Gotham Chamber Opera

Gotham Chamber Opera Gotham Chamber Opera 2013-2014 season will feature four new productions, including a world premiere and a U.S. premiere.
Gotham Chamber Opera is the nation’s leading opera company dedicated to vibrant, fully staged productions of works intended for intimate venues. Its high quality presentations of small-scale rarities from the Baroque era to the present have earned Gotham an international reputation and unanimous critical praise. Founded by conductor and Artistic Director Neal Goren, Gotham debuted in 2001 (as Henry Street Chamber Opera) with the American premiere of Mozart’s Il sogno di Scipione. In subsequent seasons, Gotham has produced many more local and world premieres, including such works as Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Milhaud’s Les Malheurs d’Orphee, Bohuslav Martinu’s Les Larmes du Couteau and Hlas Lesa, Sutermeister’s Die schwarze Spinne, Handel’s Arianna in Creta, Britten’s Albert Herring, and Rossini’s Il Signor Bruschino. The company renamed itself Gotham Chamber opera and became an independent 501(c)3 organization in 2003.

Gotham Chamber Opera announces the 2013-2014 season, featuring four new productions, including a world premiere and a U.S. premiere. The season begins with Baden-Baden 1927: a staged evening of four one-act operas that appeared together at the Baden-Baden Festival in 1927, from October 23 - November 1, 2013 at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater, followed by a co-production with Trinity Church, Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s La descente d'Orphée aux enfers from January 1-5, 2014. The season continues in February with a double bill co-produced with and staged at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, consisting of Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda by Monteverdi, and a newly commissioned work, I Have No Stories to Tell You, by Gotham Chamber Opera Composer-In-Residence Lembit Beecher. The United States premiere of The Raven by Toshio Hosakawa at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater concludes the season in May 2014 as part of the New York Philharmonic’s inaugural NY PHIL BIENNIAL.

Mission: The Gotham Chamber Opera is the nation's foremost opera company dedicated to producing rarely-performed chamber operas from the Baroque era to the present. Our mission is to present innovative, fully-staged productions of the highest quality in intimate venues.

#intheknow
09/17/2015
Pierre Boulez at 90

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The New York Philharmonic celebrates a former music director with "Pierre Boulez at 90," featuring the composer-conductor leading highlights from his own "Pli selon Pli."

Load OUT! | FAB
09/10/2015
Load OUT! | FAB

Load OUT! | FAB

Join us for our 9th Load OUT! event! All arts and cultural groups, non-profits, and community members are invited to donate sets, costumes, props and office equipment they no longer need, to be made available to other artists & students.

Cleaning up our storage for a good cause. Thanks, FABNYC for giving our old costumes a good home.
09/10/2015

Cleaning up our storage for a good cause. Thanks, FABNYC for giving our old costumes a good home.

Working on MEET JOHN DOE with glorious Andrea Puente Catan and my beloved Robin Guarino. #GorenOnTheGo
09/03/2015

Working on MEET JOHN DOE with glorious Andrea Puente Catan and my beloved Robin Guarino. #GorenOnTheGo

Did you know that world renown singer and icon Nat King Cole was placed on a postage stamp in 1994 to honor his legacy i...
09/01/2015

Did you know that world renown singer and icon Nat King Cole was placed on a postage stamp in 1994 to honor his legacy in popular music #OnThisVeryDay ?

Happy to be donating to this wonderful event!
09/01/2015
Load OUT! | FAB

Happy to be donating to this wonderful event!

Join us for our 9th Load OUT! event! All arts and cultural groups, non-profits, and community members are invited to donate sets, costumes, props and office equipment they no longer need, to be made available to other artists & students.

Did you know that the first performance of Felix Mendelssohn's ELIJAH happened in 1846 at the Birmingham Triennial Music...
08/26/2015

Did you know that the first performance of Felix Mendelssohn's ELIJAH happened in 1846 at the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival #onthisveryday ?

As we are gearing up for our upcoming season, let's first take a moment to check in with Gotham's and Opera Philadelphia...
08/26/2015
Home

As we are gearing up for our upcoming season, let's first take a moment to check in with Gotham's and Opera Philadelphia 's shared composers-in-residence. First up, Missy Mazzoli!

