The hugely energetic and innovative Teatro Grattacielo will bring its special combination of great young singers, provocative staging and projections to open this seasons Phoenicia Festival of the Voice on Aug. 5th. They will open with Mozart?s arguably greatest opera, ?Don Giovanni?, updated as a celebration of Spanish sic-kitsch set in 90s replete with air couches, Channel clothes, lots of jewels, and a bright white stage made of tiles with bulls.
Admission Entry to Performances are open to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis. Tickets are non refundable. Attendees may either bring a picnic blanket, their own chairs or rent one on site. What else to bring? Covid Protocols monitored and in Compliance with CDC regulations. Handicap access, via Ava Maria Drive only (golf cart...
Following New York City Opera's star-studded production of Rigoletto at The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice this past summer, they'll be returning on Saturday, August 6, 2022 with another Verdi classic, La Traviata.
Soprano Ekaterina Siurina and tenor Charles Castronovo will star along with Michael Chioldi, world-renowned baritone and star of last summer?s Rigoletto (a role he recently stepped into at the MET for a series of critically acclaimed performances), in what is sure to be another triumph in the Catskills with City Opera Music Director Maestro Constantine Orbelian at the helm.
Alongside these Big Apple giants, the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice will present an amazing and innovative concert featuring ?Hollywood in the Hills? with full chorus and orchestra, projections vignettes of the films which were enhanced by operas incredible drama and the world class soloists you?ve heard every year now for over a decade.