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The Garden of the Finzi-ContinisNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 8 |
Ricky Ian Gordon, por partida doble |
16 Feb 22 / Scherzo |
There are fascists at the bottom of our garden |
8 Feb 22 / parterre box |
Dual opera premieres reflect one composer’s stage savvy and range |
5 Feb 22 / Classical Voice North America |
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Tenor Anthony Ciaramitaro is the star of a new Ricky Ian Gordon opera, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis |
3 Feb 22 / Seen and Heard |
An opera sings of a world on the verge of ending |
1 Feb 22 / New York Times |
Too much of a good thing |
30 Jan 22 / Broadway World |
A heartrending reminder never to forget in New York City Opera’s ‘The Garden of the Finzi-Continis’ |
29 Jan 22 / DC Theater Arts |
NY City Opera returns with world premiere of Gordon’s moving “Finzi-Continis” |
29 Jan 22 / Classical Review |
StonewallNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 8 |
New opera recalls Stonewall on its 50th anniversary |
6 Jul 19 / Classical Voice North America |
The strong ensemble cast performed with a sense of the anniversary’s momentousness. |
27 Jun 19 / Opera News |
No stonewalling the message of the Bell-Campbell Stonewell at City Opera premiere |
26 Jun 19 / Broadway World |
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Ringing in my queers |
26 Jun 19 / parterre box |
New York City Opera’s ‘Stonewall’ pays vocal tribute to a messy uprising |
26 Jun 19 / New York Observer |
'Stonewall' opera reflects the diversity of queer history |
24 Jun 19 / New York Times |
Unifying the many voices of Stonewall’s historical uprising in NYC |
24 Jun 19 / OperaWire |
City Opera’s “Stonewall” premiere puts human faces on gay rights history |
23 Jun 19 / Classical Review |
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 |
3 Jun 19 / Broadway World |
An important work given a powerful performance by Jorell Williams and Briana Elyse Hunter |
3 Jun 19 / OperaWire |
Male and female join in As One |
2 Jun 19 / ConcertoNet (English) |
Dear ErichNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 4 |
A mother’s words lift Dear Erich from the maudlin and mundane |
15 Jan 19 / Seen and Heard |
Recalling doomed mother’s letters to her Dear Erich |
12 Jan 19 / Classical Voice North America |
‘Dear Erich’ combines opera, jazz and the holocaust |
11 Jan 19 / New York Times |
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Emotional ebbs and flows |
11 Jan 19 / OperaWire |
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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! |
4 Nov 18 / Broadway World |
City Opera’s ‘María de Buenos Aires’ takes a close look at a sex worker’s rise and fall |
4 Nov 18 / New York Observer |
Catalina Cuervo leads solid cast in enjoyable showcase of Piazzolla-Ferrer’s masterpiece |
4 Nov 18 / OperaWire |
Brokeback MountainNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 10 |
Wuorinen’s Brokeback Mountain returns home to NYCO |
14 Jun 18 / Bachtrack |
Burning with love and fear among the tumbleweed |
9 Jun 18 / Classical Voice North America |
Solid, if not always, satisfying, opera experience |
6 Jun 18 / OperaWire |
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Emotions on the high ground |
5 Jun 18 / ConcertoNet (English) |
The music is strangely complex and harsh in sound |
3 Jun 18 / Times Square Chronicles |
Wuorinen’s dreary music puts passion on ice in NYCO’s “Brokeback Mountain” premiere |
3 Jun 18 / Classical Review |
‘Brokeback Mountain’ opera sings of gay love — minus the passion |
3 Jun 18 / New York Observer |
If it ain’t ‘Brokeback’ |
2 Jun 18 / parterre box |
Same time, next Brokebank, premiering at City Opera |
2 Jun 18 / Broadway World |
‘Brokeback Mountain,’ the opera, falls short of its potential |
2 Jun 18 / New York Times |
L'amore dei tre reNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 2 |
Plot needs work, but Montemezzi’s golden oldie sings |
22 Apr 18 / Classical Voice North America |
Kingly sex |
14 Apr 18 / parterre box |
PygmalionNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 4 |
Double dose Of Pygmalion tale from City Opera |
31 Mar 18 / Classical Voice North America |
An unusual and exciting double-bill |
29 Mar 18 / OperaWire |
A unique double bill of Donizetti and Rameau |
29 Mar 18 / Broadway World |
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NYCO’s rocky “Pygmalion” double-bill comes to life in second half |
26 Mar 18 / Classical Review |
Il PigmalioneNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 4 |
