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The Garden of the Finzi-ContinisNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 8 | ![]() |
Ricky Ian Gordon, por partida doble |
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There are fascists at the bottom of our garden |
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Dual opera premieres reflect one composer’s stage savvy and range |
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Tenor Anthony Ciaramitaro is the star of a new Ricky Ian Gordon opera, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis |
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An opera sings of a world on the verge of ending |
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Too much of a good thing |
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A heartrending reminder never to forget in New York City Opera’s ‘The Garden of the Finzi-Continis’ |
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NY City Opera returns with world premiere of Gordon’s moving “Finzi-Continis” |
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StonewallNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 8 | ![]() |
New opera recalls Stonewall on its 50th anniversary |
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The strong ensemble cast performed with a sense of the anniversary’s momentousness. |
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No stonewalling the message of the Bell-Campbell Stonewell at City Opera premiere |
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Ringing in my queers |
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New York City Opera’s ‘Stonewall’ pays vocal tribute to a messy uprising |
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'Stonewall' opera reflects the diversity of queer history |
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Unifying the many voices of Stonewall’s historical uprising in NYC |
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City Opera’s “Stonewall” premiere puts human faces on gay rights history |
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As OneNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
Five years and 26 productions later, As One makes a splendid return to New York at City Opera |
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An important work given a powerful performance by Jorell Williams and Briana Elyse Hunter |
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Male and female join in As One |
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Dear ErichNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
A mother’s words lift Dear Erich from the maudlin and mundane |
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Recalling doomed mother’s letters to her Dear Erich |
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‘Dear Erich’ combines opera, jazz and the holocaust |
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Emotional ebbs and flows |
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Dear Erich
How a box of forgotten letters became a Holocaust jazz opera.
How a box of forgotten letters became a Holocaust jazz opera.
Maria de Buenos AiresNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
Don't cry for Maria, Argentina... she's here in the Big Apple now! |
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City Opera’s ‘María de Buenos Aires’ takes a close look at a sex worker’s rise and fall |
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Catalina Cuervo leads solid cast in enjoyable showcase of Piazzolla-Ferrer’s masterpiece |
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Brokeback MountainNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 10 | ![]() |
Wuorinen’s Brokeback Mountain returns home to NYCO |
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Burning with love and fear among the tumbleweed |
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Solid, if not always, satisfying, opera experience |
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Emotions on the high ground |
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The music is strangely complex and harsh in sound |
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Wuorinen’s dreary music puts passion on ice in NYCO’s “Brokeback Mountain” premiere |
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‘Brokeback Mountain’ opera sings of gay love — minus the passion |
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If it ain’t ‘Brokeback’ |
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Same time, next Brokebank, premiering at City Opera |
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‘Brokeback Mountain,’ the opera, falls short of its potential |
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L'amore dei tre reNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Plot needs work, but Montemezzi’s golden oldie sings |
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Kingly sex |
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PygmalionNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
Double dose Of Pygmalion tale from City Opera |
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An unusual and exciting double-bill |
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A unique double bill of Donizetti and Rameau |
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NYCO’s rocky “Pygmalion” double-bill comes to life in second half |
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Il PigmalioneNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
Double dose Of Pygmalion tale from City Opera |
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An unusual and exciting double-bill |
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A unique double bill of Donizetti and Rameau |
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NYCO’s rocky “Pygmalion” double-bill comes to life in second half |
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Cruzar la Cara de la LunaNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 5 | ![]() |
A revelatory experience that puts the current immigration landscape into new perspective |
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NY City Opera's moving, lively Cruzar |
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A tale of migration and metamorphosis |
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Okay by me in america |
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A Mariachi opera addresses roiling issues of immigration |
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Dominik Argento's 90th Birthday ConcertNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Allowing the birds to nest in your hair |
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NYCO celebrates Argento at 90 with two tragicomic character portraits |
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Dolores ClaiborneNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
Tobias Picker’s opera shocks and thrills |
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City Opera's chamber version of Dolores Claiborne proves Fitzgerald was wrong |
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Picker’s darkly poetic “Dolores Claiborne” makes powerful impact at City Opera |
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La fanciulla del WestNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 10 | ![]() |
Puccini’s Western finds comfy home at City Opera |
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Kristin Sampson and Jonathan Burton lead stellar cast in exciting revival |
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Not much gold, but plenty of rush |
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Puccini’s beloved Fanciulla comes home |
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Puccini's Minnie is no mouse in NY City Opera's lively Fanciulla del West |
