This Moment in Opera

What exactly is a countertenor?  Is it really the modern-day version of the famed Italian castrati?  General Manager and Artistic Director George Steel sits down with Partenope stars Iestyn Davies and Anthony Roth Costanzo to discuss the fascinating history of this singing voice and how it has transitioned from the Baroque to the present.

 

    

 

 

New York City Opera is busy preparing for the 2009-2010 season.  In this episode, Dramaturg Cori Ellison speaks with  new General Manager and Artistic Director George Steel and Music Director George Manahan about the upcoming season, which includes Mozart's Don Giovanni, Esther by Hugo Weisgall, Puccini's Madama Butterfly, L'Étoile by Chabrier, and Handel's Partenope.