J\u00daRAME<\/h3>\n
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\u201cPROMISE ME,\u201d Spain and Latin America in Song Mar\u00eda Brea, soprano Pablo Zinger, dubbed \u201cThe King of Zarzuela\u201d by Opera News, will be joined by two vibrant young Latin American opera singers, soprano Mar\u00eda Brea and mezzo soprano Linda Collazo, for a celebration of the depth and passion of Spanish and Latin American vocal music.<\/p>\n Sunday, April 7th, 2019, 4:00 pm ___________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n Anima<\/em> Baroque Ensemble<\/strong><\/p>\n Beth Anne Hatton, soprano From the mysteries of the musical proportions of the Soul of the World (Amina Mundi), to the cosmic messes caused by Love and the senses, The Cosmos Shimmers<\/strong> reflects on the elements and the eternal harmonies of body and soul, both universal and all-too-human. With readings paraphrased from Plato\u2019s Timaeus.<\/em><\/p>\n Wednesday, May 1st, 2019, 8:00 pm miniatures Behind the Door 2019 series is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). <\/em><\/p>\n ___________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunday, May 12th, 2019, 4:00 pm ___________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cYou never know what\u2019s gonna happen.\u201d \u2013Bucky Malocchio<\/em><\/p>\n A Variety Show<\/strong> Saturday, May 18th, 2019, 8:00 pm miniatures Behind the Door 2019 series is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). <\/em><\/p>\n ___________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n A Secular Oratorio<\/strong> Thursday, June 27, 2019, 7:30 pm We The People\u00a0<\/em>image by Karni Dorell<\/p>\n VPR is a proud participant in the fourth annual New York Opera Fest, joining\u00a0over 30\u00a0<\/strong>New York City-based companies putting on\u00a0over 30 events\u00a0in venues around the city in May and June.<\/em><\/p>\n More Info HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Music of the 19th and 20th Centuries Sunday, April 30, 2017, 4:00 pm<\/p>\n Behind the Door Judith Barnes, Hayden Dewitt, Katya Gruzglina, Mal Harrison, Christina Lamberti, Francesca Mondanaro, Andrea Reichenbach & Ellen Teufel, vocalists Curated by Thea Cook<\/p>\n A remembrance and a showing of a new film, \u201cMilton Resnick Paints a Picture.\u201d<\/p>\n Disorder but completeness,\u00a0<\/em>a total anarchy and at the same time a universal truth.<\/em> \u00a0\u2014 MR<\/p>\n Friday, March 31, 2017, 8:00 pm<\/p>\n Behind the Door The painter Milton Resnick (1917-2004) would have been 100 this year. He was born in Ukraine, and fled the pogroms with his family when he was five years old, eventually settling in Brooklyn, where he lived until he left home as a teenager after his father forbade him to be an artist. In the 1930s he was on the WPA artist project, and in\u00a01940 he was drafted and served in the U.S. Army through all of World War II. After returning to New York in September 1945, Resnick immediately began painting abstractions, thereby cementing his historical position as a member of the first generation of American Abstract Expressionists. He was a founding member of the Artists\u2019 Club of the 1950s. A larger than life personality, a poet, raconteur and philosopher, he might have become one of the towering figures of 20th century painting, had he cared to embrace the public. A museum devoted to his legacy is scheduled to open this year in his studio, a defunct synagogue in Chinatown, NYC.<\/p>\n The evening will feature “Milton Resnick Paints a Picture,” a short film of him painting and discussing his views on\u00a0art and society, followed by a projection of paintings painted over eight separate decades.<\/p>\n Our host will be painter and writer Geoffrey Dorfman, secretary and trustee of the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation. His awards include an NEA Grant and the National Academy\u2019s Henry Ward Ranger Prize in Painting. He contributed to Abstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works: the Muriel Kallis Newman Collection<\/em> (The Metropolitan and Yale University, 2007). He has written for Artforum and Stagebill and authored Out Of the Picture; Milton Resnick and the New York School<\/em> (Midmarch Arts Press, 2003).<\/p>\n Saturday, January 28, 2017, 7:00pm Vertical Player Repertory presents sopranos Elise Brancheau, Chelsea Feltman, and Katya Gruzglina in piaNO, a recital of songs for voice and solo instruments – but not piano, featuring Timothy Leonard, cellist; David Rocca, bassoonist; Charlotte Nicholas, violinist; and Christian Berrigan, guitarist.