The New York City Opera has announced its 2010-11 season. City Opera will offer five productions, and 20th-century American composers figure largely in the program.

The Associated Press reports that the season will start with the New York premiere of Leonard Bernstein's 1983 "A Quiet Place." Bernstein's production opens October 27. Christopher Alden directs soprano Sara Jakubiak, mezzo-soprano Patricia Risley and tenor Dominic Armstrong in the production. An English-language revival of Richard Strauss' ''Intermezzo,'' produced by Leon Major, opens a few days later, starring soprano Mary Dunleavy.

The season next features a revival of Jonathan Miller's "Elixir of Love," composed by Gaetano Donizetti, which opens March 22. Soprano Stefania Dovhan and tenor David Lomeli star in the opera set in the 1950s Southwest.

Then beginning on March 25, City Opera puts on a triple bill called "Monodramas," with work by John Zorn, Arnold Schoenberg and Morton Feldman. Zorn's "La Machine de l'Etre" has its world stage premiere and Feldman's "Neither," featuring a libretto by Samuel Beckett, has its U.S. stage premiere.

Beginning April 19, Stephen Schwartz's "Seance on a Wet Afternoon," starring soprano Lauren Flanigan and baritone Kim Josephson, has its New York premiere.

The season will also feature performances by Christine Brewer, Kristin Chenoweth, Raúl Esparza, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson and John Zorn.