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AlekoNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | |
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 |
Florencia en el AmazonasNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | 
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Down the river with Catan's Florencia at New York City Opera |
| 1 Jul 16 / Broadway World |
A singer sails the Amazon |
| 28 Jun 16 / Wall Street Journal |
Daniel Catan’s Florencia Invigorates New York City Opera |
| 27 Jun 16 / Classics Today |
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Piranhas and cholera are no match for a diva |
| 25 Jun 16 / New York Observer |
Staging flaws apart, Catán’s “Florencia” takes wing at City Opera |
| 25 Jun 16 / Classical Review |
Rolling on the river |
| 25 Jun 16 / parterre box |
NYCO presents New York première of Florencia en el Amazonas |
| 25 Jun 16 / Bachtrack |
New York City Opera spreads its wings with 'Florencia' |
| 24 Jun 16 / Operavore | WQXR |
New York City Opera steps out of the shadows of the past |
| 24 Jun 16 / Opera Today |
Hopper's WifeNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Two shorter operas, two very different performances |
| 5 May 16 / New York Observer |
A wife for all seasons from City Opera at Harlem Stage |
| 4 May 16 / Broadway World |
Hopper’s Wife sets NYC Opera 2.0 on promising course |
| 4 May 16 / Classical Voice North America |
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'Hopper's Wife imagines a painter married to a gossip queen |
| 2 May 16 / New York Times |
ToscaNYCO RenaissanceNo. of reviews: 8 | |
Why, Tosca? Really. This performance made us question everything |
| 2 Feb 16 / New York Observer |
City Opera lives again! |
| 30 Jan 16 / ConcertoNet (English) |
“Tosca” ’s second chance |
| 29 Jan 16 / The New Yorker |
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Operatic revival—or exhumation? |
| 26 Jan 16 / Wall Street Journal |
New York City Opera's resurrection may be right |
| 25 Jan 16 / Philadelphia Inquirer |
City Opera, with an originalist Tosca, rises from its deathbed |
| 22 Jan 16 / Vulture |
“Tosca” at the séance |
| 22 Jan 16 / parterre box |
‘Tosca,’ from NYCO Renaissance, puts a grand ambition to the test |
| 22 Jan 16 / New York Times |
Anna NicoleNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 13 | |
Lively, worthy Anna Nicole from NYCO |
| 23 Sep 13 / Classics Today |
Turnage’s witty tragedy “Anna Nicole” mirrors the looming fate of New York City Opera |
| 21 Sep 13 / Classical Review |
'Anna Nicole' opens at New York City Opera |
| 20 Sep 13 / New Jersey Star Ledger |
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‘Anna Nicole’ falls short on trash-tastic tale |
| 20 Sep 13 / New York Post |
Anna Nicole's 36DDs Gain AAA status with New York City Opera at BAM's Next Wave Festival |
| 20 Sep 13 / Broadway World |
A lavish production of Turnage’s quasi-opera that suggested much snazzy ado about not much at all |
| 19 Sep 13 / Financial Times |
I was a camera: Parsing ‘Anna Nicole: The Opera’ |
| 19 Sep 13 / New York Observer |
For all its color and surface agitation, this is a cold, heartless piece, built on mockery |
| 19 Sep 13 / Wall Street Journal |
An opera plot ripped from the tabloids |
| 19 Sep 13 / New York Times |
Luckily, Anna Nicole is held aloft by Sarah Joy Miller's performance in the title role |
| 19 Sep 13 / Entertainment Weekly |
As opera, Anna Nicole goes bust |
| 19 Sep 13 / The Huffington Post |
Sarah Joy Miller brings a trashy celebrity world and vivid story to life in City Opera production |
| 19 Sep 13 / New York Daily News |
The tragic life of Anna Nicole Smith makes for audacious subject matter |
| 19 Sep 13 / The Hollywood Reporter |
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Anna Nicole opera arrives at BAM for its American premiere
Playbill chats with the creators and star of the new opera about a seemingly unlikely of subjects: Anna Nicole Smith.
