New York City Opera's 2007-08 season gets officially underway with a matinee of La Bohme on Sunday, September 9. David Wroe conducts, and Albert Sherman directs the revival of the company's production by Harold Prince.īefore each of the performances, City Opera will present a behind-the-scenes video feature about the work and production. Daniel Mobbs is the Don's servant/alter ego, Leporello, with Mardi Byers as Donna Anna, Julianna DiGiacomo as Donna Elvira, JiYoung Lee as Zerlina, Bruce Sledge as Don Ottavio, Matthew Burns as Masetto and Daniel Borowski as the Commendatore. Clair Nicholson makes his City Opera debut in the title role of Don Giovanni. Tomorrow's Bohme features Inna Dukach as MimÐ and Dinyar Vania as Rodolfo Elizabeth Caballero and Brian Mulligan play Musetta and Marcello in James Robinson's production. The next two evenings bring two of the best-loved works in the repertoire, chosen to appeal to the newcomers City Opera hopes to attract with Opera-for-All: La Bohme and Don Giovanni.

Following the 80-minute concert, City Opera will host the audience in a celebration on the New York State Theater's Promenade. Company music director George Manahan and the New York City Opera Orchestra, Chorus and soloists offer an informal taste of the company's 2007-08 season, with selections from Bernstein's Candide, Mozart's Don Giovanni, Massenet's Cendrillon, Verdi's Falstaff, Barber's Vanessa, Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana, Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, Handel's Agrippina, Danielpour's Margaret Garner, and Puccini's Madama Butterfly, La Bohme and Tosca. This fall's Opera-for-All - now sold out - gets underway this evening with the Opera-for-All Concert Celebration. The specially-priced tickets will be made available only on the Monday before each specific performance they can be purchased through the New York City Opera website (by calling CenterCharge (1-21), or in person at the New York State Theater box office in Lincoln Center. For each one of its 2007-08 performances, City Opera is allotting a minimum of 50 seats in the orchestra section, normally priced at $120, to be sold at the Opera-For-All rate of $25 each.

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