After summer abroad, Krovytska to appear in New Jersey, Maryland

NEW YORK - After having been abroad for three months for performances in Puerto Rico, Chile and Austria, New York City Opera diva soprano Oksana Krovytska will appear in concert with the New Jersey Symphony in Newark on Sunday, September 30, in Dvorak's dramatic cantata, "The Spectre's Bride."

Next month Ms. Krovytska sings three concerts with the Baltimore Symphony of Shostakovich's "From Jewish Folk Poetry," on October 4, 5 and 7 at Meyerhoff Hall in Baltimore. The concert, under Yuri Temirkanov, will be repeated in Vienna, Austria, in December.

This summer Ms. Krovytska performed the dual roles of Margherita and Elena in Boito's "Mefistofele," an opera based on Goethe's "Faust," in a performance that marked the gala opening of the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico.

Next Ms. Krovytska traveled to Santiago, Chile, where her performance in the role of Elvira in Verdi's "Ernani" earned rave reviews, especially from the leading opera magazine in Spain. The engagement with Opera Santiago also took her to the cities of Concepcion and Temuco.

Ms. Krovytska's summer engagements concluded in Austria, at the OpernAir Festival in Gars, where she has performed twice before, and is a great favorite with the audiences and the Vienna press. This past summer she sang the role of Liu in Puccini's "Turandot," the role she also will perform at New York City Opera this fall, to be given in six performances beginning November 3-18.

Ms. Krovytska's September 30 performance with the New Jersey Symphony, under the direction of Sdenek Macal, will be recorded and is slated to come out in the spring on the Delos label.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, September 30, 2001, No. 39, Vol. LXIX

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