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Friday, April 15. Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra presents “Hindemith,” and “Songs for Soprano and Orchestra.” 8 p.m., Sanders Theatre. $8-13, $6-10 students. Tickets available at Harvard Box Office...
...barreling along in Act II of Berlioz's The Trojans. Troy is in flames. The Greeks are rampaging. As conductor John Eliot Gardiner whips the orchestra to a boil, the prophetess Cassandra (Anna Caterina Antonacci) soars into an aria of despair and defiance, urging the other Trojan women to kill themselves. But hold on. Let's take a moment to hear how director Yannis Kokkos sees this scene. (Cassandra's "vision of fatality," he says, achieves for Troy "a kind of revenge by immolation.") Next, let's cut to Gardiner. (Conducting this music, he says, is "so deeply moving because...
Sunday, April 10. Bach Society Orchestra and Chloe Pang. 3 p.m. Paine Concert Hall. Regular tickets $15. Students and senior citizens $6. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office...
While the Dunster dining hall is no Metropolitan Opera House, operatic productions at Harvard still demand a great deal of time and student commitment. In addition to the singers and directors, students act as producers, writers, set designers, lighting designers, stage managers, and orchestra members. Many of these students take part in several operatic performances throughout the year...
...writer is Music Director of the Mozart Society Orchestra...