Eurydice reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice not through Orpheus’s infamous pilgrimage to retrieve his bridge, but through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious […]
Eurydice reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice not through Orpheus’s infamous pilgrimage to retrieve his bridge, but through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious […]
Production: Bartlett Sher | Set Designer: Michael Yeargan | Costume Designer: Catherine Zuber | Lighting Designer: Jennifer Tipton Choreographer: Chase Brock | Fight Director: B. H. Barry CAST: Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Conductor), Nadine Sierra (Juliette), Samantha Hankey (Stéphano), Benjamin Bernheim (Roméo), Frederick Ballentine (Tybalt), Will Liverman (Mercutio), Alfred Walker (Frère Laurent) Two singers at the height […]
The Slam is our chance to gather as friends and share true stories from our lives. Simply put, a story slam is a competition based on the art of storytelling. It puts a dual emphasis on content and performance, encouraging storytellers to focus on what they’re saying and how they’re saying it. It is an […]
A one man stage play! Bronx-born and raised Chazz Palminteri wrote A Bronx Tale in 1988. The powerful one- man stage play depicted his bruising childhood which included witnessing a gangland killing when he was nine years old. Palminteri played 18 characters and brought them all to life in his autobiographical play. His friends, enemies […]
Mackenzie Melemed, piano | Ryan Roberts, oboe | Yoobin Son, flute | Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet | Bee Ungar, bassoon | Radovan Vlatković, French horn | Luri Lee, violin | Barry Shiffman, viola | Nicholas Canellakis, cello The Festival closes with a bit of drama and poetry, featuring French hornist Radovan Vlatković, who served as […]
Originally transmitted February 24, 2018 Soprano Sonya Yoncheva and tenor Michael Fabiano lead a celebrated cast of young artists in Franco Zeffirelli’s picturesque production of Puccini’s timeless love story. Marco Armiliato conducts. Expected runtime: 2 hours, 17 minutes
GARRISON KEILLOR TONIGHT IS AN EVENING OF STAND-UP, STORYTELLING, AUDIENCE SONG, AND POETRY. One man, one microphone. There are sung sonnets, limericks and musical jokes, and the thread that runs through it is the beauty of growing old. Despite the inconvenience, old age brings the contentment of LESS IS MORE. Your mistakes and big ambitions […]
