Cocktails, Comestibles, and Callas

Continuing our tradition of alliterative season opening events—from Burgers, Bourbon, & Beethoven to Hot Dogs, Hooch, & Handel—this year’s Cocktails, Comestibles, & Callas centers around one of opera’s most legendary divas: Maria Callas. Recently portrayed by Angelina Jolie in the Netflix film Maria, we bypass the Hollywood glitz and glam and go straight to the heart of what made La Divina the very definition of “prima donna assoluta—the power, emotion, and wrenching beauty of the human voice.

Dave Malloy: Ghost Quartet (SOLD OUT)

Award-winning composer Dave Malloy calls his genre-defying Ghost Quartet "a song cycle about love, death, and whiskey," which is basically the entire artistic ethos of the Angel’s Share series! For the show's 10th anniversary, Malloy reunites with co-creators Brent Arnold, Brittain Ashford, and Gelsey Bell (whose opera morning//mourning graced the Catacombs last September).

Dave Malloy: Ghost Quartet (SOLD OUT)

Award-winning composer Dave Malloy calls his genre-defying Ghost Quartet "a song cycle about love, death, and whiskey," which is basically the entire artistic ethos of the Angel’s Share series! For the show's 10th anniversary, Malloy reunites with co-creators Brent Arnold, Brittain Ashford, and Gelsey Bell (whose opera morning//mourning graced the Catacombs last September).

Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 131

We continue our multi-season Catacombs traversal of Beethoven’s final string quartets, with the Ariel Quartet performing String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131. Opening with what Richard Wagner described as “surely the saddest sentiment ever expressed in music,” this seven-movement masterpiece is played without pause, creating an expansive, kaleidoscopic musical journey through faith, fear, madness, wonder, and more.

Event Series Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 131

Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 131

We continue our multi-season Catacombs traversal of Beethoven’s final string quartets, with the Ariel Quartet performing String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131. Opening with what Richard Wagner described as “surely the saddest sentiment ever expressed in music,” this seven-movement masterpiece is played without pause, creating an expansive, kaleidoscopic musical journey through faith, fear, madness, wonder, and more.

Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 131

We continue our multi-season Catacombs traversal of Beethoven’s final string quartets, with the Ariel Quartet performing String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131. Opening with what Richard Wagner described as “surely the saddest sentiment ever expressed in music,” this seven-movement masterpiece is played without pause, creating an expansive, kaleidoscopic musical journey through faith, fear, madness, wonder, and more.

Event Series Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 131

Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 131

We continue our multi-season Catacombs traversal of Beethoven’s final string quartets, with the Ariel Quartet performing String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131. Opening with what Richard Wagner described as “surely the saddest sentiment ever expressed in music,” this seven-movement masterpiece is played without pause, creating an expansive, kaleidoscopic musical journey through faith, fear, madness, wonder, and more.

Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 131

We continue our multi-season Catacombs traversal of Beethoven’s final string quartets, with the Ariel Quartet performing String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131. Opening with what Richard Wagner described as “surely the saddest sentiment ever expressed in music,” this seven-movement masterpiece is played without pause, creating an expansive, kaleidoscopic musical journey through faith, fear, madness, wonder, and more.

Event Series Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 131

Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 131

We continue our multi-season Catacombs traversal of Beethoven’s final string quartets, with the Ariel Quartet performing String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131. Opening with what Richard Wagner described as “surely the saddest sentiment ever expressed in music,” this seven-movement masterpiece is played without pause, creating an expansive, kaleidoscopic musical journey through faith, fear, madness, wonder, and more.

Paola Prestini: Houses of Zodiac

We conclude our 2025 season of the Angel’s Share with Houses of Zodiac, a sprawling, multidisciplinary masterwork by composer Paola Prestini, praised by The Wall Street Journal as an artist "known for pushing the boundaries of classical music." Prestini's expansive composition is brought to life by Jeffrey Zeigler (formerly of the Kronos Quartet) on solo cello, and dancers Georgina Pazcoguin (former New York City Ballet soloist) and Dai Matsuoka (Butoh dance master of Sankai Juku), as they move through the length of the Catacombs, unfolding an emotionally-charged story of creation, guilt, and emancipation.

Green-Wood’s public programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, as well as the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.