La pazza giornata o sia il matrimonio di Figaro Introduction In the 21st century we are accustomed to the notion of a repertoire of operatic works drawn from the past, of recognised interest and merit, that have come to constitute a ‘canon’. Were we to go back to 18th-century
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At the center of the Figaro Trilogy is Beaumarchais’ eponymous barber and jack-of-all-trades. Baritone Jesse Blumberg takes up the shears for the second installment of the trilogy: Marcos Portugal’s The Marriage of Figaro. We talked with Jesse about his favorite operatic moments and his craziest musical memories. Jesse Blumberg as Figaro at
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Interns are often pictured to be the people getting coffee or making copies, but lucky for me, I’ve found an internship where I can get coffee WITH the directors,co-founders and most interesting–the musicians! What I mean to say is, I am truly involved in the process–and for that I am
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Download “The Marriage Of Figaro” Press Release UPDATED OSO The Marriage of Figaro Press Release Photo of Jeni Houser by Michael Yeshion For Immediate Release May 23, 2016 ON SITE OPERA ANNOUNCES CAST CHANGE FOR NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE OF MARCOS PORTUGAL’S THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO JUNE 14-17 AT 632
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We are thrilled to welcome soprano Melissa Wimbish back to On Site Opera! Last seen as the mischievous Baby Mouse in our 2012 inaugural production, Melissa now returns as the naughty pageboy Cherubino in Marcos Portugal’s The Marriage of Figaro. We talked with Melissa about her favorite operatic moments and
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Check out this great piece from Stephanie Simon at NY1 about New York Opera Alliance’s #NYOperaFest, with our own Jessica Kiger inside the beautiful 632 on Hudson talking about our upcoming production of Portugal’s The Marriage of Figaro! New York Opera Fest Takes the Art Form Outside the Opera
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When we last saw Rosina, Count Almaviva was whisking her away from the confines of Bartolo’s house. Now married to the Count, she resides in his palace and has a whole new set of obstacles and challenges that greet her! Soprano Camille Zamora (Pygmalion, 2014) returns to On Site Opera as the
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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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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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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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