Roberto Alagana, Maria Guleghina, Elina Garanca, et al. Set for Opera Orchestra of New York Season

The Opera Orchestra of New York will present concert productions of Giacomo Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine and a double bill of Jules Massenet’s La Navarraise and Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana as part of its 2010-2011 season.

The double bill will be presented at Carnegie Hall at 7:30pm on Monday, October 25 and be conducted by the company’s new music director, Alberto Veronesi. Roberto Alagna will appear in both operas; Elina Garanca and Brian Kontes will co-star in La Navaraise, while Maria Guleghina, Krysty Swann and Mignon Dunn will appear in
Cavalleria Rusticana.

Eve Queler, who founded the company in 1967, will conduct L’Africaine at 7:30pm on Wednesday, March 2 at Avery Fisher Hall. The cast will include Marcello Giordani, Chiara Taigi, Ellie Dehn, Giovanni Guagliardo, Gabriela Garcia, Daniel Mobbs, Djore Nance, and Michael McGee.

The season will also include a recital by soprano Meagan Miller at the Merkin Concert Hall at 8pm on Wednesday, February 9.

Tickets will go on sale on July 15. For information, call 212-906-9137.