<\/p>\n The program begins with an arrangement for soprano, violin, and cello of the beloved aria “Bist du bei mir,” (although generally attributed to J. S. Bach, it’s actually from Diomedes<\/em>,\u00a0an opera by Gottfried Heinrich St\u00f6lzel). Andrew Hsu’s contemporary piece for soprano and cello, “Philtrum,” with text by the poet Taije Silverman, explores the origin of the philtrum (the indent above the lips and below the nose), as explained in Jewish mythology. Lori Laitman’s poignant song cycle for soprano and bassoon, “I Never Saw Another Butterfly,” sets poetry written by children murdered in the Holocaust. Violin and voice are paired in Heitor Villa-Lobos’ “Suite for Violin and Voice,” inspired by Portuguese folk melodies. Bringing the folk theme closer to home, a set of songs by iconic female singer\/songwriters of the 1960s, accompanied by guitar, will close the program.<\/span><\/p>\n Tickets are $20 ($10 for students with a valid student ID), and may be purchased online or at the door, based on availability. Reservations or pre-purchase strongly encouraged, as space is limited.<\/p>\n All proceeds of this recital will be donated to the New York chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), a national organization that defends and preserves the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. A representative from the NYCLU will be present at the performance to speak briefly about the organization’s mission and ways to donate and\/or get involved. For more information on the ACLU, visit www.aclu.org<\/a>, and for information on the NYCLU, visit www.nyclu.org.<\/a><\/p>\n Can’t attend but would like to donate to help the cause? Tax-deductible donations can be made the the NYCLU in honor of Vertical Player Repertory or your favorite performer. To make a contribution, please visit https:\/\/action.aclu.org\/secure\/aclu-new-york-tribute-gift-form<\/a><\/p>\n Saturday, November 28, 2015, 4:00 pm Behind the Door<\/p>\n Opera Feroce and VPR team up for Jewels of the Baroque, the latest episode in the Incontro Barocco series.<\/p>\n An uptight baroque band and an unruly troupe of singers are hired to entertain at the home of a wealthy family with pretensions to nobility. A nod to the salon concert, Jewels of the Baroque<\/em><\/strong> is a gleefully assembled smorgasbord of instrumental and vocal works trespassing across genres, styles and national boundaries. Singers and instrumentalists alike are costumed in High Baroque style, and the audience is shown more than a glimpse of the rivalry, revelry, and repartee among the players.<\/p>\n ___________________________<\/p>\n Thursday, May 28, 2015 Behind the Door<\/p>\n R\u00e9my Yulzari, double bass ___________________________<\/p>\n Wednesday, Nov 5, 2014 Behind the Door<\/p>\n a selection of works from baroque to contemporary, celebrating the acclaimed Virtuosi Quintet’s 31st season.<\/p>\n Music of Bach, Damase, Grieg, Ligeti, Hindemith and Running.<\/p>\n Thursday, October 30, 2014 Behind the Door<\/p>\n Hayden DeWitt, mezzo soprano Thursday, October 23, 2014 Behind the Door<\/p>\n with Che Ayende, Ezra Barnes, Nurit Monacelli and Libya Pugh Tuesday, July 29, 2014 Behind the Door<\/p>\n Friday, May 23, 2014 Behind the Door<\/p>\n Judith Barnes, mezzo soprano A program of songs inspired by obsessive love, longing and dream states, featuring the Ossessione<\/em> song cycle by Richard Pearson Thomas.<\/p>\n PROGRAM includes s<\/em>ongs by John Dowland, Robert Schumann,<\/em> Hugo Wolf, <\/em>Henri Duparc, <\/em>Reinaldo Hahn, Jules Massenet, Antonio Caldara, <\/em>Giovanni Bononcini, and Ossesione <\/em>by Richard Pearson Thomas, a song cycle inspired by the much loved Arie Antiche <\/em>from the Schirmer Italian Song Anthology.<\/em><\/p>\n Friday, May 16, 2014 An evening of comedy and music with Bucky and His Friends, featuring Bucky Malocchio and his adorable Buckettes, with a guest appearance by Bucky\u2019s rootin-tootin cousin Billy-Bob Hannity.<\/p>\n with<\/p>\n Evelyn Thatcher, vocals Bruce Rameker, baritone PROGRAM includes Maeve Hoglund<\/a>, soprano PROGRAM includes Hayden DeWitt, mezzo soprano PROGRAM includes Hayden DeWitt, mezzo soprano Thursday, January 2, 2014, 7:30 PM A preview and party to foreshadow our upcoming full production of Yoav Gal’s THE DWARF<\/p>\n libretto reading<\/p>\n an open reading of the libretto of VPR’s first commissioned opera, THE PEACE, by composer Nizan Leibovich and librettist Isidore Elias<\/p>\n open rehearsal<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/em>Zarzuela, Opera, and Art Song from Argentina, Cuba, Spain, and Mexico<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nLinda Collazo, mezzo soprano