Playbill chats with the creators and star of the new opera about a seemingly unlikely of subjects: Anna Nicole Smith.
La PéricholeNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 5 | |
Offenbach's 'La Perichole' ends NYC Opera season |
| 25 Apr 13 / San Francisco Chronicle |
Christopher Alden’s staging reflected a sense of style – unfortunately, it was a perverse style |
| 24 Apr 13 / Financial Times |
Lively score frames funny farce |
| 23 Apr 13 / New York Post |
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Director Alden once again snatches defeat from jaws of victory with clumsy, tedious staging of NYCO’s “Périchole” |
| 23 Apr 13 / Classical Review |
Wanted: mistresses, must be married |
| 23 Apr 13 / New York Times |
Mosè in EgittoNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | |
Rossini helps a company bounce back with style and grace |
| 22 Apr 13 / Seen and Heard |
Let people go, but thou shalt not go gaga |
| 16 Apr 13 / New York Post |
Even with rough edges, NY City Opera’s “Mosè” reaches sublime heights |
| 16 Apr 13 / Classical Review |
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New York City Opera returns to the City Center |
| 16 Apr 13 / Broadway World |
City Opera's grand, musically uneven Moses in Egypt |
| 16 Apr 13 / Operavore | WQXR |
Moses leaves Egypt, and City Opera comes home |
| 16 Apr 13 / New York Times |
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As New York City Opera seeks new identity, a nod to its past
New York City Opera will perform at City Center on West 55th street for the first time since 1965. The homecoming happens as the company looks to forge a new identity.
New York City Opera will perform at City Center on West 55th street for the first time since 1965. The homecoming happens as the company looks to forge a new identity.
The Turn of the ScrewNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 8 | |
A trio of small-scale operas, all about sexual decadence and its discontents |
| 11 Apr 13 / New York Magazine |
Britten’s creepy “Screw” wonderfully turned |
| 4 Mar 13 / Classics Today |
Bly spirit |
| 26 Feb 13 / parterre box |
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City Opera’s decent ‘Screw’ needs tightening |
| 26 Feb 13 / New York Post |
Though the spirits are pallid, City Opera’s Britten proves haunting |
| 26 Feb 13 / Classical Review |
Britten’s “Turn of the Screw” at City Opera undermined by horror movie gimmicks |
| 26 Feb 13 / Washington Post |
City Opera's Turn of the Screw missing spooky thrills |
| 26 Feb 13 / Operavore | WQXR |
Poltergeists stalk a murky playroom |
| 26 Feb 13 / New York Times |
Powder her FaceNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | |
A trio of small-scale operas, all about sexual decadence and its discontents |
| 11 Apr 13 / New York Magazine |
Take a powder |
| 20 Feb 13 / Out West Arts |
Alba Clemente’s effective costumes are of the kind that can be easily torn off |
| 20 Feb 13 / Classical Source |
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Scandalous opera bares all |
| 19 Feb 13 / New York Post |
Ades' 'Powder Her Face' opens NY City Opera season |
| 18 Feb 13 / San Francisco Chronicle |
State of her grace |
| 18 Feb 13 / parterre box |
City Opera's Production of Powder Her Face by Thomas Adès Is Raining Men and a “Dirty Duchess” |
| 18 Feb 13 / Broadway World |
A Duchess who made blue blood curdle |
| 18 Feb 13 / New York Times |
City Opera's Powder Her Face lays bare British sex scandal |
| 17 Feb 13 / Operavore | WQXR |
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Return of a tabloid dreamscape
Thomas Adès’s masterpiece of contemporary music drama, "Powder Her Face" comes to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in a new production by New York City Opera.
Thomas Adès’s masterpiece of contemporary music drama, "Powder Her Face" comes to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in a new production by New York City Opera.
OrpheusNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 7 | |
City Opera may have secured its immediate future. But does it matter? |
| 24 May 12 / New York Magazine |
Telemann’s surprising, rare “Orpheus” from NYCO |
| 21 May 12 / Classics Today |
Resurrecting 'Orpheus' |
| 19 May 12 / New Jersey Star Ledger |
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Telemann's `Orpheus' given staging by NYC Opera |
| 17 May 12 / San Francisco Chronicle |
Lyre’s poker |
| 17 May 12 / parterre box |
City Opera’s unabashed underworld |
| 14 May 12 / New York Times |
Should’ve stayed dead and buried |
| 14 May 12 / New York Post |
Così fan tutteNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 7 | |
Christopher Alden delivers another gift at City Opera with Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte |
| 31 Mar 12 / New York Observer |
A ‘Così’ of directorial enigmas and stylish music |
| 22 Mar 12 / Financial Times |
One of the embattled City Opera's true crowning achievements |
| 21 Mar 12 / Theater Mania |
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Strolling in the park, succumbing to temptation |
| 20 Mar 12 / New York Times |
Opera night of the living dead draws blanks |
| 20 Mar 12 / New York Post |
New York City Opera gets it right with provocative, excellently cast "Cosi" |
| 20 Mar 12 / New Jersey Star Ledger |
New York City Opera serves up an intimate and compelling “Così” |
| 20 Mar 12 / Classical Review |
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For this director, Mozart’s message is that love hurts
In Christopher Alden’s “Così Fan Tutte,” at New York City Opera, love is portrayed in a harsh light.
In Christopher Alden’s “Così Fan Tutte,” at New York City Opera, love is portrayed in a harsh light.
Prima DonnaNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 8 | |
Strong “Traviata,” listless “Prima Donna” at New York City Opera |
| 8 Mar 12 / Seen and Heard |
Not grand, but pretty good |
| 25 Feb 12 / Philadelphia Inquirer |
Sketchy plot and lack of powerhouse arias undermine tale of diva on comeback trail |
| 22 Feb 12 / New York Daily News |
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Wainwright gets it wrong |
| 22 Feb 12 / New York Post |
New York City Opera makes a case for its own demise |
| 22 Feb 12 / Wall Street Journal |
Melody Moore’s tour de force diva sparks the American premiere of Wainwright’s “Prima Donna” |
| 22 Feb 12 / Classical Review |
A diva haunted by fame and failure |
| 21 Feb 12 / New York Times |
'Prima Donna' has US premiere at Brooklyn Academy |
| 21 Feb 12 / San Francisco Chronicle |
La TraviataNew York City OperaNo. of reviews: 8 | |
Strong “Traviata,” listless “Prima Donna” at New York City Opera |
| 8 Mar 12 / Seen and Heard |
New York City Opera makes a case for its own demise |
| 22 Feb 12 / Wall Street Journal |
Flaccid ‘Traviata’ no treasure |
| 20 Feb 12 / New York Post |
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Laquita Mitchell combines stellar voice and fine acting as Violetta |
| 15 Feb 12 / New York Daily News |
New York City Opera 'La Traviata' eerily invokes Whitney Houston |
| 14 Feb 12 / Los Angeles Times |
`Traviata' opens City Opera's short season |
| 14 Feb 12 / San Francisco Chronicle |
Laquita Mitchell’s extraordinary Violetta gets New York City Opera back on track |
| 14 Feb 12 / Classical Review |
Dancing to deathbed, traditionally |
| 14 Feb 12 / New York Times |
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She’s doing Verdi well
Laquita Mitchell will take her first star turn in her hometown, playing the lead role of Violetta in New York City Opera’s production of Verdi’s “La Traviata” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Laquita Mitchell will take her first star turn in her hometown, playing the lead role of Violetta in New York City Opera’s production of Verdi’s “La Traviata” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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