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Category: New York City Opera

  • City Opera to Leave Lincoln Center

    New York City Opera will leave the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center. NY Times | Wall Street Journal | Pressroom Home NYC Opera

  • The Woes of City Opera

    The board of New York City Opera met today. Between flagging ticket sales and a possible strike, it sounds like there was much to discuss. NPR | Bloomberg | NY Times | Chairman's Challenge

  • Séance on a Wet Afternoon at City Opera

    * Notes * The East Coast premiere of Séance on a Wet Afternoon from Stephen Schwartz was given at New York City Opera earlier this month. The opera itself had some impressive intensity, particularly in the last two séances. The orchestration, however, was dense, and the male voices were particularly difficult to make out at times.…

  • City Opera’s L’Elisir d’Amore Round-Up

    Production Web Site | Press Release Reviews: New York Times | Classical Review

  • City Opera’s 2010-2011 Season

    October 27- November 21 2010: A Quiet Place October 31- November 20 2010: Intermezzo March 24- April 9 2011: Elixir of Love March 25- April 8 2011: La Machine de l'être / Erwartung / NeitherApril 19- May 1 2011: Séance on a Wet Afternoon April 9 2011: Where the Wild Things Are New York City…

  • City Opera’s 2009-2010 Season

    November 7 2009: Esther November 8 2009: Don Giovanni March 18 2010: L'Étoile March 19 2010: Madama Butterfly April 3 2010: Partenope New York City Opera announced their 2009-2010 Season yesterday. Official Site | Press Release

  • George R. Steel and City Opera

    George R. Steel will be the next general manager and artistic director of the New York City Opera, starting next month. Press Release | Official Site

  • Gerard Mortier News

    Gerard Mortier is not going to become the General Manager and Artistic Director of City Opera after all. Official Site | New York Times Article

  • The Perfect American

    New York City Opera has commissioned a new work, entitled The Perfect American, from Philip Glass. To be performed during the 2012-2013 season and based on Peter Stephan Jungk's novel Der König von Amerika, the opera is about Walt Disney. AP Article | Press Release

  • Brokeback Mountain, the Opera

    Charles Wuorinen's operatic version of Brokeback Mountain will premiere in 2013 at New York City Opera. AP Article| Press Release