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Sandrine Piau, soprano, Susan Manoff, piano, Celebrity Series Debut!

Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at NEC's Jordan Hall

April 21, 2012

French soprano Sandrine Piau's voice is a marvel, the best reason this wonderful singer's star is on the rise. She has received exceptional acclaim for her stage and recorded performances of gems from the Baroque repertoire, though she does not limit herself to the Baroque. Piau's voice is crystal clear, her technique is stunningly agile, and her dynamic control is flawless and piercingly eloquent. Program will ...More

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	Tell-a-friend Buy tickets This Little Light of Mine Presented by Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra February 4, 2012 The Stories of Marian Anderson and Leontyne Price Jointly presented by the Cape Cod Community College and Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, this special concert honors Black ...More
	Tell-a-friend Buy ½ price tickets at BosTix.org Maurice Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortileges and L'Heure espagnole Presented by The Boston Conservatory at The Boston Conservatory Theater February 2-February 5, 2012 Maurice Ravel only wrote two operas, but each is a gem of orchestral color, inventive storytelling, and his unique compositional voice. Lust, time management and an obliging work ...More
	Tell-a-friend Afternoon Concert 21 Presented by Afternoon Concerts at St. Paul's Church, Brookline February 5, 2012 Relax and enjoy a musical Sunday after noon with your family.Guests are invited to the reception after the concert. Umberto Giordano "La mamma morta" ...More
	Tell-a-friend Buy tickets The Met: Live in HD - Gotterdammerung at the Peterborough Players Presented by Peterborough Players February 11, 2012 With its cataclysmic climax of betrayal and loss in Wagner’s final opera of the four that make up the Ring Cycle, the Metropolitan Opera’s new Ring Cycle, directed by ...More
	Tell-a-friend Buy tickets A Night at the Opera Presented by Zumix February 11, 2012 Following the success of last year's "Opera Night," Zumix presents another evening of Opera arias, classical songs and musical theater. With a Valentines day theme, guests ...More
	Tell-a-friend Buy tickets Wagner’s GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center February 11, 2012 Surround Sound and Reserved Seating! Rockport Music’s live HD Broadcasts feature pre-opera lunches on the third floor reception hall; lunches must be purchased ...More
	Tell-a-friend Buy tickets Valentine's Love Fest with the WSO Presented by The Wellesley Symphony Orchestra at Mass Bay Community College, Wellesley February 12, 2012 The WSO Presents renowned tenor Brian Landry and wife, contralto Anna Maria Ugarte, sing beloved arias and duets from Tosca, Rigoletto, Carmen, and more -- plus Mendelssohn's ...More

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Event Name	Organization	Dates	City
THE LIGHTHOUSE BY Peter Maxwell Davies THE LIGHTHOUSE BY Peter Maxwell Davies Presented by Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) February 8-February 12, 2012 Sung in English New Opera Annex production Music and libretto by Peter Maxwell Davies Boston Lyric Opera channels Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ ominous maritime ghost chamber opera, THE LIGHTHOUSE, with four performances overlooking the Boston Harbor at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ opera is an unforgettable gripping and overwhelming portrait of growing madness and...	Boston Lyric Opera (BLO)	02/08/12- 02/12/12	Boston
Opera del West presents Amelia Goes to the Ball Opera del West presents Amelia Goes to the Ball Presented by TCAN - The Center for Arts in Natick at The Center for Arts in Natick February 12, 2012 In Gian Carlo Menotti’s romance infused opera, Amelia schemes to prevent her husband and lover from meeting while desperately trying to make it to the evening’s ball. Stage direction by Kirsten Cairns, musical direction by Eve Budnick, and produced by Opera del West with singers from the region’s premier conservatories. Complimentary champagne and chocolates will be served.	TCAN - The Center for Arts in Natick	02/12/12	Natick
