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New York City. (North America).(Dead Man Walking, Domingo gala and Il Trittico)(Opera Review)
New York City Opera opened its fall 2002 season with a gripping new production of Puccini's Il Trittico, culminating in an exuberant, inventive Gianni Schicchi (seen Sept. 10). The company's star baritone, Mark Delavan, portrayed both Schicchi and Michele in Il Tabarro. An overwhelming presence both physically and vocally, Delavan seemed to melt into and out of the shadows as the brutal, cuckolded Michele, his voice as dark and rolling as the ink-black waters of the Seine. While James Robinson's production was fairly conventional, Tabarro was strongly played beneath a low proscenium that evoked the crushing, Zola-esque sense of determinism that hangs over the action. ...
- Verdi: Rigoletto. (City Opera, New York)
- Magazine article from: The Nation Disch, Thomas M. November 28, 1988 700+ words
...TV subtitles or-if one attends the City Opera -the supertitles above the stage. Those...Jay Reise's brandnew Rasputin at the City Opera was literally spelled out as the limp...students) even when the patient dies. The City Opera's new Rigoletto also might have been...
- Lehar: Merry Widow. (City Opera, New York)
- Magazine article from: The Nation Disch, Thomas M. November 28, 1988 700+ words
...production served up by director Ronald Bentley and offered hy the City Opera as a kind of music-on-wheels service for those afflicted...of the Sleeping Beauty is like overdosing on Valium. The City Opera is undoubtedly performing a valuable social service by catering...
- Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor. (City Opera, New York)
- Magazine article from: The Nation Disch, Thomas M. November 28, 1988 700+ words
...the Metropolitan Opera more resembles a large producer like the Schubert Organization than a repertory company like the City Opera. There is no "house style" at the Met. The merits or faults of one production are not likely to be mirrored in the next...
- From the House of the Dead. (City Opera, New York City)
- Magazine article from: The Nation Said, Edward W. January 7, 1991 700+ words
Although he conducted only seven performances of Der Rosenkavalier (1911) at New York City's Metropolitan Opera this past fall, Carlos Kleiber nevertheless made a stunning impression. The opera is the best known...
- Amid gloom, arts groups see big gains; Local audiences boost City Opera,...
- Magazine article from: Crain's New York Business Souccar, Miriam Kreinin June 24, 2002 700+ words
...the smaller New York City Opera is finishing up...groups, such as City Opera and the Alvin...week season in New York last December...audience from outside New York, a relatively...executive director. City Opera was forced to...
- New York City Opera to Join Cultural Program for the U.S. Pavilion at 2005...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 29, 2004 700+ words
...The U.S. Pavilion and the New York City Opera today announced that the renowned...Japan's Aichi Prefecture. New York City Opera will present four performances...addition to the performances, New York City Opera is designing an educational...
- Gerard Mortier Named New General Manager and Artistic Director of New York City...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 28, 2007 700+ words
...Chairman of the Board of New York City Opera today announced that the Board...General and Artistic Director of New York City Opera since 1996, who retires in...Manager and Artistic Director of New York City Opera, we have found a brilliant...
- Cunard Line Hosting Gala Fundraiser Aboard Queen Mary 2 to Benefit New York...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 20, 2007 700+ words
...will welcome guests from the New York City Opera (City Opera) and Brooklyn...Gullong, Executive Director of New York City Opera. "City Opera and our colleagues...Susan L. Baker, Chairman of New York City Opera; and ...