Bryant Park has announced the lineup for this year's 30th anniversary Picnic Performances season, including more than 20 free jazz concerts, theatrical performances, and dance events staged in the park between May and September.
This year's series kicks off on May 27th when the New York City Opera stages a one-night-only, full-length, costumed production with orchestral accompaniment of Rossini'sPride in theconcert takes place June 17th, and there will be fully-staged, dressed and live music-supported productions of Verdi'sMichael Capasso, the opera's general director, called Bryant Park the opera's summer home, and said getting to perform for people for free there fulfills the company's...
"It was a horrible park for a long time, and I came along in 1980, appointed by the [Rockefeller Brothers Fund], and we turned it into a well-run park that was attractive and fun and safe and clean," he said. "You can come to Bryant Park through any transit line, it really is a subway ride away," he said. "A lot of our audience does not see theater, does not go to concerts. This is an audience that is not your usual subscriber to Carnegie Hall. We're handing out free picnic blankets, we have beer and wine for sale on the lawn. We have thousands of chairs for free, you basically show up and the experience can be [had].
Among the highlights of this year's shows: Emerging Music Festival will showcase a mix of up-and-coming new indie rock, soul, and folk musicians on June 24 and 25th. There will be five evenings of dance in June curated by Tiffany Rea-Fisher, artistic director of EMERGE125 in Harlem. For two other weeks in June, the stage will be given over to dance companies — Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet and Alrick Thomas — to hold open rehearsals.
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