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 fundraising campaign on Kickstarter and the cancellation of the 2013-2014 […]
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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 performing its guts out last weekend in the final performances
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 rooftop of the Empire Hotel prior to that evening's New
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 protesters inside the house. They were angered by the Met's staging
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 had more than its share of issues over the past
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 Marc and Steve Kaplan settled at 45 Bleecker Street, in the
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 some well-intentioned, high-minded director who completely flubs his or her
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 David Lang's the whisper opera at the Mostly Mozart Festival. The
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 Little Hill LENOX, MA — Over the past few years, some