10 YEAR GALA,  DECADE OF OPERA FAVORITES  The Festival of the Voice celebrates its 10 year Anniversary by bringing some of your favorite stars and operas from past years. You will want to be there for our opening night when the retrospective of previous years could include favorite arias from Madama Butterfly, Carmen, Barber of Seville, LaBoheme and more.

First in the world of Grand Opera
Presented in a Drive-In Live Performance on August 29, 2020
Ulster County // New York

General Director Stefanos Koroneos and Teatro Grattacielo will share their award-winning 90-minute version of Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz. The production is incredibly innovative as specially designed projections will be used as both backdrop and scenery. The projections in this production are a combination of artwork and live feed. Mascagni wrote L’amico Fritz in 1891 as an attempt to...

Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci was premiered in Milan in 1892. However, while traditionally set in that time period and in Calabria, the story is timeless - wanderlust, jealousy, intrigue, revenge, and the tragic outworking of human frailty. Maria Todaro’s production will take place in the wild west with horses, wagons and a distinctly western flare plus the...

New York City Opera brings its legendary artistry to our stage with a 90-minute version of one of opera’s most beloved works, Verdi’s masterpiece Rigoletto, featuring Michael Chioldi in the title role, Brandie Sutton as his daughter Gilda and Won Whi Choi as the lecherous Duke of Mantua. The production will be staged by NYCO General Director Michael Capasso and feature narration written and performed by acclaimed Shakespearian actor and noted playwright Bill Van Horn.