Hans Christian Anderson's "The Nightingale" Hans Christian Anderson's "The Nightingale" Presented by Boston College February 12, 2012 Bring your family and enjoy "The Nightingale" adapted from a Hans Christian Andersen tale. Performed with audience participation.	Boston College	02/12/12	Chestnut Hill
Love and Chocolate Love and Chocolate Presented by New England Light Opera February 14, 2012 An upbeat Valentine presentation of witty and romantic love songs from the Great American Songbook. Mark Morgan leads a cast of four singers that includes the award winning Brian De Lorenzo, celebrated jazz vocalist Patrice Williamson, the extraordinary voice of mezzo-soprano Vanessa Schukis and the talented Doug Hammer at the piano. Champagne and Chocolate served during intermission! This performance is presented by Standing Room Only. Now in its third season, Standing Room Only (SRO)...	New England Light Opera	02/14/12	Wakefield
Glitter and Gold: Opera Jewels of the Gilded Age Glitter and Gold: Opera Jewels of the Gilded Age Presented by Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum February 17, 2012 Step back into the 1890's as Theatre Street Productions presents a living history concert of selections from grand opera and seasonal favorites. The concert will feature soprano Andrea Gregori, tenor Steven Nanni, baritone John Rozzoni, mezzo-soprano Kasey Stewart and pianist Margaret Reitz in excerpts from Faust, Carmen, Don Giovanni, and more. This will be Theatre Street's third appearance at Ventfort Hall since their debut performance in 2008. $30 per person includes...	Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum	02/17/12	Lenox
Tosca from the Royal Opera House, London Tosca from the Royal Opera House, London Presented by Coolidge Corner Theatre at Coolidge Corner Theatre February 18, 2012 Powerful music, a gripping story and a tragic end: Puccini's ever-popular Tosca performed at London's Royal Opera House with a fabulous cast. Among the star singers in this revival are Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel. Jonathan Kent's detailed production draws to the full on the historical backdrop of Rome in 1800, a political world of control and suspicion, beautifully evoked in Paul Brown's lavish designs.	Coolidge Corner Theatre	02/18/12	Brookline
Unmet: Opera for the 21st Century Unmet: Opera for the 21st Century Presented by Oberon at Oberon February 22, 2012 Leave your opera glasses at home and forget that stodgy tenor in 18th-century garb! Juventas New Music Ensemble invites you to experience opera in the future over an evening drink. Scenes from new operas by emerging composers will explore love, war, death and magic, placing you directly in the middle of the action. Escape the daily grind and allow yourself to be drawn in by the allure of unparalleled sights, sounds, and emotions. A conversation with composers will take place immediately...	Oberon	02/22/12	Cambridge
Il Matrimonio Segreto Il Matrimonio Segreto Presented by Boston University College of Fine Arts at Boston University Theatre, Mainstage February 23-February 26, 2012 Music by Domenico Cimarosa; Libretto by Giovanni Bertati; after The Clandestine Marriage (1766) by George Colman the Elder and David Garrick; William Lumpkin, conductor. This farcical domestic comedy features arranged marriages, dowries, feuding sisters, tangled circumstances, banishment to convents, and misdirected romantic aspirations. Inspired in part by Hogarth's painting series "Marriage-a-la-Mode," it lives as a musical bridge between Mozart and Rossini, with lyrical melodies...	Boston University College of Fine Arts	02/23/12- 02/26/12	Boston
