March 16, 2004
‘Little Women’ Opera
Will Be Performed
EVANSTON, Ill.
--- The Northwestern University School of Music’s
2003-04 Opera and Vocal Master Class Season will conclude this
spring with composer Mark Adamo’s first opera “Little
Women” (May 21 and 22) and an opera master class (May 4)
presented by Julius Rudel, one of America’s most celebrated
conductors and opera administrators.
Louisa May
Alcott’s classic novel will be presented in
an entirely new way -- through the eyes and ears of Adamo -- at
7:30 p.m. Friday, May 21, and Saturday, May 22, at Cahn Auditorium,
600 Emerson St., Evanston campus.
In this timeless tale, set in New England during the Civil War,
the four March sisters test -- and learn to treasure -- the bonds
of familial love.
Noel Koran,
Northwestern’s director of opera, will direct
the two upcoming performances. Guest conductor Andrew Bisantz will
conduct both performances.
Since its
1998 premiere, the opera “Little Women” has
been widely produced and broadcast nationwide, and hailed by critics
as “a joy in every way.” Performances will be in English
with English supertitles.
Rudel’s
opera master class will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 4,
in Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place.
Former principal conductor of the New York City Opera, Rudel
has championed long-neglected Italian operas and American music.
He now devotes much of his time to symphonic conducting, but has
recently made operatic appearances in New York, Buenos Aires, and
with the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
He also served
as music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and was
the first music director of Washington’s
Kennedy Center. He has worked with the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric
Opera of Chicago and Berlin’s Deutsche Oper, and his many
recordings include a Grammy Award-winner and seven Grammy nominations.
Single ticket
prices for the opera “Little Women” are
$20 for the general public; $16 for senior citizens and Northwestern
faculty and staff; and $5.50 for full-time students.
Single tickets
for Rudel’s opera master class are priced
from $6.50 for the general public; $4.50 for senior citizens and
Northwestern faculty and staff; and $3.50 for full-time students.
To order tickets by phone, call the Pick-Staiger Ticket Office
at (847) 467-4000. |