Benefit
This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
A YEAR OF SONG Chelsea Opera celebrates its first anniversary with a benefit reception and performance of rarely heard choral works. The program includes Vaughn Williams’s “Serenade to Music,” Barber’s “Agnus Dei,”Verdi’s “Te Deum,” and songs by Dubussy and Rossini. The group’s music director, Carmine Aufiero, conducts the 40-member choir. In December, Chelsea Opera will stage Menotti’s Christmas operetta “Amahl and the Night Visitors” in English and Spanish. Sunday, 2:30 p.m. reception, 4 p.m. concert, Christ and St. Stephen’s Church, 120 W. 69th St., between Broadway and Columbus Avenue, 212-260-1796, $50 reception and concert, $25 concert only.
To submit an event for consideration for the Calendar, please wire the particulars to calendar@nysun.com, placing the date of the event in the subject line.
