OONY's 35th season opens on November 13 with Rossini's William Tell, the work that opened its first Carnegie season in 1972. As previously reported by PlaybillArts, Giordano will sing the challenging tenor role of Arnold. Soprano Angela Maria Blasi plays the Duchess Mathilde; baritone Marco Chingari sings the title role.
On February 26, 2006, soprano Eglise Gutierrez sings the title role in Delibes' Lakm_; tenor Yeghishe Manucharyan is her lover G_rard. Morris, whose history with OONY dates to its first season, returns as Lakm_'s father, Nilakantha.
Italo Montemezzi's 1914 L'amore dei tre re closes the season on May 4. Ramey stars as the blind King Archibaldo; soprano Fabiana Bravo is his philandering daughter-in-law Fiora; baritone Pavel Baransky, in his American debut, is his son Manfredo; tenor Fernando de la Mora is Fiora's lover Avito.
OONY also presents a recital by mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall on March 13.