Double dose Of Pygmalion tale from City Opera |
31 Mar 18 / Classical Voice North America |
An unusual and exciting double-bill |
29 Mar 18 / OperaWire |
A unique double bill of Donizetti and Rameau |
29 Mar 18 / Broadway World |
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NYCO’s rocky “Pygmalion” double-bill comes to life in second half |
26 Mar 18 / Classical Review |
Cruzar la Cara de la LunaNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 5 |
A revelatory experience that puts the current immigration landscape into new perspective |
2 Feb 18 / OperaWire |
NY City Opera's moving, lively Cruzar |
1 Feb 18 / Broadway World |
A tale of migration and metamorphosis |
30 Jan 18 / The Opera Critic |
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Okay by me in america |
28 Jan 18 / parterre box |
A Mariachi opera addresses roiling issues of immigration |
27 Jan 18 / New York Times |
Dominik Argento's 90th Birthday ConcertNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 2 |
Allowing the birds to nest in your hair |
14 Nov 17 / parterre box |
NYCO celebrates Argento at 90 with two tragicomic character portraits |
14 Nov 17 / Classical Review |
Dolores ClaiborneNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 3 |
Tobias Picker’s opera shocks and thrills |
1 Nov 17 / OperaWire |
City Opera's chamber version of Dolores Claiborne proves Fitzgerald was wrong |
28 Oct 17 / Broadway World |
Picker’s darkly poetic “Dolores Claiborne” makes powerful impact at City Opera |
24 Oct 17 / Classical Review |
La fanciulla del WestNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 10 |
Puccini’s Western finds comfy home at City Opera |
16 Sep 17 / Classical Voice North America |
Kristin Sampson and Jonathan Burton lead stellar cast in exciting revival |
13 Sep 17 / OperaWire |
Not much gold, but plenty of rush |
12 Sep 17 / parterre box |
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Puccini’s beloved Fanciulla comes home |
12 Sep 17 / The Opera Critic |
Puccini's Minnie is no mouse in NY City Opera's lively Fanciulla del West |
11 Sep 17 / Broadway World |
Exciting, loud Fanciulla opens NYCO season |
9 Sep 17 / Bachtrack |
Puccini on the prairie |
9 Sep 17 / Wall Street Journal |
Melodramatic 'Fanciulla' weaves a complex tale of love and loss |
9 Sep 17 / New York Observer |
Strong cast proves mostly golden in New York City Opera’s “Fanciulla” |
9 Sep 17 / Classical Review |
A good-enough 'La Fanciulla del West' at New York City Opera |
9 Sep 17 / New York Times |
Angels in AmericaNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 10 |
Angels in America, as opera, loses its New York focus |
21 Jun 17 / Classical Voice North America |
The performances are inspired |
19 Jun 17 / Classics Today |
Aaron Blake as Louis Ironson was a revelation |
19 Jun 17 / Classical Source |
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The manly pursuit of desire |
16 Jun 17 / The Huffington Post |
Angels in America, the opera, remains disappointingly earthbound when what it really needs is to take flight |
16 Jun 17 / Theater Mania |
The cast perform heroically in Peter Eötvös’s opera based on Tony Kushner’s play |
14 Jun 17 / Financial Times |
New York City Opera clips the wings of ‘Angels in America’ |
14 Jun 17 / New York Observer |
And the 'Angels' sing |
13 Jun 17 / parterre box |
City Opera wraps pivotal season with probing “Angels in America” |
13 Jun 17 / Classical Review |
'Angels in America,' carved to the bone and into an opera |
12 Jun 17 / New York Times |
La campana sommersaNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 11 |
In “Campana Sommersa,” NYC Opera Respighi rarity, it’s man vs. nature, in life & love |
24 May 17 / QonStage |
La campana sommersa ought to enchant the eye as well as the ear—and it did |
11 May 17 / The New Criterion |
While too substantial to be a mere trifle, La campana sommersa is not accomplished enough to become a classic |
30 Apr 17 / Classical Music Rocks |
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An enchanted evening |
12 Apr 17 / The Opera Critic |
NYCO's production of Respighi’s “La Campana Sommersa” is the finest effort yet of the recently reëstablished company |
4 Apr 17 / The New Yorker |
A buried treasure is unearthed in NYCO’s ‘La Campana Sommersa’ |
4 Apr 17 / ZEALnyc |
Respighi 'La Campana Sommersa' presented without high-concept apologies |
4 Apr 17 / Operavore | WQXR |
Diving into the lake for a Respighi rarity at City Opera |
3 Apr 17 / New York Times |
Love in mythical forests |
3 Apr 17 / ConcertoNet (English) |
At NYCO, a fairy tale opera may lead to a happy ending |
