Kristin Sampson News

New York City Opera will present a concert production of TOSCA at Bryant Park, honoring the 100th anniversary of Giacomo Puccini's passing. Learn how to attend.

The Bryant Park Picnic Performances series will continue with New York City Opera's concert production of the perennial favorite Tosca in honor of the 100th anniversary of the passing of Giacomo Puccini on Saturday, August 24. 

Artpark will present a tribute to Giacomo Puccini with a gala opera concert at the Artpark Mainstage Theater in Lewiston, NY. Enjoy renditions of Puccini's most beloved arias crafted by Michael Capasso. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Art Park will present Puccini’s Greatest: A Gala Opera Concert on Sunday, July 14 at 2pm at the Artpark Mainstage Theater, 450 South 4th Street, Lewiston, NY.

Experience Giacomo Puccini's The Girl of the Golden West presented by Washington Opera Society at the Atrium of the Embassy of France in Washington, DC. Cocktail attire encouraged.

Join the New York City Opera for a Puccini Celebration, honoring the 100th anniversary of Giacomo Puccini's passing. Learn more!

Connecticut Lyric Opera, celebrating its 20th season, and the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra have announced their latest co-production, the timeless classic, Madama Butterfly.

The Massapequa Philharmonic kicks off its 2022-2023 season with “SYMPHONIC SPOOKTACULAR” featuring the music of Camille Saint-Saëns and Hector Berlioz.

New York City Opera will present Romance in Opera on Monday, September 12, 2022 at 7pm at Wollman Rink in Central Park. Stars of the New York City Opera stage bring romance to life, with love stories as passionate as the music itself.

The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony kicks off its 2022-2023 season with “From Bach to Mozart: A Classical Journey”—an immersive InsideOut Concerts production featuring soloists Christopher Martin (Principal Trumpet, New York Philharmonic) and Kristin Sampson (Lead Soprano, New York City Opera). 

Enjoy an evening of great American operatic works by composers including Carlisle Floyd, Ricky Ian Gordon, Douglas Moore, Tobias Picker, Robert Ward, and Iain Bell. The concert will feature performances by extraordinary artists from the New York City Opera, including Tatev Baroyan, Lisa Chavez, Mark Delavan, Kristin Sampson, and Victor Starsky.

Teatro Grattacielo announces a casting change in the title role of Don Giovanni as part of the Phoenicia International Festival of The Voice on August 5, 2022 at 8:30pm at Saint Ursula Place, Phoenicia, NY.

The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony has announced their 2022-23 season “Journeys and Soundscapes” featuring world class soloists, innovative experiences and symphonic music spanning Bach through Prokofiev.  

Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice announces the 2022 Festival Season, August 5-7, 2022 at 8:30pm at Saint Ursula Place, Phoenicia, NY.

Bryant Park Picnic Performances' season of free, live performances will continue on Friday, July 2 at 7pm with a fully-staged, one-hour abridged performance of Georges Bizet's beloved opera, Carmen, from the New York City Opera. This will be New York City Opera's first fully staged, hour-long adaptation performed this year.

Check out photos from the event, which BroadwayWorld attended on June 18!

New York City Opera will return to Bryant Park this weekend for its fourth season of operas as the centerpiece of Bank of America’s Bryant Park Picnic Performance series, beginning this Friday, June 18 with NYCO’s annual LGBTQ Pride concert, Pride in the Park.

As the year 2020 draws to a close, stars past and present of New York City Opera (NYCO) have come to the aid of “The People’s Opera” by participating in Un Zoomo in Maschera, a word from the artists of New York City Opera, a special year-end fundraiser which was be released today.

As the year 2020 draws to a close, stars past and present of New York City Opera (NYCO) have come to the aid of “The People’s Opera” by participating in Un Zoomo in Maschera, a word from the artists of New York City Opera, a special year-end fundraiser which will be released on social media today.

Noted conductor Jason Tramm will conduct Puccini's universally beloved opera La Bohème November 21 at 6:30 pm, at the South Orange Performing Arts Center.