<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>NYC Opera: Pressroom</title><link>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/</link><description>Pressroom news and press releases</description><copyright></copyright><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:09:56 GMT</pubDate><item><title>New York City Ballet and New York City Opera Expand Scope of David H. Koch Theater Renovation To Include Additional Aisles on the Orchestra Level</title><link>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/nyco-aisles.aspx?link_page_rss=85232</link><guid>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/nyco-aisles.aspx</guid><description></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:09:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New York City Opera Presents Mozart's The Magic Flute, Target Family Matinee</title><link>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/new-york-city-opera-presents-mozart-s-the-magic-flute--target-family-matinee.aspx?link_page_rss=83642</link><guid>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/new-york-city-opera-presents-mozart-s-the-magic-flute--target-family-matinee.aspx</guid><description>$20 Target Ticket Admits One Adult and Four Children for FREE!
 
Final Matinee Performance of the Opera is Highlight of New York City Opera&#8217;s Opera is Elementary Education Program
 
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (New York, NY, March 5,...&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=128305&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:56:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New York City Opera Celebrates 10th Anniversary of VOX</title><link>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/vox-2009--new-york-city-opera.aspx?link_page_rss=82620</link><guid>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/vox-2009--new-york-city-opera.aspx</guid><description>2009 Festival Features New York City Opera soprano Lauren Flanigan in S&#233;ance on a Wet Afternoon
 
New York, NY (February 23, 2009) New York City Opera&#8217;s acclaimed VOX: Showcasing American Opera series marks its 10th Anniversary on Friday, May...&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=128306&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:26:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Antony, Cleopatra &amp; City Opera Return in Triumph</title><link>http://qonstage.com/QOnStage_articles/2009antonCleoProd/art_tpl_w-600.html</link><guid>http://qonstage.com/QOnStage_articles/2009antonCleoProd/art_tpl_w-600.html</guid><description>By Bruce-Michael Gelbert, QonStage.com&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=127093&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:18:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Review: Antony and Cleopatra</title><link>http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117939354.html</link><guid>http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117939354.html</guid><description>By Eric Myers, Variety&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=127094&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:07:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Looking to the Future by Taking a Chance on a Work With a Sorry Past</title><link>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/arts/music/17anto.html</link><guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/arts/music/17anto.html</guid><description>By Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=127095&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:57:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Boss for NYC Opera</title><link>http://www.nypost.com/seven/01152009/news/regionalnews/new_boss_for_nyc_opera_150258.htm</link><guid>http://www.nypost.com/seven/01152009/news/regionalnews/new_boss_for_nyc_opera_150258.htm</guid><description>By Adam Nichols, New York Post&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=127096&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:13:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New York City Opera Appoints George Steel As General Manager and Artistic Director</title><link>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/george-steel-press-release.aspx?link_page_rss=78422</link><guid>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/george-steel-press-release.aspx</guid><description>New York, NY, January 14, 2009 &#8211; The Board of Directors of New York City Opera has announced the appointment of George Steel as the company&#8217;s new General Manager and Artistic Director. Mr. Steel is expected to assume his responsibilities as of February...&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=105701&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:58:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New York City Opera and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Collaborate in a Celebration of City Opera's Black History</title><link>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/new-york-city-opera-and-the-schomburg-center-for-research-in-black-culture-collaborate-.aspx?link_page_rss=75546</link><guid>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/new-york-city-opera-and-the-schomburg-center-for-research-in-black-culture-collaborate-.aspx</guid><description>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
(New York, New York, December 9, 2008) In honor of Black History Month, City Opera co-presents a three-part series, Black History at New York City Opera, with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The first...&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=92320&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:06:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New York City Opera Presents Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra at Carnegie Hall</title><link>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/antony_and_cleopatra.aspx?link_page_rss=72116</link><guid>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/antony_and_cleopatra.aspx</guid><description>  
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(New York, NY, November 24, 2008) New York City Opera is proud to present the company premiere of Samuel Barber&#8217;s Antony and Cleopatra in concert on January 15 and 16, 2009 at 8 PM in Carnegie Hall&#8217;s Stern Auditorium....&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=87141&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:53:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New York City Opera and Film Society of Lincoln Center to Collaborate on Cinematic Opera/Operatic Cinema: Reflections on the Merging of Media</title><link>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/cinematic_opera.aspx?link_page_rss=68712</link><guid>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/cinematic_opera.aspx</guid><description>
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(New York, NY, October 13, 2008) Cinematic Opera/Operatic Cinema: Reflections on the Merging of Media, a collaboration between New York City Opera and the Film Society of Lincoln Center that is part of City Opera's Opera Matters...&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=70510&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:06:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New York City Opera Travels To All Five Boroughs</title><link>http://www.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/87003/new-york-city-opera-travels-to-all-five-boroughs/Default.aspx</link><guid>http://www.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/87003/new-york-city-opera-travels-to-all-five-boroughs/Default.aspx</guid><description>By Stephanie Simon, NY1&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=127097&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:26:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>City Opera looks forward, looks back</title><link>http://www.silive.com/siadvance/stories/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1223393407176660.xml&amp;coll=1</link><guid>http://www.silive.com/siadvance/stories/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1223393407176660.xml&coll=1</guid><description>By Michael J. Fressola, Staten Island Advance&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=127098&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:36:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Feeling Modern, City Opera Starts an Itinerant Season</title><link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/arts/music/06city.html</link><guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/arts/music/06city.html</guid><description>By Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=69196&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:37:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New York City Opera receives Emmy&#174; Award for Live from Lincoln Center telecast of Madama Butterfly</title><link>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/new-york-city-opera-receives-emmy--award-for-live-from-lincoln-center-telecast-of-madama-butterfly-.aspx?link_page_rss=64012</link><guid>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/new-york-city-opera-receives-emmy--award-for-live-from-lincoln-center-telecast-of-madama-butterfly-.aspx</guid><description>At the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards on Saturday, September 13, 2008 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California., New York City Opera was announced as winner of a Creative Arts category of Outstanding Special Class-Classical Music and...&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=65197&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:10:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New York City Opera Taking Part in New York Now at Bryant Park</title><link>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/new-york-city-opera-taking-part-in-ny-now-at-bryant-park.aspx?link_page_rss=62980</link><guid>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/new-york-city-opera-taking-part-in-ny-now-at-bryant-park.aspx</guid><description>
 
