Juilliard Opera Season Premieres with IL TURCO IN ITALIA Tonight
NEW YORK –– The Juilliard Opera season opens with a production of Gioachino Rossini's Il Turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy), a drama buffo in two acts with a libretto by Felice Romani. Juilliard alumnaSperanza Scappucci conducts the Juilliard singers and the Juilliard Orchestra in her conducting debut at Juilliard in the production directed by John Giampietro. Performances take place tonight, November 19, 2014 and Friday, November 21, 2014 at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, November 23, 2014 at 2 p.m., in Juilliard's Peter Jay Sharp Theater. Tickets for Juilliard Opera's production of Il Turco in Italia are $30 and available at events.juilliard.edu or at the Juilliard Box Office. Juilliard students may attend for free; non-Juilliard students with valid ID may purchase tickets at $15 at the Juilliard Box Office.
Juilliard Opera Season to Premiere with IL TURCO IN ITALIA, 11/19
NEW YORK –– The Juilliard Opera season opens with a production of Gioachino Rossini's Il Turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy), a drama buffo in two acts with a libretto by Felice Romani. Juilliard alumnaSperanza Scappucci conducts the Juilliard singers and the Juilliard Orchestra in her conducting debut at Juilliard in the production directed by John Giampietro. Performances take place on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 and Friday, November 21, 2014 at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, November 23, 2014 at 2 p.m., in Juilliard's Peter Jay Sharp Theater. Tickets for Juilliard Opera's production of Il Turco in Italia are $30 and available at events.juilliard.edu or at the Juilliard Box Office. Juilliard students may attend for free; non-Juilliard students with valid ID may purchase tickets at $15 at the Juilliard Box Office.
ASYO to Perform at Florida State University & in Joint Concert with Columbus State this Spring
The Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra (ASYO) has announced a performance at Ruby Diamond Concert Hall at Florida State University (FSU) on Saturday, March 29, 2014, at 7:30 p.m, and a joint concert with the Columbus State University Philharmonic at the Bill Heard Theatre in the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts in Columbus, Ga., on Sunday, April 27, 2014, at 6:45 p.m. The FSU performance will be led by ASYO Music Director Jere Flint, and the joint performance with the CSU Philharmonic will be led by both Mr. Flint and Maestro Paul Hostetter, the Ethel Foley Distinguished Chair in Orchestral Conducting. These concerts are part of a special music education advocacy initiative by the ASYO and are sponsored by the Abraham J. and Phyllis Katz Foundation.