Jason Goldberg '16 Leads ��سԹ� Co-Production of Dido and Aeneas</h1> <article> <h1>Jason Goldberg '16 Leads ��سԹ� Co-Production of Dido and Aeneas</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:01:35 +0000</p> <span>Jason Goldberg '16 Leads ��سԹ� Co-Production of Dido and Aeneas</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:01:35-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:01">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:01</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>��سԹ� Conservatory's <a href="https://new.oberlin.edu/conservatory/departments/historical-performance/">Historical Performance Department</a> joins forces with Case Western Reserve University in April for a historically informed production of Henry Purcell's tragic opera <i><a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/baroque_opera_dido_and_aeneas_by_henry_purcell#.VwO7BXBb8WE">Dido and Aeneas</a></i>. The hour-long piece, based on Book IV of Virgil’s ancient epic poem <i>Aeneid</i>, has evolved into one of the most iconic operas in British history.</p> <p><i>Dido and Aeneas</i> will be performed at ��سԹ�’s Fairchild Chapel (inside Bosworth Hall, 50 W. Lorain St.) at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 15 and 16. A 3 p.m. matinee will take place Sunday, April 17, at Cleveland's Harkness Chapel (11200 Bellflower Rd.) on the Case campus. Admission to all performances is free.</p> <p>Written in 1680, the opera recounts the love story between Queen Dido of Carthage and the Trojan warrior Aeneas, who abandons his lover when witches intervene. The production is made possible by Jason Goldberg, a fifth-year student at ��سԹ� who has produced and directed the opera as his final project toward a rare independent major in opera directing.</p> <p>"The more I researched the work, the more I wanted to do a historically informed version of this masterpiece because the story’s themes of love lost, honorable intentions, social pressures, and base desires are all very relevant today,” says Goldberg, who also majors in voice performance. “Incorporating Baroque gesture and stylized movement into the production allows the opera to live in its natural setting and highlights its drama and themes."</p> <p>The production features a cast of ��سԹ� vocal performance majors as well as dancers from Case Western Reserve University's Baroque Dance Ensemble in numbers choreographed by Case instructor Julie Andrijeski. Nicholas Capozzoli, who is pursuing a master of music in historical performance at ��سԹ�, serves as harpsichordist and music director, leading an ensemble of ��سԹ� Conservatory student instrumentalists who will perform on Baroque instruments.</p> <p>To learn more, read <a href="http://clevelandclassical.com/purcells-dido-and-aeneas-directed-by-jason-goldberg-to-be-performed-at-oberlin-and-cwru/#more-17547">ClevelandClassical’s feature story about the production</a>.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2016-04-05T12:00:00Z">Tue, 04/05/2016 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Julie Anna Gulenko</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=28886">Historical Performance</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=32971">Opera Theater</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/historical-performance" hreflang="und">Historical Performance</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/vocal-studies" hreflang="und">Vocal Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Jason Goldberg works with cast members at a Dido and Aeneas rehearsal in ��سԹ�. Goldberg, a fifth-year student, is producing and directing the opera.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Julie Gulenko '15</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>��سԹ� Opera Theater Presents the Otherworldly Alcina March 9-13</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:01:50 +0000</p> <span>��سԹ� Opera Theater Presents the Otherworldly Alcina March 9-13</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:01:50-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:01">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:01</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>George Frideric Handel devoted years to writing serious operas for the Royal Academy of Music, a collective of wealthy Londoners bent on keeping the famed Baroque composer’s works flowing.</p> <p>But by the 1730s, Handel stepped away from the academy and toward more fantastical and heroic operas. Out of that period came <i>Alcina</i>, an adaptation of a 16th-century epic poem that premiered in 1735 and then all but disappeared for almost 200 years. Today, it is widely regarded as one of the composer's most beautiful works.