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The New York Opera Fest will celebrate its sixth season with both virtual and in-person performances by 20+ local, New York City-based opera companies. Presented by the New York Opera Alliance, with support from OPERA America, this annual festival runs for two months MAY-JUNE 2021 starting with a special kick-off event APRIL 29th. For a complete list of events, fans can turn to NYoperafest.com.
The festival showcases the breadth and diversity of opera in New York City through events ranging from virtual reality to improv opera, with productions in theaters and unique digital auditory and in-person visual journeys of New York City via apps. (Please scroll down for preliminary festival schedule.)
"This year's festival transformed its line-up entirely due to performative restrictions," explains Megan Gillis, chairwoman of the New York Opera Fest and co-founder of City Lyric Opera. "Having to reinvent itself as a virtual festival, the range of work being presented is astounding! We are pleasantly surprised to learn of so many innovative productions on tap this year, as well as the essential courage, energy, and hard work required from their respective staff members and artists. We are honored to provide this unique platform at a time when both artists and audiences are starving for live performance. The NYC opera community lives on!"
Marc A. Scorca, president and CEO of OPERA America, the national membership organization for opera that supports NYOA and the Opera Fest, notes, "The New York Opera Alliance and NY Opera Fest have been at the forefront of creative leadership, in both their programming and partnership. Companies across North America are seeing the benefits of resource-sharing in order to reach new and more diverse audiences. Collaboration has become a valuable tool for companies across the field, and Opera Fest is a shining example of the benefit that results from it."
To help companies navigate the realities of the COVID-19 crisis and also encourage responsible social isolation, NYOA has pivoted its 2020 and 2021 festivals to virtual ones. Leading the vanguard of the local opera community, NYOA continues to monitor the fluid situation around COVID-19 by providing helpful resources for financial aid which MAY be found at http://OPERAamerica.org/covid19. NYOA is also hosting biweekly virtual meetings for NYOA members to discuss, monitor, and provide solutions for the changing landscape for opera in New York.
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A Strange Loop
American Conservatory Theater (4/18 - 5/12)
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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Ray of Light Theatre (6/1 - 6/23) LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN NEW MUSICAL | |
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The Wizard of Oz
Davies Symphony Hall (5/1 - 5/1) | |
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Smuin Ballet presents “Dance Series 2”
Sunset Center (5/30 - 5/31) | |
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Aladdin
Saroyan Theatre (5/1 - 5/5) | |
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Audrey Stanley Grove in DeLaveaga Park (7/14 - 9/7) | |
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As You Like It
Audrey Stanley Grove in DeLaveaga Park (7/13 - 9/1) | |
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Festival Reading: Crazy Jezebels
PlayGround (5/20 - 5/20) | |
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San Francisco Playhouse presents “The Glass Menagerie”
San Francisco Playhouse (5/2 - 6/15) | |
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