Missy Mazzoli - Composer

5 theatrical traditions and where they come from
08/20/2015
5 theatrical traditions and where they come from

5 theatrical traditions and where they come from

What do you mean ‘Break a leg’? Theatre folk are a superstitious breed! There are several well-known traditions still observed today, here are their origins… 1. NEVER say good luck, say ‘Break a leg’ There are many theories on the origins of ‘Break a leg’, including, simply, that it was another way…

Gotham Chamber Opera's cover photo
08/20/2015

Gotham Chamber Opera's cover photo

#RappaccinisDaughter, #DanielCatan, #brooklynbotanicgarden
07/10/2015
The Many Trees of Opera

#RappaccinisDaughter, #DanielCatan, #brooklynbotanicgarden

Operavore blogger Fred Plotkin examines the iconic tree imagery throughout the history of Opera.

#BirdLives Ask Your Mama features many wonderful artists including one of the stars from CHARLIE PARKER'S YARDBIRD Angel...
07/08/2015
Following Langston Hughes's Musical Treasure Map, 'Ask Your Mama'

#BirdLives Ask Your Mama features many wonderful artists including one of the stars from CHARLIE PARKER'S YARDBIRD Angela Brown!

How appropriate that the release date of Laura Karpman's new record should arrive right around the birthday of the U.S.: a setting of Langston Hughes's cycle of poems "Ask Your Mama."

#RIP James Marcus was also a generous supporter of Gotham Chamber Opera, and without passionate donors like him we would...
07/07/2015
Philanthropist and Classical Music Supporter, James S. Marcus, Dies at 85

#RIP James Marcus was also a generous supporter of Gotham Chamber Opera, and without passionate donors like him we would be lost. Thank you for all you have done Mr. and Mrs. Marcus.

The New York philanthropist who was a passionate supporter of classical music, opera and the vocal arts dies at 85.

#birdlives Don't miss CHARLIE PARKER'S YARDBIRD on WRTI this Saturday at noon!
07/01/2015
Charlie Parker's YARDBIRD on WRTI! July 4th at 12 Noon

#birdlives Don't miss CHARLIE PARKER'S YARDBIRD on WRTI this Saturday at noon!

In Opera Philadelphia's Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD, composer Daniel Schnyder illuminates the life of the groundbreaking jazz saxophonist. But, as WRTI’s

#ComposerInResidence
06/26/2015

#ComposerInResidence

People in the News
Composer-in-Residence Post for David Hertzberg
David Hertzberg was today named fifth composer-in-residence at Opera Philadelphia , in partnership with Gotham Chamber Opera and Music-Theatre Group . More than 150 composers applied for the post. Hertzberg said of the appointment: “I am very …
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Lawrence Brownlee triumphs in World Premiere of Yardbird with Opera Philadelphia
06/23/2015
Lawrence Brownlee triumphs in World Premiere of Yardbird with Opera Philadelphia

Lawrence Brownlee triumphs in World Premiere of Yardbird with Opera Philadelphia

“Once this Charlie, the energetic, bright-voiced tenor Lawrence Brownlee, removes his wet overcoat, he looks dapper in a three-piece-suit and seems elated to be at Birdland…Charlie sometimes sings bursts of bebop, scatting, which Mr. Brownlee deftly handles…In crucial scenes, Mr. Brownlee, a superb…

Gotham Chamber Opera
06/12/2015

Gotham Chamber Opera

06/11/2015
Birgit Nilsson "Salome`s final Scene" Salome

#TBT, #Salome In honor of Richard Strauss's birthday check out this recording of the last scene of SALOME featuring Birgit Nilsson. Be on the lookout for our Salome in our production of SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA, coming early next year!

Birgit Nilsson sings "Salome`s final Scene" from Salome by Richard Strauss The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Karl Böhm, conductor 1972

Gotham Chamber Opera's production of "I Have No Stories To Tell you," Music by Lembit Beecher, performed in the Medieva...
06/03/2015

Gotham Chamber Opera's production of "I Have No Stories To Tell you," Music by Lembit Beecher, performed in the Medieval Sculpture Hall, presented by the Met Museum on February 26, 2014.Photo Credit: Stephanie Berger

photographed: Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 5:00 PM at Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at Met Museum of Art; Photograph: ©...
06/03/2015

photographed: Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 5:00 PM at Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at Met Museum of Art; Photograph: © 2015 Richard Termine

2014-2015 Season
06/03/2015

2014-2015 Season

Salt Marsh Opera
06/03/2015

Salt Marsh Opera

TheGuild presents..."What is Opera...Today?" Friday, June 12, 5pm at the La Grua Center, 32 Water St., Stonington, CT.

