, premieres on Wednesday, March 5 at 7PM, opening the company's spring season with a gala to follow.

Legendary designers John Conklin and Robert Fletcher are among the recipients of the 2008 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards. For his achievements as both a costume and set designer, John Conklin will receive the TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards' special Robert L. B. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatrical Design. Acclaimed costume designer Robert Fletcher, who also produced, performed and designed sets, will receive the 2008 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony on Friday, March 28, at the Hudson Theatre in New York City.

The Harold Prince production of Leonard Bernstein's Candide returns to the repertoire of New York City Opera on Tuesday, April 8, 2008. Daniel Reichard will sing the title role in all 14 performances. Joining him is Richard Kind, Lauren Worsham and Lielle Berman with Judith Blazer.

New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) continues its 20th Anniversary season by presenting Bastianello and Lucrezia, two newly commissioned comic operas by composers John Musto and William Bolcom with libretti by Mark Campbell. The concerts will take place on Tuesday, March 11 and Thursday, March 13 at 8PM, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, West 57th Street and 7th Avenue.

The Zipper Factory Theater will present two special 'first look' presentations of Three Lost Chords, a trio of solo operas on January 7 and January 9.

Glimpses of the Moon, a new musical directed by Marc Bruni. Glimpses of the Moon will play an 8-week limited engagement at Off-Broadway's Oak Room in the Algonquin Hotel

The second interactive Sweeney Todd character card features Mrs. Lovett!

Stew - whose new musical Passing Strange will begin performances on Broadway Feb. 8, 2008 at the Belasco Theatre - is one of five special guest hosts who will divulge the music they just cannot live without during WNYC Radio's annual weeklong 'Must Have Festival' December 10 to 14. Stew's evening of 'Must Have' music will conclude the weeklong Festival, broadcasting on December 14 at 7PM.

Check out the first interactive character card, for Sweeney Todd himself!

The newly formed South Ark Stage Company presents the Off-Broadway premiere of Jenny Lyn Bader's play None of the Above. Previews begin September 25 prior to an official press opening of October 10 at Theatre Row's Lion Theatre (410 West 42nd Street) in Manhattan.

The worlds of opera and family therapy will come together in a unique event on Sunday, October 14 when two internationally famous maestros - Maestro Marco Munari of La Scala and Maestro Joshua Greene of the Metropolitan Opera - join forces with world-renowned soprano Frances Ginsberg at 'Sweet Appreciation IV,' a benefit concert for the Ackerman Institute for the Family's Rusty Magee Clinic for Families and Health.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Metropolitan Opera, and New York City Opera will present A Tribute to Beverly Sills, a free public event dedicated to the memory of the great soprano, on September 16 at 5PM at the Metropolitan Opera. Sills, one of the most popular figures in the history of opera and a champion of the performing arts, died on July 2, 2007 at the age of 78.

Any Wednesday, the weekly concert-series at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble (1972 Broadway at 66th St.) announces its September 2007 line-up.

The newly formed South Ark Stage Company presents the Off-Broadway premiere of Jenny Lyn Bader's play 'None of the Above,' starring Halley Feiffer & Adam Green. Previews begin September 25, opening October 10 at Theatre Row's Lion Theatre.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Metropolitan Opera, and New York City Opera will present 'A Tribute to Beverly Sills,' a free public event dedicated to the memory of the great soprano, on September 16, 2007

According to his spokesperson, Jerry Hadley has received the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church and life support has been removed.

The Ogunquit Playhouse has announced that Maxwell Caulfield and James Beaman will star in its production of La Cage aux Folles.

Legendary opera star Beverly Sills, who died at the age of 78 on July 2nd, was a long-time volunteer and former chairwoman of the March of Dimes Board of Trustees. The President of the March of Dimes Foundation recently paid tribute to Sills with a commemorative statement.

Beverly Sills, the legendary opera soprano who became one of New York's most prominent arts supporters, has died at the age of 78

Beverly Sills, the legendary opera soprano who became one of New York's most prominent arts supporters, is gravely ill with cancer,