</p> <p>��سԹ� Opera Theater will present Handel’s otherworldly <i>Alcina</i> for four performances beginning at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 9. Additional shows include 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 11 and 12, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 13. All performances take place in Hall Auditorium (67 N. Main St.) on the ��سԹ� College campus.</p> <p>��سԹ�’s <i>Alcina</i> is directed by Associate Professor of Opera Theater <a href="https://new.oberlin.edu/conservatory/faculty/faculty-detail.dot?id=20743">Jonathon Field</a> and is performed by the ��سԹ� Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Christopher Larkin.</p> <p>“<i>Alcina</i> is a Baroque <i>Fantasy Island</i>—a place where the sorceress Alcina rules by magic,” says Field. “She uses this to bewitch people into believing that the island is a place of their dreams and that she is their beautiful queen. When she tires of her suitors, she changes them into flowers, rocks, and waves, where they remain locked. Her downfall comes when she falls in love with one of them, and he sees her and the island for what they really are.”</p> <p>At times unmistakably absurd in its depiction of a Renaissance-era alternative universe, <i>Alcina</i> is powered by its gorgeous arias and supported by rich costumes that bring the characters to life.</p> <p>Despite its far-flung setting, the opera is grounded in themes that resonate in the real world of today. “It is an opera about loyalty and faithfulness, and about seeing the world for what it really is,” says Field. “It is about the triumph of true devotion over surface images.”</p> <p>Tickets to <i>Alcina</i> are $10 ($8 for all students), available by calling 800-371-0178, online at <a href="http://oberlin.edu/artsguide/tickets/">oberlin.edu/artsguide</a>, or by visiting ��سԹ�’s Central Ticket Service at Hall Auditorium weekdays from noon-5 p.m.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2016-03-02T12:00:00Z">Wed, 03/02/2016 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erich Burnett</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=32971">Opera Theater</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/vocal-studies" hreflang="und">Vocal Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Marilyn Horne Returns for Voice Master Classes Feb. 19 & 21</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:01:50 +0000</p> <span>Marilyn Horne Returns for Voice Master Classes Feb. 19 & 21</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:01:50-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:01">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:01</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Marilyn Horne, the celebrated mezzo-soprano who has been called perhaps “the most influential singer in American history” by <i>Opera News</i>, returns to ��سԹ� this week to work with voice students and lead a pair of public master classes.</p> <p>Horne's visit, made possible through a gift by philanthropist Stephen Rubin, will be highlighted by master classes in Finney Chapel at 8 p.m. Friday, February 19, and 2 p.m. Sunday, February 21. Friday's session will include music by Mozart, Berlioz, Donizetti, and others; Sunday will feature Brahms, Bach, Debussy, Schubert, and more.</p> <p>Tickets to each master class are $5; admission is free for anyone with an OCID and for subscribers to the Artist Recital Series.</p> <p>In addition, both master classes will be streamed live at oberlin.edu.</p> <p>“Universally acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century, Marilyn Horne has evolved into one of the greatest teachers of our time,” says Rubin, president and publisher of Henry Holt & Co. and a longtime friend of Horne's. “The reason for this is simple: Marilyn has the goods, and she is that rare artist whose generosity of spirit allows her to share her magical secrets with an intelligence and candor that is enviably straightforward.”</p> <p>In 2013, Rubin established the Marilyn Horne Professorship and Residency Fund, which supports visits by Horne to ��سԹ� through the 2015-16 academic year. The fund also provides financial assistance for career-advancement opportunities to the most promising voice students in the conservatory. Those students earn the designation "Rubin Scholars." Meryl Dominguez ’14, Emily Hopkins ’15, and Joshua Blue ’16 have earned the distinction in the program's initial years.</p> <p>For more information on Marilyn Horne and other arts at ��سԹ�, visit the online <a href="/node/85721">Arts Guide</a>.