From a haunted forest to a Bowery jazz club, the classic arts scene in New York is never quiet. Here is just a sampling of some of the classic arts events happening this week.
American Ballet Theatre's summer season continues this week with Adolphe Adam's Giselle. One of the earliest ballets in the standard repertoire, Giselle tells the story of a young woman with a heart condition which causes her to be unable to dance鈥攏o light fate for a character in a ballet. When Giselle dances and dies of it, she returns as a spirit to haunt her former lover.
Teatro Grattacielo presents the world premiere of The Tin Angel, a new opera by librettist Paul Pines and composer Daniel Asia. Inspired by the Tin Palace, a real jazz club in the Bowery in the 1970s, The Tin Angel is based on Pines' 1982 novel of the same name, and tells the story of club owner Pablo, who is haunted by the death of his partner, and the mystery that unfurls in its wake. Chloe Treat directs the production, with Enrico Fagone conducting.
American Modern Opera Company's Run AMOC* festival at Lincoln Center's Summer for the City continues this week with Simeon ten Holt's Canto Ostinato and Olivier Messiaen's song cycle Harawi. Canto Ostinato will be performed June 25 at the David Rubenstein Atrium by pianists Matthew Aucoin and Conor Hanick with Sandbox Percussion. Harawi will be performed June 26 in Alice Tully Hall, with Hanick, soprano Julia Bullock, and dancers Bobbi Jene Smith and Zack Winokur, who also directs.
The Gilbert and Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island presents H.M.S. Pinafore this weekend at the Jeanne Rimsky Landmark in Port Washington June 28, and at the Suffolk JCC in Commack June 29. Conducted by Michael C. Haigler and directed by the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players鈥� David Macaluso, the comic opera stars tenor Aaron Moore as Ralph Rackstraw, a foremast hand who is in love with Josephine (soprano Anne Elise Teeling), the daughter of his captain (baritone Chris Jurak). Chris Diamond plays Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty, with mezzo-soprano Delaney R. Page as Little Buttercup, the bumboat woman with a secret that could shake the whole social order.
David Dorfman Dance comes to Lincoln Center this week with truce songs, presented at Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park June 25. Admission is free. The performance features visuals by Andrew Schneider, costumes by Naoko Nagata, and live music by Lizzy de Lise and Sam Crawford.
Dance company Pilobolus returns to the Joyce Theatre for three weeks, running June 24-July 13, presenting Other Worlds Collection, featuring the New York City premiere of Flight, created by Ren茅e Jaworski and Matt Kent in collaboration with Connor Chaparro, Hannah Klinkman, Darren Robinson, and Jessica Robling. The performances will also include Pilobolus' interpretation of Martha Graham's Lamentation, and more works from the company's repertory.
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