2 Apr 17 / New York Observer |
Clash of symbols |
2 Apr 17 / parterre box |
Los ElementosNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 6 |
The sun alluringly rises |
9 May 17 / ConcertoNet (English) |
City Opera’s Baroque premiere provides mixed rewards |
8 May 17 / Classical Review |
A rare Spanish gem gets an intimate revival |
8 May 17 / OperaWire |
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Long-forgotten ‘Los Elementos’ lives again — Olé! |
8 May 17 / ZEALnyc |
Is 'Los Elementos' opera? That's beside the point |
8 May 17 / New York Times |
New York City Opera’s excursion into Spanish Baroque was charming or cloying, according to taste |
8 May 17 / Financial Times |
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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?’ |
18 Jan 17 / Forward |
The best of all Hal Prince’s worlds |
13 Jan 17 / Deadline |
New York City Opera returns with a princely Candide |
12 Jan 17 / Broadway World |
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Operas from small to large that bring winter heat |
12 Jan 17 / Vulture |
Nostalgia and misfortune |
11 Jan 17 / Wall Street Journal |
City Opera's new incarnation delivers lively, enveloping entertainment |
10 Jan 17 / Operavore | WQXR |
‘Old lady’ Linda Lavin animates NYCO’s stale ‘Candide’ |
10 Jan 17 / New York Observer |
City Opera's 'Candide' is a charming, raucous return to form |
10 Jan 17 / The Village Voice |
‘Candide’ continues to confound |
10 Jan 17 / ZEALnyc |
The adventures of 'Candide', and of City Opera |
10 Jan 17 / New York Times |
A witty production of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide that should renew hope in NYCO’s future |
10 Jan 17 / Classical Source |
Musical theater of the absurd |
10 Jan 17 / parterre box |
NY City Opera makes the best of all possible cases for Bernstein’s “Candide” |
8 Jan 17 / Classical Review |
FallujahNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 4 |
New York City Opera's "Fallujah" explores the tragic resonance of war |
23 Nov 16 / Musical Toronto |
Learning to listen: Fallujah brings the Iraq War to the opera stage |
22 Nov 16 / Bachtrack |
Despite explosive subject matter, ‘Fallujah’ Opera is a dud |
19 Nov 16 / New York Observer |
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New York City Opera explores raw, post-war emotions in “Fallujah” |
19 Nov 16 / Classical Review |
PagliacciNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 9 |
A rather odd couple |
25 Sep 16 / The Opera Critic |
New York City Opera presents a historically interesting double-bill of ‘Aleko’ and ‘Pagliacci’ |
16 Sep 16 / The Huffington Post |
Stories of jealousy and envy |
13 Sep 16 / Wall Street Journal |
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Aleko and Pagliacci double bill an auspicious start for New York City Opera |
13 Sep 16 / Bachtrack |
NYCO takes a stab at some violent operas … and misses |
10 Sep 16 / New York Observer |
NYC Opera's double bill: stick around after intermission |
10 Sep 16 / Operavore | WQXR |
In “Aleko” and “Pagliacci,” New York City Opera finds its stride |
10 Sep 16 / Classical Review |
NYCO, back in business and boasting first-rate dancing along With the singing |
10 Sep 16 / Broadway World |
Signs of rebirth at New York City Opera |
10 Sep 16 / New York Times |
AlekoNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 9 |
A rather odd couple |
25 Sep 16 / The Opera Critic |
New York City Opera presents a historically interesting double-bill of ‘Aleko’ and ‘Pagliacci’ |
16 Sep 16 / The Huffington Post |
Stories of jealousy and envy: |
13 Sep 16 / Wall Street Journal |
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Aleko and Pagliacci double bill an auspicious start for New York City Opera |
13 Sep 16 / Bachtrack |
NYCO takes a stab at some violent operas … and misses |
10 Sep 16 / New York Observer |
NYC Opera's double bill: stick around after intermission |
10 Sep 16 / Operavore | WQXR |
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The New York City Opera will return to Bryant Park for its fourth season of operas as the centerpiece of Bank of America’s Bryant Park Picnic Performance series. |
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4 Jan 2021 / OperaWire |
New York City Opera to produce world premiere |
New York City Opera has announced plans to produce the world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon's The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, a co-production with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene. |
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