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2016-02-17T12:00:00Z">Wed, 02/17/2016 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erich Burnett</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2366">Guest Artists & Speakers</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=32971">Opera Theater</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/vocal-studies" hreflang="und">Vocal Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Lucretia Opera Augmented by Related Programs November 11, 12</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:02:04 +0000</p> <span>Lucretia Opera Augmented by Related Programs November 11, 12</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:02:04-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:02">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:02</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Mounting an opera is no small feat. Months of preparation go into taking a work from concept to stage, and the effort of countless people is required to present four spectacular performances each semester.</p> <p>In the case of ��سԹ� Opera Theater’s upcoming production of the Benjamin Britten opera <i><a href="/news/oberlin-opera-theater-presents-rape-lucretia-november-11-15">The Rape of Lucretia</a></i>—which runs Wednesday through Sunday, November 11-15—those preparations extend far beyond the stage.</p> <p>Thanks to the efforts of faculty and administrators from multiple corners of campus, a series of complementary programs has been organized to help audiences contextualize the content in <i>Lucretia</i> from a variety of perspectives.</p> <p>The programs follow the success of ��سԹ� Opera Theater’s fall 2014 production of Kurt Weill’s <i>Street Scene</i>; that opera served as the cornerstone of a similar series of related talks and other events dubbed “<a href="/news/wild-about-weill-oberlin-honors-composer-special-events">Weill Week</a>.”</p> <p>The <i>Lucretia</i> activity centers around three main events: a panel discussion that explores the relevance and implications of <i>Lucretia</i> in modern times, another focusing on musicological aspects of Britten’s opera, and a gallery talk and self-guided tour devoted to art depicting tragic women throughout the ages.</p> <p>The first program, <b>Violence and Virtue: Framing Lucretia in the 21st Century</b>, focuses on the significance of the production in contemporary America and in what ways it can inspire productive conversations. It features a panel made up of ��سԹ� faculty members representing an array of disciplines: Carol Lasser (history), who serves as director of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at ��سԹ�; Claire Solomon (Hispanic studies); Wendy Kozol (comparative American studies); and Renee Romano (Africana studies and comparative American studies). It takes place at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 11, in Stull Recital Hall, on the third floor of Bibbins Hall (77 West College St.).</p> <p>“The advantage of being a college and conservatory combined is that we have the structures to really have these conversations,” says Meredith Raimondo, ��سԹ�’s Title IX coordinator and the facilitator of the panel. Raimondo oversees ��سԹ�’s system for responding to and preventing all forms of gender-based harassment and discrimination. She sees her job as a way of fulfilling ��سԹ�’s mission to educate—and to help remove all barriers to education.</p> <p>Among the themes Raimondo expects to see emerge in the discussion are the relationship between sexual violence and war, how we look back at myth and history, and how we use creative work as a way to process and move beyond violence as a solution. <i>Lucretia</i> not only holds historical significance, she adds, but it also functions <i>transhistorically</i>. “Gender-based violence is a longstanding problem,” says Raimondo, “so I have a real belief that some of the solutions lie in art.”</p> <p>A second discussion, <b>Reading Britten: <i>The Rape of Lucretia</i> in Context</b>, explores musicological and theoretical perspectives on the work and addresses such issues as why tragic women have played key roles in opera throughout the ages. The panel includes Danielle Ward-Griffin, assistant professor of music history at Christopher Newport University, and three members of ��سԹ�’s faculty: <i>Lucretia</i> director Jonathon Field and music theorists Andrew Pau and Jan Miyake. Reading Britten takes place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 11, in Hall Auditorium (67 N. Main St.), immediately preceding the opening-night performance of the opera at 8.</p> <p>“We choose stories that are powerful,” says Miyake, the panel’s moderator, who adds that it is important to preface the performance with a clear sense of why the story is important and what power it has. <i>Lucretia</i> occupies an important and complex space: Tragic female roles are omnipresent throughout the history of opera, after all.