RIP, City Opera
Logging onto City Opera's website this morning, I found this: "It is with much regret that we announce the end of our […]
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NY City Opera’s Anna Nicole at BAM’s Gilman Opera House
Photo credit: Stephanie Berger City Opera may be on the brink of bankruptcy, but that didn’t keep the company from
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Cocktail Conversation: Anthony Tommasini
Photo credit: Chris Lee, New York Philharmonic On Wednesday, I was invited to a cocktail party for music journalists on the
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Commentary: Code of Silence
As many have heard by now, last night's gala opening of the Metropolitan Opera was interrupted by a number of
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City Opera Season in Jeopardy
I guess indie bands and new-music ensembles aren't the only ones passing the tin cup these days. City Opera—which has
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SubCulture Brings New Listening Room to NoHo
by Melanie Wong After a yearlong search for a vibrant space "where artists and audiences [can] connect," brothers and co-owners
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Mostly Mozart: Iván Fischer and Budapest Festival Orchestra Perform “Marriage of Figaro”
by Robert Leeper The fear one has when attending a performance of a well-loved opera is that there will be
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Mostly Mozart: ICE Performs David Lang’s “the whisper opera”
I couldn't imagine a sharper contrast to Monday's turbulent, often violent performance of George Benjamin's Written on Skin than Tuesday's performance of
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Tanglewood 2013: U.S. Premiere of George Benjamin’s “Written on Skin”
"With music I can open a heart/as easily as you can open a door/and reach right in." — Into the
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