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 In comparison to its big brothers, the solar farm granted master plan approval by the Planning Board last Wednesday night – the first solar development granted under the ordinance …

New York City Opera will present a season of four free, live performances this summer as part of their Park Series in Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America. Each performance features City Opera's brightest stars as well as members of the City Opera orchestra and will begin at 7pm on the Bryant Park Stage.

Presented by Bank of America, "Picnic Performances" return to Bryant Park this summer with over 20 free live music, dance and theater events.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Bryant Park Picnic Performances season, which will include over 20 free jazz concerts, theatrical performances, and dance events staged in the park between May and September.

New York City Opera will present Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's thrilling double bill, The Seven Deadly Sins & Mahagonny Songspiel, for the first time ever told as one story, a tragic fable for today.

Ricky Ian Gordon had two operas premiere in a five-night span. “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” debuted at New York City Opera on Jan. 27, 14 years after it was first commissioned by the Minnesota Opera from Gordon and librettist Michael Korie. “Intimate Apparel” opened at Lincoln Center Theater on Jan. 31, about 11 years after he started to compose it with Pulitizer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, and runs through March 6. Gordon says they each took "separate compartments in your brai...

Ricky Ian Gordon headed downtown where his “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” was...

Ricky Ian Gordon had two operas premiere in a five-night span. “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” debuted at New York City Opera on Jan. 27, 14 years after it was first commissioned by the Minnesota Opera from Gordon and librettist Michael Korie. “Intimate Apparel” opened at Lincoln Center Theater on Jan. 31, about 11 years after he started to compose it with Pulitizer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, and runs through March 6. Gordon says they each took "separate compartments in your brai...

Ricky Ian Gordon had two operas premiere in a five-night span

Ricky Ian Gordon headed downtown where his “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” was being premiered by the New York City Opera on Jan. 27.