Click here: PlaybillArts: Features: City Opera Announces Antony and Cleopatra Details; Symposium to Feature Caldwell, Futral a

 

Please click and read on Saturday, Jan 10, 4-5pm at Miller Theater of Columbia University, 116th St and Broadway, Justine Chen's commissioned new song will be sung by Elizabeth Futral, soprano

 

4:00-5:00 PM
"Cleopatra Sings" - Elizabeth Futral, soprano, and Susan Caldwell, pianist
City Opera's beloved star soprano offers an offbeat piano-vocal recital of musical depictions and evocations of Cleopatra. The selections, spanning three centuries, include music by Handel, Massenet, the Rolling Stones and Pam Tillis, and the world premiere of a specially-commissioned song by VOX composer Justine Chen. Elizabeth Futral has sung the title roles in Semele, Lakmé, The Ballad of Baby Doe, and Daphne, as well as Gilda in Rigoletto, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Alexandra in Regina and Bella in The Midsummer Marriage for New York City Opera.