Craig Irvin – Zuniga

One look from this seductive gypsy temptress and any man she wants is hers — driving them mad with hot desire and flicking them aside like cold cigarette ash when her fickle ardor cools. Don José gives up everything — fiancée, regiment, and honor — to be with her, but his … read more

Jason Ferrante: King Ouf (cover)

La Belle Époque meets Broadway razzle-dazzle in Mark Lamos’s production of this rare operatic gem.  The stylish staging, inspired by Toulouse-Lautrec, brings his famous can-can girls to life with the effervescent choreography of Seán Curran.  Jean-Paul Fouchécourt retuns to City Opera as the madcap king.  Tickets & Information.read more

Matt Morgan: Tapioca (cv)

La Belle Époque meets Broadway razzle-dazzle in Mark Lamos’s production of this rare operatic gem.  The stylish staging, inspired by Toulouse-Lautrec, brings his famous can-can girls to life with the effervescent choreography of Seán Curran.  Jean-Paul Fouchécourt retuns to City Opera as the madcap king.  Tickets & Informationread more

Scott Scully: Louis Ironson

Caught between reality and a distorted world of dreams and hallucinations, the lives of two troubled couples – Louis Ironson and his lover Prior Walter, and Mormon lawyer Joseph Pitt and his wife Harper – become intertwined. Nearing the end of his battle with AIDS, Prior is visited by an … read more

Javier Abreu: Almaviva

A musical and visual feast in Rossini’s comic masterpiece. Figaro helps Count Almaviva woo and marry Rosina, the ward of Dr. Bartolo who intends to marry her himself. Tickets & Information.read more

Matt Boehler: Bass #1 (cover)

Artist William Kentridge defies genres with Shostakovich’s adaptation of Gogol’s story. “The opera is about the terrors of hierarchy,” Kentridge says. “There’s a mixture of anarchy and the absurd that interests me. I love in this opera the sense that anything is possible.” The new production is conducted by definitive … read more

Matt Boehler

Composed in Vienna  in 1791, during the last year of the composer’s life the requiem was Mozart’s last composition, and is one of his most popular and respected works.  Tickets & Information.read more

Javier Abreu: Almaviva

A musical and visual feast in Rossini’s comic masterpiece. Figaro helps Count Almaviva woo and marry Rosina, the ward of Dr. Bartolo who intends to marry her himself. Tickets & Information.read more

Craig Irvin: Bartolo (cover)

Sublime music, wry comedy, and penetrating reflections on life and love — Mozart gets everything right in one of Western civilization’s greatest artistic achievements. And it’s fun too!  Figaro, the count’s whip-smart valet, is set to marry Susanna, the Countess’s comely maid. But the Count wants Susanna for himself! Enter Figaro … read more

David Portillo: Don Curzio

Sublime music, wry comedy, and penetrating reflections on life and love — Mozart gets everything right in one of Western civilization’s greatest artistic achievements. And it’s fun too!

Figaro, the count’s whip-smart valet, is set to marry Susanna, the Countess’s comely maid. But the Count wants Susanna for himself! Enter Figaro … read more