NEW YORK CITY OPERA
THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
RICKY IAN GORDON’S
Libretto by MICHAEL KORIE
Based on the novel by GIORGIO BASSANI
Directed and choreographed by RICHARD STAFFORD
a co-production with
NATIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE FOLKSBIENE
APRIL 2021
AT EDMOND J. SAFRA HALL, FOLKSBIENE’S THEATRICAL HOME, LOCATED INSIDE
THE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE – A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST
The story of an aristrocratic Italian-Jewish family, the Finzi-Continis, who believe they will be immune to the changes happening around them on the eve of World War II
Based on Giorgio Bassani’s 1962 novel (which was also the basis for Vittorio De Sica’s 1970 Oscar-winning film), THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS is set on the eve of World War II and tells the story of an aristocratic Italian-Jewish family, the Finzi-Continis, who believe they will be immune to the changes happening around them. As they make a gracious haven for themselves in their garden, walling out the unpleasantness of the world outside, Italy forms its alliance with Germany and begins to enforce anti-Semitic racial laws. But the Finzi-Continis discover too late that no one is immune, no one is untouchable.
“THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS continues New York City Opera’s mission to produce new and important works by American composers,” said Mr. Capasso. “We hope that with the spring there will be an abatement to the protocoals placed upon all of us due to the Covid-19 pandemic which will allow New York audiences to discover this new work.”
Music by
Ricky Ian Gordon
Libretto by
Michael Korie, based on the novel by Giorgio Bassani
Directed and choreographed by
Richard Stafford
Conductor:
To be announced
NYTF – National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
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