The Blue & The Gray The Blue & The Gray Presented by Boston Metro Opera February 24-March 3, 2012 Come watch as history repeats itself in this double-bill of American one-act operas. Featuring the New England premiere of George Andoniadis’ Lincoln: A Poetic Opera and the East Coast premiere of Terence J. O’Grady’s The Final Cause, this program reexamines the American Civil War from both sides of the conflict. Performances are: February 24, 2012 | 7:00 PM February 25, 2012 | 7:00 Pm March 2, 2012 | 7:00 PM March 3, 2012 | 7:00 PM	Boston Metro Opera	02/24/12- 03/03/12	Jamaica Plain
Esther: A One Act Opera for the whole family Esther: A One Act Opera for the whole family Presented by Yiddish Book Center at National Yiddish Book Center March 4, 2012 Join us for hamantashen, a costume contest, interactive workshop, and a lively performance of the story of Purim! "Esther: A One-Act Opera" begins at 2PM, with an upbeat score, juggling, dancing, and wry, poignant lyrics that recount the story of Purim for the whole family. Free for children. Come at noon and attend an interactive drama workshop led by Leslie Elias, artistic director of Grumbling Gryphons Traveling Children's Theater. Dance, sing, and parade in a Purim Pageant...	Yiddish Book Center	03/04/12	Amherst
Bach: St. Matthew Passion Bach: St. Matthew Passion Presented by Freisinger Chamber Orchestra at Old South Church, Boston March 17, 2012  JS Bach: St. Matthew Passion (sung in German) Season Finale! Featuring: sopranos Heidi Freimanis, Anna Ward, Ellen Allen; altos Grace Allendorf, Shannon Rolbiecki, Yuan Zhou; tenors Sean Lair (Evangelist), Brendan Daly, Martin Thomson; basses RaShaun Campbell, Jeremy Collier In this performance, the soloists form the chorus.	Freisinger Chamber Orchestra	03/17/12	Boston
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE by Gioachino Rossini THE BARBER OF SEVILLE by Gioachino Rossini Presented by Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) at Citi Shubert Theatre March 9-March 18, 2012 Sung in Italian with projected English translation Music by Gioachino Rossini- Libretto by Cesare Sterbini Figaro, Figaro, Figaro! Rossini is undoubtedly the top dog of comic opera and The Barber of Seville is his undisputed masterpiece. Rossini generously stamps every moment with his own unique and irresistible mixture of manic madness and soaring lyricism. Patter songs, love duets, serenades, a shaving scene out of Max Sennett, a foiled elopement, a happy ending, even a... Buy ½ price tickets at BosTix.org	Boston Lyric Opera (BLO)	03/09/12- 03/18/12	Boston
Faust Captured live from London's Royal Opera House Faust Captured live from London's Royal Opera House Presented by Coolidge Corner Theatre at Coolidge Corner Theatre March 25, 2012 Captured live from London's Royal Opera House. David McVicar's vivid, large-scale production of Gounod's 19th-century blockbuster is "opera at its grandest and best." (Wall Street Journal Europe) From the sumptuous costumes and sets, to the tremendous singing, this is one performance you will never forget. The all-star cast includes Angela Gheorghiu, Vittorio Grigolo, Rene Pape and Dmitri Hvorostovsky.	Coolidge Corner Theatre	03/25/12	Brookline
W.A. Mozart's Don Giovanni W.A. Mozart's Don Giovanni Presented by The Boston Conservatory at The Boston Conservatory Theater March 29-April 1, 2012 The legendary libertine Don Juan unbottons the yearnings and contradictions of polite society in Mozart's darkly comic masterpiece. Seduction, betrayal and retribution combine with soaring melody, brilliant ensembles and a flaming finale! Sung in Italian with English subtitles. Andrew Altenbach, music director and conductor. Johnathon Pape, director.	The Boston Conservatory	03/29/12- 04/01/12	Boston
Verdi's LA TRAVIATA Verdi's LA TRAVIATA Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center April 14, 2012 Surround Sound and Reserved Seating! Rockport Music’s live HD Broadcasts feature pre-opera lunches on the third floor reception hall; lunches must be purchased separately by calling the box office at 978-546-7391 (M-F, 10-4). Pre-opera talks with musicologist Elizabeth Seitz take place on select dates throughout the season. Natalie Dessay will put on the red dress in Willy Decker’s stunning production, in her first Violetta at the Met. Matthew...	Rockport Music	04/14/12	Rockport
