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