</p> <p>Finally, a gallery talk and self-guided tour called <b>Women in the Ancient World</b> focuses on tragic depictions of women in works throughout history, using examples from the collection of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. Curated by Andaleeb Banta, the series includes the painting “Death of Lucretia” (attributed to Domenico Beccafumi, c. 1515) and a pictograph called “The Rape of Persephone” (Gottlieb, 1943), among others. The talk will be led by Professor of English Nick Jones and includes Banta and Assistant Professor of Classics Chris Trinacty. It takes place at noon Thursday, November 12, at the Allen Memorial Art Museum (87 N. Main St.).</p> <p>In addition to the upcoming programs, the two cast members playing Lucretia—Rebecca Printz (Wednesday/Saturday cast) and Micaela Aldridge (Friday/Sunday cast)—received guidance from counselors at the Nord Center’s Sexual Assault Services, to better understand the psychology of victims like the opera's <i>Lucretia</i>. Nord Center counselors will attend each performance of the opera to serve as a resource to all guests.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2015-11-05T12:00:00Z">Thu, 11/05/2015 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Faith Roberts</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2378">Allen Memorial Art Museum</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=28876">Music Theory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=32971">Opera Theater</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/music-theory" hreflang="und">Music Theory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/vocal-studies" hreflang="und">Vocal Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Photo-Illustration by Jacob Gilbert '15</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera Springs into ��سԹ� March 11-15</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:03:18 +0000</p> <span>Mozart's <em>La Finta Giardiniera</em> Springs into ��سԹ� March 11-15</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:03:18-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:03">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:03</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>More than 200 years after his death, the operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—<em>The Magic Flute</em>, <em>The Marriage of Figaro</em>, and <em>Don Giovanni</em> among them—remain timeless in their appeal.</p> <p>This month, ��سԹ� Opera Theater explores a lesser-known work by the master, composed when he was only 18 years old: <em><a href="/node/15016" lang="it">La finta giardiniera</a></em> ("<em>The pretend garden-girl</em>").</p> <p>Though it was written at a time when Mozart struggled to find audiences for his operas, <em lang="it">La finta giardiniera</em> serves up an early glimpse of the qualities audiences grew to love about his later works: his sophisticated use of the orchestra to enhance the on-stage drama, his deep exploration of emotion, his flair for innovation, and his intuitive understanding of what makes humans think and act the way they do.</p> <p>Or, as ��سԹ� Opera Theater Director <a href="/node/6931">Jonathon Field</a> puts it: "If you think Lorde writes good music at that age, you should hear this."</p> <p>Set in the garden of a provincial Italian adjudicator, <em lang="it">La finta giardiniera</em> reveals the tangled lives and loves of the residents of an Italian town—each of them complete with a hidden past that they desperately hope to shed.</p> <p>"They soon discover that the best way to reinvent yourself is not by becoming someone else, but by forgiveness and understanding," says Field. "These are themes that Mozart worked on musically for most of his life."</p> <p>And yes, there are rabbits—rabbit performers, bounding about the stage throughout. "Every garden has rabbits, and ours is no exception!" says Field.</p> <p>Presented in two acts, <em lang="it">La finta giardiniera</em> features a remarkable cast of conservatory vocalists and a score performed by the ��سԹ� Orchestra, led by Associate Professor of Conducting <a href="/node/6636">Raphael Jiménez</a>. It is sung in Italian, with English supertitles.</p> <p>The curtain rises on <em lang="it">La finta giardiniera</em> at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, at Hall Auditorium (67 N. Main St.) on the ��سԹ� College campus. Additional performances take place at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 13 and 14, followed by a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, March 15.