History

the little OPERA THEATRE of NY is a chamber opera company that was founded in September of 2004 with a concert at The Kosciuszko Foundation. Last season it presented the U.S. premiere of César Cui’s A Feast in the Time of the Plague on a double bill with Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov’s Mozart & Salieri at the Hudson Guild Theatre. The evening was entitled the 2 Little Tragedies of Pushkin.

the little OPERA THEATRE of NY ’s repertory began with Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera, and has expanded to include the work of Handel, Haydn, Vivaldi, and Weill. With its April 2008 performance at the downtown nightclub The Box, LOTNY added Virgil Thomson & Gertrude Stein’s landmark opera, The Mother of Us All, to its repertory. Other highlights include: New Voices, original chamber operas by three living composers: Edward Ficklin, Kim D. Sherman, and Inessa Zaretsky; and The Bohemians, a free outdoor concert at Socrates Sculpture Park as part of the city wide September Concert for 9/11.