Download “The Marriage Of Figaro” Press Release OSO The Marriage of Figaro Press Release For Immediate Release March 9, 2016 On Site Opera Continues Site-Specific Trilogy, The Figaro Project, With North American Premiere Of Marcos Portugal’s The Marriage of Figaro, June 14-17 At 632 On Hudson in West Village
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Alt-Operas Unite the ‘Beer and Champagne Crowds’ By PIA CATTON Feb. 19, 2016 Some groups rarely perform twice at the same venue: In 2014, On Site Opera presented Rameau’s “Pygmalion,” in which an artist falls in love with a sculpture, both at the Madame Tussauds wax museum in Times Square and
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Download “The Secret Gardener” Press Release OSO ATL_The Secret Gardener Press Release For Immediate Release February 5, 2016 On Site Opera announces a partnership with The Atlanta Opera’s Discoveries Series to bring Mozart’s The Secret Gardener (La finta giardiniera) to life in a new site-specific co-production. Performances, which will take
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On Site Opera announces a partnership with The Atlanta Opera’s Discoveries Series to bring Mozart’s The Secret Gardener (La finta giardiniera) to life in a new site-specific co-production. Performances, which will take place in the spring of 2017, mark a bi-city first for both companies. Written by an 18-year-old Mozart,
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Highlights from On Site Opera’s 2015 production of “The Barber of Seville” by Giovanni Paisiello’s at the Fabbri Mansion (House of the Redeemer.) more information: http://bit.ly/OnSite_Barber ROSINA: Monica Yunus, soprano COUNT ALMAVIVA: David Blalock, tenor FIGARO: Andrew Wilkowske, baritone DR. BARTOLO: Rod Nelman, bass-baritone DON BASILIO: Isaiah Musik-Ayala, bass-baritone SVEGLIATO/NOTARY:
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A Letter from On Site Opera’s General & Artistic Director Play a starring role in site-specific opera! “On Site Opera has a special niche in the New York opera scene as the pioneer of doing works in specific settings.” WQXR’s Operavore“ Perhaps they have found a viable route back to the future.” Opera Today
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When Opera is About Location, Location, Location Tuesday, June 16, 2015 By Fred Plotkin When one talks about real estate value in New York, the old saw is that it is based on “location, location, location.” And so it seems with how opera is presented around town. New York is
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On Site Opera presents Paisiello’s The Barber of Seville June 9 & 11-13, 2015 at 7:30pm | The Fabbri Mansion (House of the Redeemer) A comic opera by Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816) Libretto by Giuseppe Petrosellini based on the play by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais MENU: Cast, Production Team
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A behind the scenes look at On Site Opera’s rehearsals of Giovanni Paisiello’s “The Barber of Seville” June 9 & 11-13, 2015 at 7:30pm | Fabbri Mansion (House of the Redeemer) more information: http://bit.ly/OnSite_Barber ROSINA: Monica Yunus, soprano COUNT ALMAVIVA: David Blalock, tenor FIGARO: Andrew Wilkowske, baritone DR. BARTOLO: Rod
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SING FOR HOPE CO-FOUNDER MONICA YUNUS, ARTIST DRUE KATAOKA, AND ON SITE OPERA TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING DAY OF THE CITYWIDE SING FOR HOPE PIANOS PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION June 5 – June 21, 2015 KICK OFF EVENT WITH POP-UP OPERA CONCERT FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2015 @ 10 – 11am IN
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Paisiello’s Once and Present Masterpiece For better or worse (mostly worse), it is impossible to consider Paisiello’s Il barbiere di Siviglia apart from Rossini’s opera of the same name. Because of Rossini’s, Paisiello’s Barbiere is only famous as a sidebar in music history and almost unknown in its truest essence
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Every great opera needs a tenor, and Barber is no exception. Paisiello’s love-struck Count Almaviva stops at nothing to get his girl. Making his New York debut with On Site Opera as the ardent Count is rising star tenor, David Blalock. We spoke to David about the excitement of performing in intimate spaces
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Lying. Cheating. Vocalises… All in a day’s work for Don Basilio, Rosina’s slimy music teacher. From spreading rumors to happily accepting bribes, Basilio works the plot from all angles. Bass-baritone Isaiah Musik-Ayala couldn’t be more different than his character. We caught up with this down-to-earth singer to find out some
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From the young cunning ward to the conflicted Countess later in the trilogy, Rosina is arguably one of the most complex roles in opera. We first meet our heroine through Bartolo’s window, and it is from that same window that the Count and Figaro try to rescue her. We caught
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