ON SITE OPERA CO-FOUNDER, GENERAL AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ERIC EINHORN TO DEPART AT THE CLOSE OF 2023 NEW YORK, February 28, 2023 –  On Site Opera, New York’s pioneer opera company rooted in site-specific storytelling and the immersive experience, announces the departure of co-founder, General and Artistic Director Eric Einhorn at the close of 2023. He will continue to guide the artistic vision of On Site Opera through 2023, including a production of Puccini’s Il Tabarro this May, as well as two new world premiere commissions in development. In addition, E ..read more

ON SITE OPERA BEGINS THEIR NEXT DECADE OF PERFORMANCE AND INNOVATION WITH NEW BOARD LEADERSHIP NEW YORK, NY –  On Site Opera, New York’s pioneer opera company rooted in site-specific storytelling and the immersive experience, announces the appointment of current board Secretary Corey Kinger as the new President, effective September 1st, 2022. Currently celebrating their tenth anniversary season, the organization continues to foster sustainability and longevity, ushering in a shift in leadership and vision for the future. Current board President Jane A. Gross, who has served in her role si ..read more

Hello everyone, we are so excited to be able to present Amahl and the Night Visitors once again after a three year hiatus. The opera’s messages of generosity, selflessness, community, and joy are the perfect way to end our 10th anniversary season.  And what an anniversary season it has been! We began 2022 with Rachel J. Peters’ Lesson Plan – a live digital world premiere that was rehearsed and performed completely remotely, allowing all of us to remain safe and healthy. Last summer, we brought the work to the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, NY for an in-person version w ..read more

By Annette Phuvan I was never technically homeless.  I was forced to leave my home of 21 years though after my landlord decided to raise the rent by 600 dollars a month.  I couldn’t afford to live there anymore and in a month’s time had to move to Brooklyn, an hour away by train from the city. I never had to take trains.  It wasn’t a good location and I had a roommate for the first time.  We weren’t compatible.  I was suddenly displaced and lost my home.  I had lost my feeling of home.  It was a feeling of homelessness.  I dreaded coming back and staying ..read more

By Mark Schubin From Shostakovich’s The Tale of the Silly Baby Mouse in 2012 to Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi in 2022, On Site Opera’s productions have generally been on the lighter side. That will change with Puccini’s Il tabarro [The Cloak]. How can you prepare for the passionate drama? You might watch videos, listen to recordings, and study the libretto, but it’s summer, time to play outdoors and read books—mystery novels perhaps. The Metropolitan Opera commissioned an opera based on Winston Graham’s mystery Marnie; earlier, the Opera Theatre of St. Louis commissioned an opera based on James M ..read more

ON SITE OPERA PRESENTS COMEDY AND TRAGEDY UNDER THE STARS IN  PARTNERSHIP WITH CARAMOOR THIS SUMMER  STEPHANIE BLYTHE AND LAQUITA MITCHELL BRING LESSON PLAN LIVE TO THE  STAGE ALONG WITH EXCERPTS FROM CARMEN  On Site Opera Continues Tenth Anniversary Season with One Night Only Production in the Hudson Valley  NEW YORK, June 2022 – On Site Opera, New York’s pioneering opera company rooted in site-specific  storytelling and the immersive experience, returns to Katonah’s Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts for a one-night-only performance entitled A Night at the O ..read more

ON SITE OPERA BRINGS AUDIENCES INTO THE OPULENT HOME OF THE DONATI FAMILY IN  THEIR SITE-SPECIFIC PRODUCTION OF PUCCINI’S GIANNI SCHICCHI THIS APRIL  A Diverse Cast Brings High-jinks and Hilarity to an Opera Favorite  NEW YORK, March 7, 2022 – On Site Opera, New York’s pioneering opera company rooted in site specific storytelling and the immersive experience, announces their production of Giacomo Puccini’s comedy Gianni Schicchi, April 7-10 at The Prince George Ballroom. The first in-person event of their 10th anniversary season, this will be performed as part of a multi-season ..read more

By Mark Schubin A short walk from where On Site Opera produced Benjamin Britten’s opera The Turn of the Screw, at the Wave Hill estate in the Bronx, is a giant sequoia tree (left, photo by Benjamin Swett). It’s a mere baby, having been planted in 1975 (one in California was found to have been at least 3,200 years old at the time it was cut down). The Society of Municipal Arborists named the giant sequoia the 2021 Urban Tree of the Year. By the time the Wave Hill tree is as old as opera, it should be quite impressive! But how old is opera? On Site Opera is ten years old in 2022, which might not ..read more

ON SITE OPERA ANNOUNCES TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO EXPAND LEADERSHIP, REPRESENTATION AND LEGACY NEW YORK, January 26, 2022 –  On Site Opera, New York’s pioneer opera company rooted in site-specific storytelling and the immersive experience, announced today the appointment of 2 new trustees to the company’s Board of Directors: Christine Duque and Eric Li Cheung. “On Site Opera is at a critical moment in its growth, and building up the board with intentionality and foresight is paramount to our long-term success,” explains Jane A. Gross, the organization’s board President. “We are turning ten ..read more

By Mark Schubin The Prince George Ballroom (right) is a highly appropriate location for On Site Opera’s production of Giacomo Puccini’s comic opera Gianni Schicchi. The opera takes place largely in a room of a Florentine palace; the Prince George Ballroom is decorated in an opulent Neo-Renaissance style. The opera’s world premiere was at the Metropolitan Opera House during the 1918 pandemic; the ballroom, a short walk from that site, had been completed not long before.  The ballroom was also a very operatic location on its own. One of the people who could be found at what was thencalled ..read more