\nPablo Zinger, pianist and curator<\/p>\n
\nBehind the Door<\/p>\n![\"Brown](\"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BPT_logo_main.png\"){kind=logo}
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\nminiatures Behind the Door 2019 series is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). <\/em><\/p>\nANIMA MUNDI: THE COSMOS SHIMMERS<\/em><\/h3>\n
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\nVita Wallace, baroque violin
\nMotomi Igarashi, viola da gamba & lirone
\nChrista Patton, harp<\/p>\n
\nBehind the Door<\/p>\n<\/em><\/p>\nTHE CHILDREN’S HOUR<\/h3>\n
\nBehind the Door<\/p>\nBUCKY AND HIS FRIENDS<\/h3>\n
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\nwritten and performed by Isidore Elias<\/p>\n
\nSunday, May 19th, 2019, 4:00 pm
\nBehind the Door<\/p>\n<\/em><\/p>\nTHE CONSTITUTION<\/h3>\n
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\nby Benjamin Yarmolinsky<\/p>\n
\nSaturday, June 30, 2019, 4:00\u00a0 pm
\nBehind the Door and at another location TBA<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/NYOFest_COLOR_ON_LIGHT.png\")
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\nPAST<\/h3>\n
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\nI STAND ALONE
\nthree monodramas for the female voice<\/h3>\n![\"I](\"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/I-Stand-Alone_Option-3-300x199.png\")
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\nTesla’s Pigeon<\/em><\/strong> by Melissa Dunphy
\nPhaedra<\/em><\/strong> by Benjamin Britten<\/div>\n
\n219 Court Street
\nBrooklyn, NY 11201<\/div>\n![\"NYOF_Event_2017_Light_Color\"](\"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/NYOF_Event_2017_Light_Color.png\")
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If Women Will Not Be Inclined
\nWomen Composers, Women’s Voices<\/h3>\n![](\"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Beach_Boulanger_Viardot_Malibran-300x256.jpg\")
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\nLili Boulanger, Amy Beach, Maria Malibran & Pauline Viardot<\/p>\n
\n219 Court Street
\nBrooklyn, NY 11201
\nAll proceeds will go to the Anti Violence Project<\/p>\n
\nDoug Han, piano<\/p>\n![\"AVP](\"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/AVP-Logo.png\"){kind=logo}
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MILTON RESNICK at 100: A Centenary View<\/h3>\n
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\n219 Court Street
\nBrooklyn, NY 11201<\/p>\n___________________________<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\npiaNO – a recital of songs for voice & not piano<\/h4>\n
\nBehind the Door
\n219 Court Street
\nBrooklyn NY 11201<\/p>\n
\n<\/a>all revenue will benefit the New York chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)<\/p>\n___________________________<\/h2>\n
INCONTRO BAROCCO<\/h3>\n
Jewels of the Baroque<\/a>
\n(high voices and low tea in a semi-precious setting)<\/h4>\n
\nSunday, November 29, 2015, 2:00 pm<\/p>\n![\"DeWitt,](\"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/JM8A7153-300x200.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nFRENCH SONG IN TRANSIT<\/h3>\n
M\u00e9tamorphoses et M\u00e9lodies<\/h4>\n
\n8:30 pm<\/p>\n![\"facebook](\"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/facebook-duo-Copy-Copy-640x420-300x197.jpg\")
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\nYegor Shevtsov, piano
\nwith\u00a0Judith Barnes, mezzo soprano<\/p>\nTHE VIRTUOSI QUINTET<\/h3>\n
Autumn Harvest<\/h4>\n
\n8:00 pm<\/p>\n![\"Virtuosi2\"](\"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Virtuosi2-300x225.jpeg\")
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STELLA NEMICA INFAUSTA<\/h3>\n
rare bel canto arias for mezzo soprano<\/h4>\n
\n7:30 pm<\/p>\n![\"Hayden](\"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Hayden-painter-150x150.jpg\")
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\nCathy Venable, piano
\nThea Cook, curator<\/p>\n_______________________________<\/h4>\n
THE HEMINGS DIARY<\/h3>\n
a reading of a new play by Lucille Lichtblau<\/h4>\n