La Traviata live from the Royal Opera House, London La Traviata live from the Royal Opera House, London Presented by Coolidge Corner Theatre at Coolidge Corner Theatre April 21, 2012 Love, wealth, and mortality collide in this celebrated production of La Traviata from the Royal Opera House. Renée Fleming's performance as the doomed courtesan Violetta Valery is not only virtuosic, with gleaming coloratura and effortless long lines, but also emotional, intimate and raw. America's favorite prima donna stars alongside tenor Joseph Calleja as her lover Alfredo and bass Thomas Hampson as Germont. Richard Eyre's production captures both the ostentatious glitz of high...	Coolidge Corner Theatre	04/21/12	Brookline
Spring Opera Scenes Spring Opera Scenes Presented by The Boston Conservatory at Seully Hall April 20-April 21, 2012 Featuring scenes from a variety of contemporary and standard repertory operas, sung in the original languages. Andrew Altenbach, music director and conductor. Johnathon Pape and Nathan Troup, directors.	The Boston Conservatory	04/20/12- 04/21/12	Boston
THE INSPECTOR by John Musto THE INSPECTOR by John Musto Presented by Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) at Citi Shubert Theatre April 20-April 29, 2012 Sung in English with projected text A BLO adaptation of the Wolf Trap premiere production THE INSPECTOR, John Musto’s witty Italian farce, closes the 2011-2012 Season. This comic gem boasts a melodic score and features a large and talented cast of established and versatile American dramatic singers. Basing the work loosely on Gogol’s 19th century farce, The Government Inspector, Musto once again teams up with librettist Mark Campbell to create a swaggeringly... Buy ½ price tickets at BosTix.org	Boston Lyric Opera (BLO)	04/20/12- 04/29/12	Boston
2012 Contemporary AmericanaFestival 2012 Contemporary AmericanaFestival Presented by Boston Metro Opera May 3-May 5, 2012 There's no music like new music, and our AmericanaFestival, a dedicated venue for new Classical vocal works, proves it! These three unique programs feature operas, art songs, and choral pieces submitted by composers world-wide. Performances are: May 3, 2012 | 7:00 PM (Choral Program) May 4, 2012 | 7:00 PM (Vocal Program) May 5, 2012 | 7:00 PM (Opera Program) Free and open to the public. Ticket reservations recommended. For more...	Boston Metro Opera	05/03/12- 05/05/12	Jamaica Plain
Oceanic Verses Oceanic Verses Presented by MASS MoCA at MASS MoCA May 18, 2012 Composed by Paola Prestini, this multimedia opera follows four separate arcs musically painting a picture of Italy as it once was, a cross section of cultures expressed through song. A Sailor (Claudio Prima) gets lost at sea A Scholar (Helga Davis) investigating immigration loses her suitcase A Mother goes hungry and finds her voice A Soldier (Chris Burchett) crawls through a war zone and finds his love. The story is derived from lost languages, texts of ancient songs, and found poems,...	MASS MoCA	05/18/12	North Adams
Guerilla Opera presents Bovinus Rex Guerilla Opera presents Bovinus Rex Presented by The Boston Conservatory at The Zack Box May 24-May 27, 2012 To pay off his debt, a farmer invents a machine to slaughter his herd more quickly, but his activist daughter has other plans. This world-premiere chamber opera explores the nature of identity and the calculus of suffering. Libretto and Music by Rudolf Rojahn. Directed by Copeland Woodruff.	The Boston Conservatory	05/24/12- 05/27/12	Boston
Invisible Cities Invisible Cities Presented by Boston Metro Opera June 22-June 30, 2012 Join Marco Polo on his extraordinary travels in this concert premiere: Christopher Cerrone’s Invisible Cities. Based on the acclaimed novella by Italo Calvini, this opera is a melting pot of musical styles, documenting Polo and his role in the rise and fall of Kublai Khan’s Mongolian empire. Performances are: June 22, 2012 | 7:00 PM June 23, 2012 | 7:00 PM June 29, 2012 | 7:00 PM June 30, 2012 | 7:00 PM Tickets are $10.00/per...	Boston Metro Opera	06/22/12- 06/30/12	Jamaica Plain