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 Monodramas and Museums
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The New York City Opera presented the opening night of Monodramas, |
Last Friday night, the New York City Opera presented the opening night of Monodramas, a triple bill of cutting edge one-act operas by 20th composers and librettists Arnold Schoenberg and Marie Pappenheim; Samuel Beckett and Morton Feldman; and John Zorn.
The production was directed by Michael Counts, choreographed by Ken Roht, and incorporated the work of video artist Jennifer Steinkamp, motionographer Ada Whitney, and an homage to laser artist Hiro Yamagata. |
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Lou Reed and John Zorn |
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George Steel and Sarah Fels Steel |
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Rufus Wainwright and Jorn Weisbrodt |
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George Steel, Alex McCord, and Simon Van Kempen |
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Annie Gosfield, Roger Kleier, and Ashley Bathgate |
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John and Astrid Baumgardner |
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Paula Kurdi and Ben Jones |
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Robert DiMauro and Stacy Engman |
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Susan Zises Green and Joanne Myers |
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Gaille Porte, Kynng Jeon, and Kira Greene |
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Hassan Haknouu, Tina Clarke, and Brian Coleman |
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Audwele Lewis and Khosi Roy |
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Sara Driver and Jim Jarmusch |
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Anthony McCall and Annabel McCall |
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Becky Buffalo and Lars Hansen |
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Berry Haggard, James Wagner, Nico Muhly, and Nadia Sirota |
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Deville Cohen, April Hunt, Martin Murphy, and Elana Rubinfeld |
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Eric Decavaignac and Prue Clarke |
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Adam Rudolph and Hassan Haknouu |
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Erin Leland and Anthony Elms |
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Jonah Bokaer, Sarah Fels Steel, and Kelly McKaig |
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John Muston and Sabrina Martin |
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Sharon Gannon and David Life |
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Lili Wang, Joe Robbason, and Nina Robbason |
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Evelyne Meynard and Katrin Grotepass |
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Brian O'Connell and Deirdre O'Dwyer |
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Michael Counts and Sharon Counts |
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Miro Magloire, Andreas Stadler, Sebastian Currier, Carol McGonnell, and Michel Galante |
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Ryan Minor, Gundula Kreuzer, Ryan Dohoney, and Bryan Markovitz |
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Mike and Sally Errico |
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Toby Jaffe and Allan Jaffe |
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Noel Kurdi, Carrie Mackin, and Sabrina Martin |
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Sylvia Golden, Dennis Sheahan, and Naomi Ghez |
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Thomas McCargar and Erik Lane |
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Last Thursday night Juan Diego Florez, the world’s greatest bel canto tenor performing today, played the lead in Rossini’s “Le Comte Ory” at the Metropolitan Opera. This was the Met's debut of the opera which premiered in Paris two centuries ago.
The evening was a black tie gala, and underwritten by Yves Saint Laurent, and raised more than $1 million. |
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Lily Crowles and Christine Baranski |
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Lindsey Wixson |
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Olivia Munn |
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Mary and Brant Cryder |
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Olympia Scarry and Nivelle Wakefield |
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Rufus Wainwright and Jorn Weisbrodt |
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Raquel Zimmermann |
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Stefano Pilati |
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Claire Dan and Hugh Dancyes |
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Patti Smith |
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Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen |
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Sandra Brant and Ingrid Sischy |
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Catherine Miller |
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Ann Ziff |
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Julianna Margulies and Keith Lieberthal |
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Gillian and Sylvester Miniter |
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Olympia Scarry and Nivelle Wakefield |
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Claudia Schiffer |
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Emmy Rossum |
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| Also last Thursday night at the Park Avenue Armory, the American Folk Art Museum previewed the Armory show where 651 red-and-white quilts from the private collection of Joanna S. Rose were hung from elaborate circular tracks. |
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| Kim Hartswick, Maria Ann Conelli, Laura Parsons, Richard Parsons, Kendra Daniel, and Allan Daniel |
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| Jonathan Marder, Ruth Friendly, Joan Siffert, Dr. Robert Siffert, Ingrid Adams, and Lucy Danziger |
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| Marcy Sperry, Trevor Illingworth, Carly Goetter, John Kingman, Elizabeth Kingman, and Courtney Wagner |
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| Joyce Cowin, Penny Katz, Catherine Corcoran, and Marcy Sperry |
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| Carly Goettel, Marcy Sperry, Alexis Davis, and Elizabeth Kingman |
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| Allan Daniel, Kendra Daniel, Stephen Corelli, and Francesca Petrucci |
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| Jessica Bennett, Henry Grimball, Alston Frazier, and Tony Calabrese |
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| Richard Parsons, Mercedes Menocal-Gregoire, Jerry Lauren, and Mario Buatta |
| Guests were requested to wear red or white, and almost many if not all the women followed instructions. Most of the men did not. |
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| Karen Keane and Sean Quinn |
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| Kim Hartswick, Maria Dizzia, and Chance Spiessbach |
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| Maria Ann Conelli and Kim Hartswick |
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| Terry Schwarz and John Schwarz |
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| Ida Liu and Laura Parsons |
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| Catherine Petree |
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| Michael Arenella |
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| Elizabeth Warren |
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| Leslie Tcheyan, Jackie Fowler, and Monty Blanchard |
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| Richard Parsons and Jan Willem van Bergen Henegouwen |
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| Tony Calabrese and Alston Frazier |
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| Allan Katz and Stella Rubin |
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| Tia Walker and Ida Liu |
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| Stephen Fletcher, Karen Keane, Nancy Druckman, and Joseph Rosenblatt |
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| Ellen Churchill, Win Churchill, and Joyce Cowin |
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| Dr. Amiya Prasad and Rachel Heller |
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| Sarah Sperling, Charles Simonds, and Deirdre Simonds |
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| Joanne Jensen and Jeff Knopping |
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| Courtney Wagner, Roy Kogan, and Lee Kogan |
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| Susan Danilow, Wendy Lane, and Sacha Bale |
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| Cornelia Guest |
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| Stanley Crouch |
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| Cecilia Yoshida and Cathy Hardwick |
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| Barbara Gordon, Jerry Lauren, and Nancy Druckman |
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| Andrew McMaster, Sue-Ellyn Stern, Richard Ho, Lee Kogan, and Roy Kogan |
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| John and Elizabeth Kingman |
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| Peyton Cochran |
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| Greg Hovas and Jana Jaffe |
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| Valentin and Yaz Hernandez |
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| Loraine Dizzia and Mary Ann Conelli |
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| Mario Buatta, Willis Burton, and Peg Alston |
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