Sunday, August 16, 2020

John Malveaux: OperaWire.com: New York City Opera Announces Spring 2021 Season Featuring Works by Ricky Ian Gordon and Anthony Davis

 

OperaWire

https://operawire.com/new-york-city-opera-announces-spring-2021-season-featuring-works-by-ricky-ian-gordon-and-anthony-davis/

By Dejan Vukosavljevic

(Credit: Opéra de Montréal official website / American Lyric Theater official website)

The New York City Opera has announced a spring 2021 season featuring works by the two prominent American composers.

The NYCO will first stage the world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s opera “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis,” which is a co-production with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene. Famed librettist and lyricist Michael Korie wrote the libretto, based on the novel by Giorgio Bassani.

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Performances will take place at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in April 2021.

Per the same press release, the New York City Opera will also present a staged concert production of Anthony Davis’ opera “The Central Park Five.” Davis’ previous works include operas “X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” “Amistad,” and “Wakonda’s Dream,” among others.

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