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Exciting, loud Fanciulla opens NYCO season |
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Puccini on the prairie |
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Melodramatic 'Fanciulla' weaves a complex tale of love and loss |
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Strong cast proves mostly golden in New York City Opera’s “Fanciulla” |
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A good-enough 'La Fanciulla del West' at New York City Opera |
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Angels in AmericaNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 10 | ![]() |
Angels in America, as opera, loses its New York focus |
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The performances are inspired |
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Aaron Blake as Louis Ironson was a revelation |
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The manly pursuit of desire |
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Angels in America, the opera, remains disappointingly earthbound when what it really needs is to take flight |
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The cast perform heroically in Peter Eötvös’s opera based on Tony Kushner’s play |
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New York City Opera clips the wings of ‘Angels in America’ |
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And the 'Angels' sing |
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City Opera wraps pivotal season with probing “Angels in America” |
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'Angels in America,' carved to the bone and into an opera |
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La campana sommersaNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 11 | ![]() |
In “Campana Sommersa,” NYC Opera Respighi rarity, it’s man vs. nature, in life & love |
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La campana sommersa ought to enchant the eye as well as the ear—and it did |
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While too substantial to be a mere trifle, La campana sommersa is not accomplished enough to become a classic |
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An enchanted evening |
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NYCO's production of Respighi’s “La Campana Sommersa” is the finest effort yet of the recently reëstablished company |
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A buried treasure is unearthed in NYCO’s ‘La Campana Sommersa’ |
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Respighi 'La Campana Sommersa' presented without high-concept apologies |
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Diving into the lake for a Respighi rarity at City Opera |
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Love in mythical forests |
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At NYCO, a fairy tale opera may lead to a happy ending |
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Clash of symbols |
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Los ElementosNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | ![]() |
The sun alluringly rises |
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City Opera’s Baroque premiere provides mixed rewards |
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A rare Spanish gem gets an intimate revival |
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Long-forgotten ‘Los Elementos’ lives again — Olé! |
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Is 'Los Elementos' opera? That's beside the point |
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New York City Opera’s excursion into Spanish Baroque was charming or cloying, according to taste |
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The intriguing return of Baroque opera
The newly resurrected New York City Opera emphasizes outreach to the Hispanic community with Antonio Literes’s “Los Elementos.”
The newly resurrected New York City Opera emphasizes outreach to the Hispanic community with Antonio Literes’s “Los Elementos.”
CandideNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 13 | ![]() |
Will ‘Candide’ help NYC Opera’s ‘garden grow?’ |
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The best of all Hal Prince’s worlds |
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New York City Opera returns with a princely Candide |
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Operas from small to large that bring winter heat |
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Nostalgia and misfortune |
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City Opera's new incarnation delivers lively, enveloping entertainment |
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‘Old lady’ Linda Lavin animates NYCO’s stale ‘Candide’ |
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City Opera's 'Candide' is a charming, raucous return to form |
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‘Candide’ continues to confound |
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The adventures of 'Candide', and of City Opera |
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A witty production of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide that should renew hope in NYCO’s future |
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Musical theater of the absurd |
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NY City Opera makes the best of all possible cases for Bernstein’s “Candide” |
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FallujahNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
New York City Opera's "Fallujah" explores the tragic resonance of war |
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Learning to listen: Fallujah brings the Iraq War to the opera stage |
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Despite explosive subject matter, ‘Fallujah’ Opera is a dud |
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New York City Opera explores raw, post-war emotions in “Fallujah” |
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PagliacciNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | ![]() |
A rather odd couple |
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New York City Opera presents a historically interesting double-bill of ‘Aleko’ and ‘Pagliacci’ |
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Stories of jealousy and envy |
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Aleko and Pagliacci double bill an auspicious start for New York City Opera |
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NYCO takes a stab at some violent operas … and misses |
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NYC Opera's double bill: stick around after intermission |
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In “Aleko” and “Pagliacci,” New York City Opera finds its stride |
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NYCO, back in business and boasting first-rate dancing along With the singing |
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Signs of rebirth at New York City Opera |
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AlekoNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | ![]() |
A rather odd couple |
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New York City Opera presents a historically interesting double-bill of ‘Aleko’ and ‘Pagliacci’ |
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Stories of jealousy and envy: |
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Aleko and Pagliacci double bill an auspicious start for New York City Opera |
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NYCO takes a stab at some violent operas … and misses |
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NYC Opera's double bill: stick around after intermission |
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