NYC Opera

It is curtains for New York City Opera. The 70-year-old company, long a star in the city’s cultural firmament, announced on Tuesday morning that its emergency fund-raising appeal had fallen short, and that it would begin the process of dissolving itself and filing for bankruptcy…

DOWNLOAD: Steve Reich – Music for 18 Musicians, opening thru section II (MP3) This Saturday and Sunday (9/13 & 9/14) at 8pm, (Le) Poisson Rouge will host one of the great works of 20th century composition, Steve Reich‘s “Music for 18 Musicians,” performed by “NYC’s new-music supergroup” Signal and conducted by Brad Lubman…