Season Tickets
At BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
La traviata
February 12-18, 2012
Verdi’s timeless masterpiece returns to City Opera in a new production by acclaimed director Jonathan Miller. Miller’s take on this gripping story focuses on the psychological drama between the characters, powerfully conveyed with stark realism by an outstanding cast. Laquita Mitchell stars as opera’s most fascinating heroine opposite David Pomeroy in his City Opera debut.
Scenery and costumes originally created for Glimmerglass Opera and Vancouver Opera.
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 1:30pm
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 7:30pm
Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 7:30pm
Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 7:30pm
At BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
Prima Donna
February 19-25, 2012
With this, his first foray in opera, Rufus Wainwright has “written a love song to opera, soaked in the perennial operatic themes of loss, betrayal, delusion and nostalgia, and saturated in the musical styles of opera’s golden age” (The Times, London). Rising star Melody Moore sings the tour-de-force role of a once-acclaimed opera soprano seeking to return to the spotlight. After thrilling audiences in the UK and Canada, Prima Donna now receives its U.S. premiere under the direction of Tim Albery.
Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, Sadler’s Wells, Luminato: Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity, and Melbourne International Arts Festival.
Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 1:30pm
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 7:30pm
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 7:30pm
Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 7:30pm
At Gerald W. Lynch Theater
Così fan tutte
March 18-24, 2012
Having captured the imaginations of audiences and critics alike with his direction of City Opera’s 2009 production of Mozart’s masterful Don Giovanni, Christopher Alden, “known for revisionist stagings of the staples” (The New York Times), returns to lead this, the second opera in his Mozart/Da Ponte cycle. The cast for this new production will once again feature a selection of today’s most promising young talent, enacting the cynical test of two sisters’ fidelity.
Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 1:30pm
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 7:30pm
Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 7:30pm
Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 7:30pm
At El Museo del Barrio
Orpheus
May 12-20, 2012
Continuing its focus on resurrecting the operas of Handel, City Opera expands its exploration of the Baroque to include the New York premiere of Georg Philipp Telemann’s 1726 opera Orpheus. This unique twist on the Orpheus myth focuses on the character Orasia, whose jealousy brings about the fall of Orpheus and Eurydice.
Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 7:30pm
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 7:30pm
Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 1:30pm