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2 unusual facts about NYCO


NYCO

:This article is about a rock group named NYCO, but NYCO is also the acronym of the New York City Opera as well as NYCO Synthetic Lubricants and is also a textile made up of a mix of nylon and cotton.

NYCO Synthetic Lubricants

:NYCO is also the name of an alternative rock group from Chicago, Illinois, as well as the acronym of the New York City Opera.


Arnold Voketaitis

Voketaitis remained a regular performer with the NYCO up through 1981, singing such roles as Creon in Igor Stravinsky's Oedipus rex, Giorgio Germont in Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata, Olin Blitch in Carlisle Floyd's Susannah, and Theseus in Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream among others.

After winning several singing competitions in 1957 along with a Rockefeller Award, Voketaitis made his professional opera debut as Vanuzzi in Richard Strauss's Die schweigsame Frau at the New York City Opera (NYCO) in 1958.

Mimi Lerner

Later NYCO assignments included Adalgisa in Norma, Bradamante in Alcina, Smeton in Anna Bolena, and leading roles in the Central Park trilogy (which consists of Deborah Drattell and Wendy Wasserstein's The Festival of Regrets, Michael Torke and A.R. Gurney's Strawberry Fields, and Robert Beaser and Terrence McNally's The Food of Love).

Nanyang Chinese Orchestra

The Nanyang Girls' High School Chinese Orchestra (NYCO) was founded in 1977, with the aim of promoting the appreciation of Chinese music and of grooming outstanding musicians.

NYCO Synthetic Lubricants

NYCO is also the sole manufacturer of military lubricants able to offer a complete portfolio for US/Europe-made (Dassault Aviation, Snecma...) and Russia/Ukraine-made (Sukhoi...) equipment.

Un monde à changer

Nyco Lilliu plays the role of Frère Tuck (in English Friar Tuck).


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