Bryant Park Corporation announces the inaugural season of a series of early fall classical music concerts featuring musicians from the New York Philharmonic, New York City Opera, Orchestra of St. Luke&#8217;s, the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young...&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=64503&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:08:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>City Opera Thrift Shop Fall Preview</title><link>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/city-opera-thrift-shop-fall-preview.aspx?link_page_rss=61632</link><guid>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/city-opera-thrift-shop-fall-preview.aspx</guid><description>
 
Event: Fall into a fabulous new wardrobe at the City Opera Thrift Shop&#8217;s Fall Preview on Thursday, September 11th. Whether you are looking to rejuvenate a room or refresh your fall wardrobe, you are sure to find something exclusive at City...&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=60935&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:40:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Madama Butterfly Receives EMMY Nomination</title><link>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/ButterflyEmmy.aspx?link_page_rss=53339</link><guid>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/ButterflyEmmy.aspx</guid><description>
 


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Nominations for the 60th Primetime Emmy&#174; Awards (covering the period of June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2008) were announced today by the Academy of Television Arts &amp;amp; Sciences from the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre,...&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=49529&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:17:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New York State Theater to be renamed the David H. Koch Theater</title><link>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/TheaterRenamed.aspx?link_page_rss=52750</link><guid>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/TheaterRenamed.aspx</guid><description>New York City Ballet and New York City Opera 
Capital Campaign for New York State Theater Receives $100 Million Lead Gift from David H. Koch 
  
Gift is the Largest Private Capital Donation 
in the History of Lincoln Center 
   
Renovated...&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=47745&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:30:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>City Opera's 2008-09 Schedule</title><link>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/0809Schedule.aspx?link_page_rss=51171</link><guid>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/0809Schedule.aspx</guid><description>New York City Opera will present a series of concerts, showcases, discussions, screenings, and master classes in 2008-09, designed to bring the company's unique brand of music-making and cultural conversation to all five boroughs of New York City while...&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=38525&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Candide Casting Announced</title><link>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/Candide-Casting-Announcement.aspx?link_page_rss=43084</link><guid>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/Candide-Casting-Announcement.aspx</guid><description>(New York, NY January 15, 2008) -  The Harold Prince production of Leonard Bernstein&#8217;s Candide returns to the repertoire on Tuesday, April 8, 2008. Jersey Boys&#8217; Daniel Reichard will sing the title role in all 14 performances. Joining him are stage...&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=14340&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:43:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New York City Opera Initiatives for 2007-2008</title><link>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/season-initiatives-2008.aspx?link_page_rss=41147</link><guid>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/season-initiatives-2008.aspx</guid><description>Opera for Students and Young People 
 
As part of its continuing program to make opera available to the widest possible audience, City Opera has lowered ticket prices for students and young people through three different programs. Half-price...&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=9390&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:47:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New York City Ballet and New York City Opera Agree to Improvements in the New York State Theater</title><link>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/theater-renovations.aspx?link_page_rss=41148</link><guid>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/theater-renovations.aspx</guid><description>

The Boards of Directors of the New York City Ballet and the New York City Opera have agreed to a plan to renovate the New York State Theater, their joint home at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.  The companies&#8217; goal is to improve audience...&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=9391&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:56:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New York City Opera's 2007-2008 Season Opening on Tuesday, September 11, Features Six New Productions</title><link>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/new-season-new-productions.aspx?link_page_rss=42649</link><guid>http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/new-season-new-productions.aspx</guid><description>
New York Premiere of
Richard Danielpour and Toni Morrison&#8217;s
Margaret Garner
Mascagni&#8217;s Cavalleria Rusticana and
Leoncavallo&#8217;s Pagliacci, directed by Stephen Lawless
New production of Massenet&#8217;s Cendrillon
Barber&#8217;s Vanessa, featuring Lauren Flanigan...&lt;img src=&quot;http://pressroom.nycopera.com//rss.ashx?id=9393&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:43:33 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
