This Moment in Opera

The New York City Opera Podcast: VOX 2011 Contemporary Opera Lab

The New York City Opera Podcast: Seance on a Wet Afternoon with Stephen Schwartz

George Steel talks about New York City Operas upcoming productions including a revival of Donizettis The Elixir of Love, a triptych of Monodramas, and the New York premiere of Stephen Schwartzs Séance on a Wet Afternoon.

NYCO Podcast: A Quiet Place with Steel and Wadsworth

This Moment in Opera #21--Intermezzo: George Manahan and Leon Major

Hosted by George Steel featuring Music Director George Manahan

This Moment in Opera #19 -- VOX 2010

What exactly is a countertenor? General Manager and Artistic Director George Steel sits down with Iestyn Davies and Anthony Roth Costanzo, stars of Partenope, to discuss the intriguing history of these singers and how their role in opera has transitioned from the Baroque to the present.

Director of Artistic Planning Edward Yim discusses with our Cio Cio San's Shu-Ying Li and Yunah Lee about one of the most famous roles in opera. Shu-Ying and Yunah discuss what they love about the role, what challenges them, and how it has affected their careers.

Join City Opera Dramaturg Cori Ellison as she and Astrologer and Opera enthusiast Sheila Roher discuss the significance of the stars in our dazzling production of Chabriers LÉtoile!

City Operas Erik Gensler speaks with two staff operaphiles about the 2010 Spring Season which includes: a sparkling production of Chabrier’s L’Etoile the return of the Emmy Award-winning production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, and Handel’s intimate romantic comedy Partenope. Dramaturg Cori Ellison and Director of Music Administration Kevin Murphy provide a behind-the-scenes look at each of these operas - what they are most looking forward to, their favorite moments from each of the opera, and their thoughts on the new and returning artists performing this season. Cori and Kevin also reveal their favorite moments from each of these works.

Was part of Don Giovanni autobiographical? Who else may have added to the libretto? How does a conductor approach a work thats been considered a masterpiece for over two centuries? Conductor Gary Wedow joins us to answer these questions and many more as he discusses our upcoming production of Don Giovanni.

How do you turn a short story from the Bible into an operatic masterpiece? Few people know better than Charles Kondek, librettist of Hugo Weisgalls Esther. In this second in a series on Esther, Dramaturg Cori Ellison sits down with Charles Kondek to discuss how he brought Esther to life.

What is it about bad boys that we all find so appealing? Director Christopher Alden and Dramaturg Cori Ellison explore this question and many more in our first in a series of podcasts discussing our brand new production of Don Giovanni, coming to New York City Opera this November.

The curtain will rise on Hugo Weisgall's Esther on November 7th, 2009. Before then, we'll be exploring Esther with three episodes of This Moment in Opera. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Hammer sits down with Cori Ellison to discuss the story behind Esther and its relevance today.