AddAMovie Film Festival, "Day of the Dead"

AddAMovie Film Festival, New York

The video of the Death Scene from "Flame and Shadow" was chosen to be screened at the AddAMovie Film Festival in New York City as part of the "Day of the Dead" program.

Local Headline Act at the 2021 Virtual St. Lou Fringe Festival

A virtual presentation of the introduction video The Making of "Flame and Shadow: The Passion and Pain of Sara Teasdale" featuring newly created scenes, music, performers' interviews, and the background stories of this opera as a work-in-progress from the creators Nika Leoni and Kathryn Thompson.

Dates: August 19, 20, 21, 2021

St. Louis Fringe Festival

Local Headline Act at the 2020 Virtual St. Lou Fringe Festival

A virtual presentation of the introduction video The Making of "Flame and Shadow: The Passion and Pain of Sara Teasdale" showing the opera as a work-in-progress and featuring some of its music, performers' interviews, and the background stories from the creators Nika Leoni and Kathryn Thompson.

Friday, August 21, 2020 @ 7:00 p.m. (cst)
Saturday, August 22, 2020 @ 7:00 p.m. (cst)
Sunday, August 23, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m. (cst)

St. Louis Fringe Festival

Folktales And Fables on "Feminine Fusion: Featuring music by female composers" with Diane Jones

The broadcast includes Part 1 of Nika Leoni's operatic soliloquy Euridice.

March 16, 2019
WCNY (New York): 1 PM
KNVC (Nevada): 11 PM

March 23, 2019
DelMarVa Public Radio (Maryland): 7 AM

Poetry and Song Program at Mississippi State University's Department of Music

Program features one of Nika Leoni's Six Love Songs by Sara Teasdale. Performed by Payton Tanner (soprano) and Karen Murphy (piano).

February 12, 2019, 7:30 PM
Mississippi State University
Turner Wingo Auditorium
Old Main Academic Building

Christmas on the Hill Concert

Program features two of Nika Leoni's Italian Christmas Carols (for Soprano, SSAA choir, & piano)

Performed by Nika Leoni (soprano), Kathy Thompson Favazza (soprano), Sandra Geary (piano), with The Women's HOPE Chorale of St. Louis conducted by Leanne Latuda.

December 2, 2017, 7 PM
St. Ambrose Church, St. Louis, MO

KC VITAs Summer Series 2017 Vocal music by living composers

Program features Nika Leoni's Six Love Songs by Sara Teasdale. Performers: Jennifer White (soprano), Elizabeth Birger (soprano) with Charles Dickinson (piano).

August 4, 2017, 7 PM
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
1307 Holmes St., Kansas City MO 64106

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In Her Words" by Calliope's Call - Women's Voices in Verse and Song

Nika Leoni's song cycle Six Love Songs by Sara Teasdale was the winning choice in the recent call for scores by Calliope's Call and was performed as part of the "In Her Words" program.

October 22, 7:30 PM
35 Washington St., Marblehead, MA 01945

October 23, 4:00 PM
Private Salon Concert in Historic North End Venue (by invitation)
Boston, MA

Ladies First Concert: We Are All Immigrants

The concert program includes Nika Leoni's operatic soliloquy Euridice, performed by Nika Leoni (soprano) with Marija Ilic (piano).

October 2, 2016, 7:00 PM
Opera America
Scorca Hall
330 7th Avenue, New York

Artist Series Concert: Presenting Women Composers/Performers

The concert program includes Nika Leoni's compositions: operatic soliloquy Euridice and selections from Six Love Songs by Sara Teasdale" performed by Nika Leoni (soprano) with Dina Pruzhansky (piano).

May 13, 2016, 7 PM
Turtle Bay Music School
244 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022

Empire Opera Concert: Composers as Performers

Nika Leoni's new song cycle Six Love Songs by Sara Teasdale and operatic soliloquy Euridice, performed by Nika Leoni (soprano) with Violetta Zabbi (piano).

Empire Opera's Composers Concert
October 9, 2015, 7:30pm
Advent Lutheran Church
2504 Broadway, New York, NY 10025