Press Releases
April 15, 2009
New York’s Largest Free Summer Arts Festival Kicks Off May 31st with Bang on A Can Marathon; Festival Highlights Include Conor Oberst, Arlo Guthrie, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, New York City Opera, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Zvi Dance, The Pains of...
April 08, 2009
2009 Festival Features New York City Opera soprano Lauren Flanigan in Stephen Schwartz's Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Panel Discussion on American Opera to be Moderated by George Steel, with Mark Adamo, Eve Beglarian, Anne Bogart, Carlisle...
April 01, 2009
SEASON INCLUDES LONG-AWAITED REVIVAL OF HUGO WEISGALL'S ESTHER, NEW PRODUCTION OF MOZART'S DON GIOVANNI, PLUS CHABRIER'S L'ÉTOILE, PUCCINI'S MADAMA BUTTERFLY AND HANDEL'S PARTENOPE
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March 03, 2009
$20 Target Ticket Admits One Adult and Four Children for FREE!
Final Matinee Performance of the Opera is Highlight of New York City Opera’s Opera is Elementary Education Program
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January 22, 2009
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New York, NY, January 8, 2009 - Betrayal. Murder. Revenge. Passion. All are coming to the stage at The Harlem School of the Arts during Black History Month in Strange Fruit, a new American opera adapted from Lillian...
January 14, 2009
New York, NY, January 14, 2009 – The Board of Directors of New York City Opera has announced the appointment of George Steel as the company’s new General Manager and Artistic Director. Mr. Steel is expected to assume his responsibilities as of February...
December 09, 2008
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(New York, New York, December 9, 2008) In honor of Black History Month, City Opera co-presents a three-part series, Black History at New York City Opera, with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The first...
November 24, 2008
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(New York, NY, November 24, 2008) New York City Opera is proud to present the company premiere of Samuel Barber’s Antony and Cleopatra in concert on January 15 and 16, 2009 at 8 PM in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium....
October 13, 2008
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(New York, NY, October 13, 2008) Cinematic Opera/Operatic Cinema: Reflections on the Merging of Media, a collaboration between New York City Opera and the Film Society of Lincoln Center that is part of City Opera's Opera Matters...
September 18, 2008
Bryant Park Corporation announces the inaugural season of a series of early fall classical music concerts featuring musicians from the New York Philharmonic, New York City Opera, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young...
September 02, 2008
Event: Fall into a fabulous new wardrobe at the City Opera Thrift Shop’s Fall Preview on Thursday, September 11th. Whether you are looking to rejuvenate a room or refresh your fall wardrobe, you are sure to find something exclusive at City...
July 17, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Nominations for the 60th Primetime Emmy® Awards (covering the period of June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2008) were announced today by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences from the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre,...
July 10, 2008
New York City Ballet and New York City Opera
Capital Campaign for New York State Theater Receives $100 Million Lead Gift from David H. Koch
Gift is the Largest Private Capital Donation
in the History of Lincoln Center
Renovated...
May 31, 2008
New York City Opera will present a series of concerts, showcases, discussions, screenings, and master classes in 2008-09, designed to bring the company's unique brand of music-making and cultural conversation to all five boroughs of New York City while...
March 25, 2008
VOX
returns to the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University
May 10 & 11
Admission: FREE
Featuring composers John King, David T. Little, Alice Shields & seven others New York, NY
(February 19, 2008) New York...
March 25, 2008
(New York, NY, March 25, 2008) New York City Opera is proud to open its doors for its inaugural Boys Night, a social event for gay men, on Friday, April 11,starting at 6:45 PM for an evening of cocktails, light fare and entertainment when Leonard Bernstein’s...
March 12, 2008
This Spring, Lincoln Center's extensive redevelopment of its many buildings and public spaces moves into the next big phase of work, including construction on and below the Center's main plaza with its iconic fountain.
If you haven't been...
February 25, 2008
(New York, NY, February 25, 2008) New York City Opera is pleased to present Big Band Socials, following two select matinee performances of Tosca and Candide, on March 30, 2008 and April 13, 2008, respectively.
Come for an opera and stay...
February 22, 2008
(New York, NY, February 23, 2008) In honor of New York City Opera's upcoming production of Leonard Bernstein’s operetta Candide, the Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble will present a discussion and performance featuring Jamie Bernstein, daughter of...