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Church of St. Paul the Apostle
Columbus Avenue and West 60th Street New York, NY 10023 Friday, April 19, 2024 6 - 7 p.m. A Christmas story at Easter time? That’s essentially what the Metropolitan Opera is doing in presenting the company premier of John Adams’s El Niño. But the opera-oratorio’s focus on the experience of the refugee and the migrant could not be more contemporary, and urgent. Lileana Blain-Cruz, resident director at Lincoln Center Theater, makes her Met debut with this vivid new production. The celebrated theater maker joins us to talk about the opera and the importance of staging art that matters for our world today. She will be joined by Fadi Skeiker of Fordham’s theater department and Fordham theology professor Leo Guardado. Daniela Mack, mezzo-soprano, will perform a selection from El Niño. David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture, will moderate the discussion with the panelists and the audience.
BONUS: Five pairs of tickets for a performance of the opera
will be drawn at random to attendees who sign up at the door. This event is a partnership between Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Church of St. Paul the Apostle. Upcoming CRC Events .jpg "Community activists protesting in the Bronx in the 1970s") |
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