Queens Symphony Orchestra Sunday January 19th at Queens College

This Sunday, January 19 at 3pm, QSO will perform Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, a one-act farcical comic opera based on a story from Dante's Divine Comedy. The production at the LeFrak Concert Hall, Kupferberg Center for the Performing Arts, will be semi-staged with a full orchestra in conjunction with the Queens College Opera Department. 

Admission to attend is free of charge. The performance will be approximately 70 minutes in length.

QSO's Musical Director Constantine Kitsopoulos continues to make it his goal to bring symphonic music into the lives of Queens residents of all ages. Kitsopoulos will be joined by David Ronis, Stage Director of the Queens College Opera Studio, for a brief talk before the performance, in which they will address their reasons for choosing the piece, and their hopes for future collaboration.

Gianni Schicchi (pronounced roughly "Johnny Skee-kee") tells a playful story of greed, deceit and romance, and includes one of the most famous operatic arias of all time, "O Mio Babbino Caro."

"This is an opera to delight anyone," says Kitsopoulos, who made his debut with the New York Philharmonic in September of last year. "Our hope is to see children, parents and grandparents in the audience together. Puccini's take on Dante is always a crowd-pleaser, and wins over those who think they don't like opera."

Gianni Schicchi, by Giacomo Puccini

WHAT: A comic opera in one act (approx. 70 minutes)

WHO: Queens Symphony Orchestra, 

and Queens College Opera Studio

WHEN: Sunday, January 19, at 3pm

WHERE: LeFrak Concert Hall

Kupferberg Center for the Performing Arts, Queens, NY

COST: FREE

For more information, please reach out.

Adam Sullivan

Senior Associate

C. C.  S U L L I V A N

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