by Robert Boyd | Dec 4, 2017 | 2018 Season, Press Release
PRESS RELEASE AND CALENDAR LISTING Island City Opera Performs La Sonnambula By Vincenzo Bellini Calendar Preview: Wednesday, March 7 at 7:30pm Opening Night: Friday, March 9 at 7:30pm Matinee: Sunday, March 11 at 2:00pm Evening: Friday, March 16 at 7:30pm Matinee:...
by Robert Boyd | Dec 4, 2017 | 2018 Season, Press Release
PRESS RELEASE AND CALENDAR LISTING Island City Opera Performs Mozart & Salieri and Kashchey the Immortal Two One-Act Operas by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Calenda Preview: Wednesday, Jan 17 at 7:30 Opening Night: Friday, Jan 19 at 7:30 Matinee: Sunday, Jan 21 at...
by Robert Boyd | Oct 21, 2017 | 2018 Season, Behind Curtain
Island City Opera presents Vincenzo Bellini’s bel canto opera, La Sonnambula Vincenzo Bellini had already become a superstar opera composer when he died at age 33. Though he was young, he was not a happy-go-lucky guy when it came to choosing his subject...
by Robert Boyd | Aug 28, 2017 | 2018 Season
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by Robert Boyd | Aug 20, 2017 | 2018 Season, Behind Curtain, Kashchey
Mozart and Salieri ‘lost’ composition played in Prague In 2016, a piece of music considered lost for more than 200 years was performed for the first time since being rediscovered; Per la ricuperata di Offelia. It was co-written by Antonio Salieri, and...
by Robert Boyd | Jul 16, 2017 | 2018 Season, Kashchey
Russian-born conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya will conduct Island City Opera’s production of two Rimsky-Korsakov operas in January 2018. Yankovskaya’s work has been hailed as “superb,” “expert,” and “coax[ing] every possible expressive note from the...
