New Jersey Lyric Opera This Weekend

Written By Mike Greenblatt
New Jersey Lyric Opera

19th Century French and Italian operas are the order of the day when New Jersey Lyric Opera (NJLO) presents its “Summer Opera Festival” with Verdi’s Il Trovatore, Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville and Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet at Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre in West Windsor this Friday, Saturday and Sunday August 28, 29 and 30.

NJLO Producer-Director-Founder John Calkins told Courtney Smith at www.njarts.com, “we’re embarking on something completely [new] by taking on four different staged productions, including two company premieres.”

For further information, visit https://njlyricopera.com/.

Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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