</p> <p>Tickets are just $10—and only $8 for all students. In addition, students 18 years and under may receive a free ticket with the purchase of an accompanying adult ticket. Order by phone at 800-371-0178, visit <a href="/artsguide">oberlin.edu/artsguide</a>, or stop by the Hall Auditorium box office from noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2015-03-04T12:00:00Z">Wed, 03/04/2015 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erich Burnett</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=32971">Opera Theater</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/vocal-studies" hreflang="und">Vocal Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Juliana Zava, Rebecca Achtenberg, and Elana Bell (from left) appear in ��سԹ� Opera Theater’s La finta giardiniera, opening March 11.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erich Burnett</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Opera Legend Marilyn Horne Returns to ��سԹ� November 14, 16</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:03:18 +0000</p> <span>Opera Legend Marilyn Horne Returns to ��سԹ� November 14, 16</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:03:18-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:03">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:03</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Marilyn Horne, the mezzo-soprano who has been called perhaps “the most influential singer in American history” by <i>Opera News</i>, returns to ��سԹ� this week to work with voice students and lead a pair of public master classes.</p> <p>Horne's visit, made possible through a gift by philanthropist Stephen Rubin, will be highlighted by master classes in Finney Chapel at 8 p.m. Friday, November 14, and 2 p.m. Sunday, November 16.</p> <p>Tickets to each master class are $5; admission is free for subscribers to the <a href="/artsguide/artist-recitals">Artist Recital Series</a>, for which partial-season subscriptions are still available.</p> <p>In addition, both master classes will be streamed live at <a href="http://new.oberlin.edu/conservatory/listenlive/">oberlin.edu</a>.</p> <p>“Universally acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century, Marilyn Horne has evolved into one of the greatest teachers of our time,” says Rubin, president and publisher of Henry Holt & Co. and a longtime friend of Horne's. “The reason for this is simple: Marilyn has the goods, and she is that rare artist whose generosity of spirit allows her to share her magical secrets with an intelligence and candor that is enviably straightforward.”</p> <p>In 2013, Rubin established the Marilyn Horne Professorship and Residency Fund, which supports visits by Horne to ��سԹ� through the 2015-16 academic year. The fund also provides financial assistance for career-advancement opportunities to the most promising voice students in the conservatory. Those students earn the designation "Rubin Scholars."</p> <p>In spring, soprano Meryl Dominguez ’14 was named the first Rubin Scholar. On Friday, she will be one of four students to sing for Horne in Finney Chapel, performing music by Donizetti.</p> <p>For more information on Marilyn Horne and other arts at ��سԹ�, visit the online <a href="http://oberlin.edu/artsguide/">Arts Guide</a>.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2014-11-12T12:00:00Z">Wed, 11/12/2014 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Conservatory Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=32971">Opera Theater</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/vocal-studies" hreflang="und">Vocal Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>��سԹ� Opera Theater Presents Britten's Albert Herring March 12-16</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:04:10 +0000</p> <span>��سԹ� Opera Theater Presents Britten's Albert Herring March 12-16</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:04:10-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:04">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:04</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>��سԹ� Opera Theater, which presented a frightful voodoo incarnation of <i><a href="/news/opera-theaters-fall-production-opens-wednesday">Hänsel und Gretel</a></i> in November 2013—returns with a springtime romp: Benjamin Britten's acclaimed chamber opera <i>Albert Herring</i> takes place with four performances March 12, 14, 15, and 16 at <a href="https://new.oberlin.edu/student-life/facilities/detail.dot?id=16613&buildingId=30174">Hall Auditorium</a> on the ��سԹ� campus.</p> <p>Set in the English village of Loxford in 1947, this lively tale is filled with comic characters ranging from dully straitlaced to scandalously mischievous. Viewers will find themselves rooting for timid Albert, the most unlikely of heroes, whose secret longing for excitement turns the town upside down.