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NEW YORK CITY OPERA ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF WORLD-RENOWNED CONDUCTOR AND PIANIST CONSTANTINE ORBELIAN
New York City Opera (Michael Capasso, General Director) has announced the appointment of internationally acclaimed conductor and pianist Constantine Orbelian as the company’s Music Director and Principal Conductor.
NEW YORK CITY OPERA COMMUNITY IS VERY SAD TO LEARN OF THE PASSING OF PAUL KELLOGG
The entire New York City Opera community is very sad to learn of the passing of Paul Kellogg this morning in Cooperstown, NY. Paul was a visionary in the opera world who masterfully led City Opera from 1996 to 2007 during a period of incredible change for the company and the city.
NEW YORK CITY OPERA TO PRESENT THE WORLD PREMIERE OF RICKY IAN GORDON’S “THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS”
New York City Opera (NYCO), under the direction of Michael Capasso, 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 (Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director, Dominick Balletta, Executive Director). THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS, with a libretto by Michael Korie and direction and choreography by Richard Stafford, will open at Edmond J. Safra Hall, Folksbiene’s theatrical home, inside the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust – in April 2021.