\n7:30 pm<\/p>\n![\"HDrow1\"](\"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/HDrow1-300x104.jpg\")
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\ndirected by Melissa Maxwell<\/p>\nA TWO PLANKS PRODUCTION<\/h4>\n
_______________________________<\/h4>\n
ALBUM FOR THE NOT-SO-YOUNG<\/h3>\n
Benjamin Yarmolinsky, composer and guitarist<\/h4>\n
\n8:00 pm<\/p>\n![\"ben](\"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ben-y-300x199.jpg\")
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OBSESSION SONGS<\/h3>\n
\n8:00 pm<\/p>\n![\"magritte\"](\"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/201108_magritte-300x228.jpg\")
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\nHayden DeWitt, mezzo soprano
\nBruce Rameker, baritone
\nRichard Pearson Thomas, piano<\/p>\n_______________________________<\/h4>\n
BUCKY’S BACK!<\/h2>\n
Bucky and his Friends|
\n“You never know what’ll happen.”<\/em><\/h4>\nWritten and performed by Isidore Elias<\/h4>\n
\n8:00 pm<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nTiffany Stoker, vocals
\nBeverly Closs, piano
\nLane Warren, bass
\nCody Rahn, drums<\/p>\n_______________________________<\/h4>\n
SLUGGING A VAMPIRE
\nBeautiful and Outlandish Songs
\nby Charles Ives and Richard Pearson Thomas<\/h3>\nFriday, May 9, 2014
\n8:00 pm<\/h4>\n![\"Ives-Charles-03\"](\"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Ives-Charles-03-300x236.jpg\")
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\nRichard Pearson Thomas, piano<\/p>\n
\nReligion \/ At the River \/ Serenity
\nSlugging a Vampire \/ Two little flowers
\nThe white gulls \/ Thoreau<\/strong> <\/em>
\nand other songs by Charles Ives<\/span>
\nI never saw a moor \/ Jordan \/ Diamonds \/ Voyeur<\/strong>
\nSpinster of Chelsea Embankment \/Azulao \/ Poison<\/strong>
\nand other songs by Richard Pearson Thomas<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n_______________________________<\/h4>\n
MUSICAL VISIONS<\/h3>\n
Saturday, May 3, 2014
\n7:30 pm<\/h4>\n![\"Klee\"](\"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/KleePost-300x283.jpg\")
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\nMarnie Laird, piano<\/p>\n
\nAmarilli mia bella <\/em>by Giulio Caccini
\nMattinata <\/em>by Ruggero Leoncavallo
\nCome raggio di sol <\/em>by Antionio Caldara
\nIl bacio <\/em>by Luigi Arditi
\nKaddisch\u00a0<\/em>by Maurice Ravel
\nElfenlied <\/em>by Hugo Wolf
\nAllah akbar allah <\/em>by Karol Symanowski
\nCe doux petit visage <\/em>by Francis Poulenc
\nRushes <\/em>by Chris DeBlasio
\nSiete canciones populares Espa\u00f1olas\u00a0<\/em>by Manuel de Falla<\/p>\n_______________________________<\/h4>\n
IL PASTORE INNAMORATO
\n(the lovesick shepherd)<\/h3>\nFriday, April 11, 2014
\n8:00 pm<\/h4>\n![\"Good_Shepherd_04\"](\"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Good_Shepherd_04-300x187.jpg\")
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\nBeth Anne Hatton, soprano
\nCathy Venable, piano and flute
\nJoseph Trent, flute<\/p>\n
\nDer Hirt auf dem Felsen<\/em>\u00a0by Franz Schubert
\nLieder eines fahrenden Gesellen<\/em>\u00a0by Gustav Mahler
\nSelections from Il Re Pastore<\/em> by Wolfgang A. Mozart
\nSelections from sonatas for two flutes by Georg Philipp Telemann<\/p>\n_______________________________<\/h4>\n
Sonnets to Orpheus<\/h3>\n
an evening with Rainer Maria Rilke<\/h4>\n
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\nPaul Hecht, reader
\nRita Costanzi, harp<\/p>\n
\nBehind the Door<\/p>\n_______________________________<\/h4>\n
THE DWARF
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\n(sneak preview)<\/h4>\nThursday, June 20, 2013, 8:00 pm
\nSaturday, June 22, 2013, 4:00 pm<\/address>\n\u00a0<\/address>\nIn Front of and Behind the Door<\/address>\n![\"dwarfsquare\"](\"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/dwarfsquare-300x300.jpg\")
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THE PEACE<\/a><\/h4>\n
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THE MILLAY SISTERS
\n<\/a>
\na cabaret<\/h4>\nSaturday, May 18, 2013, 7:30 pm<\/address>\nBehind the Door<\/address>\n![\"MillaySquare\"](\"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/MillaySquare-300x300.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n_______________________________<\/h4>\n<\/address>\n
INCONTRO BAROCCO<\/a><\/h3>\nApril 6th & 7th, 2013, 8:00 pm<\/address>\nBehind the Door<\/address>\n
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