</p> <p>"It's about knowing you need to make a change in life, and getting that push to actually do it," says Director <a href="https://new.oberlin.edu/conservatory/faculty/faculty-detail.dot?id=20743">Jonathon Field</a>, associate professor of opera theater at ��سԹ�. "Britten's operas always had an oppressed innocent. By the end, Albert sort of tells everybody off and breaks the chains that bind him."</p> <p>Field selected <i>Albert Herring</i> in honor of the centennial anniversary of Britten's birth. Plus, he adds: "It is always nice to find an opera composer who writes comedies that are actually funny."</p> <p>Sung in English with supertitles, <i>Albert Herring</i> is perfect for young viewers and newcomers to opera. It features a standout cast of ��سԹ� students and a deftly expressive score performed by the <a href="https://new.oberlin.edu/conservatory/performance-groups/oberlin-symphony-orchestra.dot">��سԹ� Orchestra</a> and led by guest conductor <a href="https://www.ada-artists.com/conductor-christopher-larkin" target="_blank">Christopher Larkin</a>.</p> <p>And now it's more affordable than ever: Adults who purchase in advance may receive one free ticket with the purchase of a $15 ticket. (Discount also applies to $10 admission for seniors, ��سԹ� staff, and alumni; and to $6 admission for ��سԹ� students.)</p> <p>Plus: All students age 18 and under are admitted free with a paying adult.</p> <p>Tickets may be purchased <a href="http://new.oberlin.edu/office/tickets/">online</a>, by calling 800-371-0178, or by visiting the Hall Auditorium Box Office weekdays from noon-5 p.m. <i>Discounts apply only to advance purchases made by phone or in person, and all tickets are $3 more at the door.</i></p> <p>Showtimes are 8 p.m. Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, March 12 and 14-15; and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 16.</p> <p>Learn more at <a href="http://oberlin.edu/artsguide/">oberlin.edu/artsguide</a>.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2014-03-04T12:00:00Z">Tue, 03/04/2014 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Conservatory Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=32971">Opera Theater</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/vocal-studies" hreflang="und">Vocal Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Design by Emily Peragine '14</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>��سԹ� Opera Theater Presents Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:04:25 +0000</p> <span>��سԹ� Opera Theater Presents Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:04:25-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:04">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:04</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A classic children’s tale takes an exhilarating turn toward the macabre in ��سԹ� Opera Theater’s fall production of <i>Hänsel und Gretel</i>. The show opens November 6, with additional performances November 8 through 10 in Hall Auditorium on the ��سԹ� campus.</p> <p>Contrary to popular belief, Engelbert Humperdinck’s most popular work is not just for children—and in this unique rendition, it’s barely for children at all. Centered on two young siblings who find themselves lost in the woods, the story contains underlying themes of starvation and violence that provide a dark edge and keep adults fastened in their seats.</p> <p>As envisioned by ��سԹ� Opera Theater Director <a href="http://new.oberlin.edu/conservatory/faculty/faculty-detail.dot?id=20743">Jonathon Field</a>, this <i>Hänsel und Gretel</i> is recommended for audiences 12 years and older.</p> <p>“The premise that I'm starting from is that the family is poor, ignorant, and starving,” says Field. “This atmosphere of violence, rather than stopping the children, enables them to overcome the Witch. In fact, that act of killing the witch empowers them in a very strange way.”</p> <p>In the role of the Witch, ��سԹ� Opera Theater welcomes the return of mezzo-soprano Karen Jesse, a 2004 graduate who played two key roles in ��سԹ�’s last production of <i>Hänsel und Gretel</i>, in 2003. Humperdinck’s enthralling score, performed by the ��سԹ� Chamber Orchestra, will be conducted by Raphael Jiménez, ��سԹ�’s director of orchestras.</p> <p>Performances of <i>Hänsel und Gretel</i> will take place at 8 p.m. on November 6, 8, and 9, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, November 10.</p> <p>Tickets are $15 ($10 for seniors, ��سԹ� College staff, and alumni, and $6 for students), and all seats are reserved. Tickets may be purchased <a href="/artsguide/ticket-information">online</a>, by calling ��سԹ�’s Central Ticket Service (CTS) at 440-775-8169 or 800-371-0178, or by visiting the box office in the lobby of Hall Auditorium (67 N. Main St., ��سԹ�). CTS hours are noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and select Saturdays. Tickets are $3 more when purchased at the door. Hall Auditorium is wheelchair accessible, and hearing enhancement is available upon request. Free parking is available throughout the campus.