NEW YORK CITY OPERA

ARTS
'Candide' Raises the Roof at the Rose
By ZEALnyc, Contributor
arts - culture - entertainment
ARTS
New York City Opera's Road Back -- An Interview with General Director Michael Capasso
By ZEALnyc, Contributor
arts - culture - entertainment
ARTS
'Candide' Celebrates its 60th Anniversary with Celebrity Tributes
By ZEALnyc, Contributor
arts - culture - entertainment
ARTS
New York City Opera Presents a Historically Interesting Double-Bill of 'Aleko' and 'Pagliacci'
By ZEALnyc, Contributor
arts - culture - entertainment
ARTS
What Does A Successful 21st Century Opera Company Look Like?
By Jennifer Rivera, Contributor
Mezzo soprano
WOMEN
She Makes Beautiful Music
By Jill S. Tietjen, Contributor
Past President, National Women's Hall of Fame
America the Beautiful is a beloved patriotic song -- written by a woman! Women have contributed to the field of music as singers, songwriters, composers, and conductors. Match the woman with her accomplishment.
ARTS
Leonardo DiCaprio and Deepak Chopra's NYC Building Hosts Bizet's Leading "Carmen" Opera by NYCO Renaissance
By David Drake, Contributor
Journalist, The Soho Loft Media Group
Last week, 80 New York socialites attended an intimate and luxurious evening of live opera at the Wellness Building on 66 East 11th Street where both Deepak Chopra and Leonardo DiCaprio have purchased apartments.
ARTS
Placido Domingo Leads Top 20 NYC Opera Renaissance Performers in Honor of the Late Maestro Julius Rudel
By David Drake, Contributor
Journalist, The Soho Loft Media Group
ARTS
A Big Night of Music (for Opera and the #newNYCO)
By David Drake, Contributor
Journalist, The Soho Loft Media Group
ARTS
An Interview With the Man Now in Charge of Reviving New York City Opera
By Jennifer Rivera, Contributor
Mezzo soprano
Working under the radar for the past year, asset manager and former board member Roy Niederhoffer, after pledging $1 million of his own money and raising a total of over $2.5 million to date, has now won the right (pending court approval) to revive and reinvent the company we all thought had left us forever.
WOMEN
Women's Firsts in the Big Apple
By Jill S. Tietjen, Contributor
Past President, National Women's Hall of Fame
When Joan Ganz Cooney decided to start the Children's Television Workshop, she was told that she could be the deputy, but that a man should be in charge. Her response was that if a man were in charge, she would not be involved
ARTS
The Rumors of Opera's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (Pt. 2)
By Jennifer Rivera, Contributor
Mezzo soprano
When you choose artists of the highest caliber and the finished product becomes not just an artistic experiment but truly an exceptional presentation of music and drama, you're really onto something.
ARTS
Elaine Stritch, Carlo Bergonzi, Mary Rodgers and Lorin Maazel - Part 2
By John Mauceri, Contributor
American conductor, educator, and producer
Carlo Bergonzi was one of the "other" tenors when I was a teenager going to the Metropolitan Opera. Like Nicolai Gedda, Bergonzi was a tenor's tenor. He did not send off fireworks like a Tucker or a Corelli. He did not summon the deep wells of sadness that Vickers could. He was simply perfect.
ARTS
Elaine Stritch, Carlo Bergonzi, Mary Rodgers and Lorin Maazel (Part 1)
By John Mauceri, Contributor
American conductor, educator, and producer
Within the past month we have read with sadness of the deaths of four important artists who seemingly have little in common: composer and author Mary Rodgers Guettel, internationally famous American conductor Lorin Maazel, Broadway and cabaret star Elaine Stritch, and the legendary operatic tenor Carlo Bergonzi. They do actually have one thing in common: me.
ARTS
Met Opera Cancels Live Transmission Due To Anti-Semitism Concerns
ARTS
Chew On This: Operatic Mastication
By Susanne Mentzer, Contributor
Opera Singer
We need to get on the arts treadmill, cut out the fat and keep its heart healthy.
IMPACT
Playing From the Heart
By China Hands, Contributor
For Future Leaders in US-China Relations
In recent years, there has been a revival in interest in classical music in China that is aiming to shake China's traditional emphasis on technical superiority and instead emphasize emotion.
IMPACT
A Nonprofit Board's Best Friend: A Robust Business Plan
By Eugene Fram, Contributor
Professor Emeritus, Saunders College of Business, Rochester In...
The key to long-term success for a nonprofit board is to seriously evaluate business plans on a regular schedule, even if a status quo plan is desired. However, there are some alternatives that can be developed if changes are needed.
ARTS
First Nighter: The Gotham Chamber Opera's Top-Notch "La descente d'Orphée aux enfers"
By David Finkle, Contributor
Writer, Drama Critic
ARTS
Questions for the Future of the Arts
By Michael Kaiser, Contributor
Chairman, DeVos Institute of Arts Management
Are we witnessing a major transition in the arts from regional organizations to fewer mega-organizations with the sophistication to mount large scale productions, to market them well and to raise large sums of money?
ARTS
NYCO Says, "Ta-Ta": New York City Opera's Final Performance of Anna Nicole in Review
By Opera Teen, Contributor
Teen opera enthusiast
ARTS
What Do the NFL and Classical Music Have in Common?
By Susanne Mentzer, Contributor
Opera Singer
As a mere observer I am not privy to the inner workings of the NYC Opera or the Minnesota Orchestra. However, the bizarre logic of our congress allowing the NFL to not carry its weight while arts groups are gasping for air is insulting.
ARTS
From the Back Row
By Alice Carey, Contributor
Writer and style icon
The opera begins and ends with Anna saying, "I want to blow you all... a kiss." As I bid farewell to City Opera, I too blow them a kiss for their brave attempt to bring opera to the people and to convert me to the opera Queen that I am.
QUEER VOICES
Did AIDS Kill New York City Opera?
By Perry Brass, Contributor
Author, 'King of Angels: A Novel' and 'The Manly Art of Seduct...
The amount of money necessary to save New York City Opera -- about $7 million -- people like David Koch and his crowd could belch out after dinner. But what is so heartbreaking to me is that a whole generation that would have fought like mad to save it is now dust.
ARTS
Met Opera: Levine Returns in Triumph in "Cosi Fan Tutte"
By Wilborn Hampton, Contributor
Author, theater critic
The most thrilling moment in an evening full of thrills at the Metropolitan Opera's first performance of Cosi Fan Tutte last night came before a single note was played.
ARTS
Giving Money to the Arts Does Not Make You Evil
By Jennifer Rivera, Contributor
Mezzo soprano
Please -- if you have an extra dollar, do help human beings who are suffering. However, if you have a million dollars, know that if you give some to an arts organization -- even an ailing one -- your money will not be spent in vain.
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