The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2021-22 season and season tickets are on sale. Whether the season can take place or not depends entirely on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic, but for now, it is on. Tickets at metopera.org French Canadian music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the company again. 🇨🇦 The Met is working on racial and gender equity. Classical … [Read more...] about The Metropolitan Opera Premieres a New “Lucia de Lammermoor” with Nadine Sierra & Javier Camarena
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Nadine Sierra Puerto Rican Opera Singer
Nadine Sierra is like a fresh breeze that reinvigorates the stagnant air of an industry in need of alternate flows of movement. At 29, Nadine Sierra is not just the new face of Opera, but the born leader of a new crop of talent from new demographics that promise to revitalize the stage for years to come. Nadine uses her soprano voice, to share well-known stories with sentiments … [Read more...] about Nadine Sierra Puerto Rican Opera Singer
Metropolitan Opera is One of the World’s Great Opera Companies
Italian NYC
Today, Italian NYC is mostly in Throgs Neck & Morris Park The Bronx; Staten Island; and Harlem, and Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Italians are one of the communities that defines New York City and the United States. The big wave of immigration came between the 1850s and 1930s. Many Southern Italians came between 1880 and 1920. Italy made major contributions to European … [Read more...] about Italian NYC
Andrea Bocelli Brings “A Family Christmas” to Madison Square Garden
Andrea Bocelli is a multiple Grammy-nominated Italian tenor who has crossed over into pop music. He is one of the best-selling classical music artists of all time. Many artists who work with Bocelli, speak of a special something, which can only be described as a strong spirituality. The World's Greatest Voice Andrea Bocelli was born in 1958 in Lajatico, a small village … [Read more...] about Andrea Bocelli Brings “A Family Christmas” to Madison Square Garden
Things to do in NYC in March 2019
March is National Women's History Month. It brings the Spring Break Art Show, Flamenco Festival, Armory Show, International Women's Day, St Patrick's Day, Spring, Ballet Hispánico, the New Directors/New Films film festival and the start of baseball season. Week 9 Feb 25 - Mar 3 Week 10 Mar 4-10 Week 11 Mar 11-17 Week 12 Mar 18-24 Week 13 Mar 25-31 WEEK 9 ~ … [Read more...] about Things to do in NYC in March 2019
Things to do in NYC in February 2019
February is Black History Month. It brings Cinema Tropical Film Festival, New York Fashion Week, Lunar New Year, Westminster Dog Show, Valentine's Day, Carnival, MoMA Doc Fortnight, Presidents Day, Film Comment Selects, International Children’s Film Festival, ADAA Art Show, Broadway Week, Off-Broadway Week Ongoing Salvador Dali, an exhibition of work by the Spanish … [Read more...] about Things to do in NYC in February 2019
Rigoletto
The Metropolitan Opera performs Verdi's Italian opera 'Rigoletto' at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center thirteen times with two casts between February 12 and May 10, 2019. From $20 The womanizing Duke of Mantua wants to sleep with Gilda, the beautiful daughter of his court jester Rigoletto. This is Michael Mayer's production which moves the scene from Renaissance … [Read more...] about Rigoletto
Le Nozze di Figaro
Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) is Mozart's Italian comic opera about one crazy day in a wealthy household in Seville, Spain. The romantic comedy carries on the plot of The Barber of Seville. Le Nozze di Figaro is one of today's ten operas that are most frequently performed. Mozart wrote the opera in 1786. Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749 - 1838) wrote the libretto. He … [Read more...] about Le Nozze di Figaro
ArtExpo 2019 contemporary art & photography fair at Pier 90
The ArtExpo commercial art and photography fair is Thursday-Sunday, April 4-7, 2019 at Pier 90 in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. ArtExpo The fair includes SOLO, a showcase of independent artists, and FOTO SOLO a fine art photography fair. The work is mostly commercial art and design. About 35,000 art enthusiasts visit every year. ArtExpo 2019 Thursday, April … [Read more...] about ArtExpo 2019 contemporary art & photography fair at Pier 90