Meet Neal Goren, Conductor and Founding Artistic Director of Gotham Chamber Opera, home of modern opera in intimate settings. Wine and cheese AND a lively Q&A to follow the scheduled talk.

To register, please call Salt Marsh Opera today at 860.535.3456.

For more about Gotham Chamber Opera, visit http://www.gothamchamberopera.org/

The brilliant Opera Philadelphia is hosting a social media preview of "Charlie Parker's Yardbird" tonight. Follow at #be...
06/03/2015
Yardbird Social Media Preview Night - Charlie Parker's YARDBIRD Social Media Preview Night

The brilliant Opera Philadelphia is hosting a social media preview of "Charlie Parker's Yardbird" tonight. Follow at #bebopera and @operaphila. https://www.operaphila.org/backstage/opera-blog/2015/yardbird-social-media-preview-night/

Opera Philadelphia embraces innovation and develops opera for our time, creating outstanding productions of both classic and new operatic works with the finest international creative artists.

We still have a long way to go with only a few hours left in our campaign. Please help us reach $20,000 by the end of to...
06/03/2015
Celebration and the future!

We still have a long way to go with only a few hours left in our campaign. Please help us reach $20,000 by the end of today and let us celebrate together.

Your engagement is as important as our mission. Share with your friends, family and colleagues. Support!

05/27/2015
Jennifer Zetlan – Soprano - Home

#gothamalumni Be sure to catch Jennifer Zetlan's opening night as the Messenger in Matthew Aucoin's new opera, CROSSING with American Repertory Theater (A.R.T) on May 29th!

"...she presented herself above all as a singing actress who combines a lively curiosity and playful disposition with serious attention to text."—The New York Times

#gothamalumni Toi, toi, toi to Andrea Carroll in her last two performances as Echo in ARIADNE AUF NAXOS at Seattle Opera...
05/15/2015
Andrea Carroll

#gothamalumni Toi, toi, toi to Andrea Carroll in her last two performances as Echo in ARIADNE AUF NAXOS at Seattle Opera!

Andrea Carroll at Seattle Opera. Includes biography, selected audio clips and more.

#charlieparker, #operaphil Premiering next month at Opera Philadelphia, an event you don't want to miss!
05/14/2015
'Charlie Parker’s Yardbird' Is Not Your Father’s Opera

#charlieparker, #operaphil Premiering next month at Opera Philadelphia, an event you don't want to miss!

A new opera tells the compelling story of an American jazz icon in a way that broadens and diversifies opera’s audience. Opera Philadelphia is in the midst

Ms. Angela Brown
05/14/2015

Ms. Angela Brown

My 6ABC Philadelphia interview that will air this Sunday morning here in Philly! Thanks to the incredible Opera Philadelphia and Gotham Chamber Opera for co-commissioning this amazing new opera, Yardbird.

Now...back to staging!! #OperaIsForEverybody #YardBird

Donate today and help support the next generation of emerging artists, designers, directors and administrators!
05/11/2015
Celebration and the future!

Donate today and help support the next generation of emerging artists, designers, directors and administrators!

Your engagement is as important as our mission. Share with your friends, family and colleagues. Support!

#operaamerica2015 Once again its time for the 2015 OPERAAmerica conference! This year's theme is "Increasing Civic Impac...
05/05/2015
www.operaamerica.org

#operaamerica2015 Once again its time for the 2015 OPERAAmerica conference! This year's theme is "Increasing Civic Impact." Stay tuned for more information on how to live stream some of the events!

#intheknow, #theshowmustgoon
04/28/2015
Doctors to Divas, Stagehands and Opera Lovers at the Met

#intheknow, #theshowmustgoon

Several physicians act as the Metropolitan Opera’s doctor on call, each serving once a week in exchange for a free night at the opera and the chance to spend time near singers they admire.

#thetempest Check out some of the critical praise for THE TEMPEST SONGBOOK!
04/02/2015
Gotham Chamber Opera | News

#thetempest Check out some of the critical praise for THE TEMPEST SONGBOOK!

Voice, sound, and movement have been the basic elements of drama in every age; their mutual interplay is one of the most complex and challenging territories for every theater maker to venture in.

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Tuesday 10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday 10:00 - 18:00
Thursday 10:00 - 18:00
Friday 10:00 - 18:00

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