When?
Saturday, February 22, 2025 · 2 – 3pm EST
Where?
Saint John’s in the Village
(218 West 11th Street New York, NY 10014)
About this event
Vira & Friends presents Pleasant Ache: a concert/cabaret.
Contralto Vira Slywotzky and pianist David Sytkowski are joined by guest coloratura soprano Brooke Schooley for a delightful program of classical and popular song.
About the artists…
Vira Slywotzky has performed principal roles with Seattle Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Chelsea Opera, Center for Contemporary Opera, Sarasota Opera, Boston Midsummer Opera and Victor Herbert Renaissance Project – LIVE! She has sung concerts, recitals and cabarets in New York City venues from The Duplex to Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall and on tour all over the United States. Internationally Slywotzky has been heard in Canada, France, Hungary, Sweden and Wales.
A champion of new music, she has workshopped and premiered more than 30 works including songs, full scale opera and narration with orchestra.
Slywotzky has always been committed to keeping Ukrainian song alive and thriving; since February 2022 she has been serving as a cultural ambassador and fundraising for organizations providing aid to Ukraine. Slywotzky’s performances have served to collect over $250,000 to help soldiers and civilians in her ancestral homeland in their fierce fight to survive the ongoing attacks from the east and to ensure a peaceful and democratic future for Ukraine.
This Tribeca award-winning documentary explores the war in Ukraine through the lens of artists living and creating amid utter destruction. Blurring the lines between what is happening in front of the cameras and behind, the film probes what it means to make cinema in a time of war.
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