In this ongoing series, I imagine popular opera characters as if they were living out their lives in 2018 New York City, using actual opera singers.
Van Sise's opera photography has been featured in Opera Today, the Economist, Amsterdam News, Time Out, the Epoch Times, and Broadway World.

Opera: La Traviata | Character: Violetta | Singer: Sarah Moulton Faux, soprano | Location: Staten Island Tuberculosis Hospital

The Barber of Seville | Figaro | Matthew Ciuffitelli, baritone | Otis & Finn Barber Shop

The Merry Widow | Hanna | Haley Vick, soprano | Gantry State Plaza

Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Alexis Cregger, soprano | Fairway Market

Pagliacci | Canio | Paolo Buffagni, tenor | Creek and the Cave Comedy Club

La Boheme | Marcello | Jesse Malgieri, baritone | The Bushwick Collective

Tosca | Tosca | Jennifer Gliere, soprano | Empire State Building

Madama Butterfly | Cio-Cio-San | Yoko Yamashita, soprano | Fleet Week

Amahl and the Night Visitors | Amahl | Devin Zamir Coleman