Kelli O'Hara and Victoria Clark to reunite at NY City Center for Dido and Aeneas.

[boogienights]

Posted: 8/3/15 at 7:34pm

http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/kelli-ohara-victoria-clark-dido-opera_73732.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=03aug2015

 

 

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 8/4/15 at 1:03am

I don't remember hearing about Pirates of Penzance. Betsy Wolfe and Montego Glover? Very interesting. 

[Soaring29]

Posted: 8/4/15 at 12:40pm

So excited for this!! 

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 8/4/15 at 1:18pm

What exciting news! I always seem to pair these two together in my brain. They were even both at a luncheon I attended three months ago. Both sweethearts, both great singers...not to mention new productions of English-language operas are rarely a bad thing.

[PianoMann]

Posted: 8/4/15 at 1:33pm

Both sound very exciting, and feature great casting!

The City Center website says tickets will go on sale September 8. I assume they'll be offering Peer To Peer tickets for these? I'd love to see both!

[UnwoundFantasies]

Posted: 8/4/15 at 11:47pm

What's peer to peer tickets?

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/4/15 at 11:59pm

I'm proud to share that this is my choral group.  I've been a member for over 25 years (as well as on the Board).   We are thrilled to be able to present this.  And I'm beyond excited that I'll be singing in it.   

 

MasterVoices

 

Update:  April 2016:  For a variety of reasons I won't be singing, but I'll be at the gala benefit and will be there both nights.  We had a small musicale evening recently, and Vicky sounded glorious!

 

Updated On: 4/14/16 at 11:59 PM

[Melissa25]

Posted: 4/13/16 at 3:23pm

Starting to get very excited about this even though I don't know much about opera.  The gowns by Christian Siriano look beautiful. Who else is going?   Break a leg Addy.

 

 

 

 

Updated On: 4/13/16 at 03:23 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/13/16 at 5:03pm

It's a baroque opera, so it will be a different experience from seeing something like Carmen or La Boheme, which are somewhat easier for people coming from musical theater. But it is a gorgeous score, and we can expect some great singing. I am very much looking forward to it.

 

Here's the "hit tune" from the score, "When I'm laid in earth," also known as "Dido's Lament," sung by the great diva Jessye Norman:

 

 

Updated On: 4/14/16 at 05:03 PM

[OlBlueEyes]

Posted: 4/13/16 at 10:23pm

If that's the hit, I think I'll wait for the film version.

Maybe they'll throw in a few Cole Porter tunes.

 

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 4/13/16 at 10:25pm

This pair will make this a MUST see. I am so upset I won't get a chance to see this.

[Sally Durant Plummer]

Posted: 4/13/16 at 10:36pm

These two are fantastic. And the new LaChiusa prologue only makes this more enticing.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 4/14/16 at 12:43pm

We're all very excited about this!

Tickets are available for both Thursday, 4/28 and Friday, 4/29.

[Soaring29]

Posted: 4/17/16 at 6:01pm

So excited for this! Hope Kelli does more opera in the future- Would love to see her sing Deh Vieni Non Tardar, a beautiful aria from Mozart's Le Nozze Di Figaro and Una Voce Poco Fa, a classic coloratura aria from Rossini's  Il Barbiere Di Siviglia. I'm not sure if she'd be cast in either at the Met too soon, but it would be wonderful if she could create an opera album or something. I'm excited to hear both her and Victoria Clark singing in this.