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2013-10-17T12:00:00Z">Thu, 10/17/2013 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Emily Peragine</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=32971">Opera Theater</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/vocal-studies" hreflang="und">Vocal Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Lyric tenor Alek Shrader '07 in recital at ��سԹ� Conservatory March 1</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:04:51 +0000</p> <span>Lyric tenor Alek Shrader '07 in recital at ��سԹ� Conservatory March 1</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:04:51-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:04">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:04</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>OBERLIN, OH — Lyric tenor Alek Shrader ’07 will return to ��سԹ� Conservatory on March 1 for a recital accompanied by Keun-A Lee, piano. Shrader, hailed as “a gifted young tenor” by the <cite>Washington Post</cite>, will perform at 7:00 pm in Warner Concert Hall at the ��سԹ� Conservatory of Music, 77 W. College Street. Admission is free.</p> <p>Shrader’s program will include lyric French songs by Fauré, Turina’s <cite>Poema en forma de canciones</cite>, Handel’s “Un momento di contento” from <cite>Alcina</cite>, and selected works by Strauss, Rossini, Ethelbert Nevin and Virgil Thomson. The performance will also include the world premiere of Iain Bell’s the<cite> Undying Splendour</cite>, a song cycle setting of the wartime poems of Sgt. John William Streets inspired by his service as a British soldier during World War I. Iain Bell is known as a prolific young composer whose song cycles have been performed by singers such as Diana Damrau, and in venues from Wigmore Hall to the Munich Opera Festival.</p> <p>The 2012–13 season has been an eventful one for Shrader. His debut at the Metropolitan Opera was met with glowing praise, as he opened the season with a production of Thomas Adés’s the<em> </em><cite>Tempest</cite>, conducted by the composer. The<em> </em><cite>New York Times</cite> called his performance “sweet-voiced,” “bright,” and “appealing,” and the<em> </em><cite>Washington Post</cite><em> </em>described him as “a gifted young tenor.” Shrader returned to the Metropolitan Opera in December to sing Almaviva in the<em> </em><cite>Barber of Seville</cite><em>.</em> On March 8, Shrader will give his Carnegie Weill Hall debut.</p> <p>Shrader’s involvement with the Metropolitan Opera began in 2007, when he was selected as one of six finalists out of 1,500 participants in the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions. He made his U.S. main stage debut in 2008 with the San Francisco Opera’s production of <cite>L’Eliser d’Amor</cite>, where his performance was described as “natural and effortless.” (<cite>San Francisco Classical Voice</cite>) His European debut occurred with the 2009–10 season performance of <cite>Die Zauberflöte</cite> with the Grande Theatre de Bordeaux. He has since performed in numerous productions with companies that include the Opera Theater of St. Louis, Sante Fe Opera, and Bavarian State Opera, as well as concert appearances with the Cleveland Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, and St. Louis Symphony.</p> <p>During his time at ��سԹ�, Schrader was a student of Professor of Voice Salvatore Champagne. Following Shrader’s win in the Met Council Auditions in 2007, Champagne said, “I knew it wouldn’t be long before Alek returned to the Met as a full-fledged leading artist.”</p> <p>He adds, “Alek’s expert vocalism and superb musicianship will serve the Met well and represent what the Conservatory’s vocal studies division has to offer.”</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Fact sheet</strong></p> <p>Friday, March 1, 2013, 7:00 p.m.</p> <p>Alek Shrader ’07, tenor<br> Keun-A Lee, piano<br> Warner Concert Hall<br> 77 W. College St., ��سԹ�, Oh 44074</p> <p>Free and no tickets are required.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Program:</span></p> <p>Rossini: <cite>La danza</cite> (Pepoli) <br> Bellini: <cite>La ricordanza</cite> (Pepoli) <br> Mercadante: <cite>La serenata del marinaro</cite> (Pepoli) <br> Fauré: <cite>Lydia</cite> (de Lisle)<br> <cite>Apres un reve</cite> (Bussine) <br> <cite>Spleen</cite> (Verlaine)<br> Strauss: <cite>Vier Lieder</cite>, Op. 27<br> Ruhe, meine Seele! (Henckell)<br> Cäcilie (Hart)<br> Heimliche Aufforderung (Mackay)<br> Morgen! (Mackay)<br> Turina: <cite>Poema en forma de canciones</cite>, Op. 19 (Campoamor)<br> Dedicatoria<br> Nunca olvida<br> Cantares<br> Los dos miedos<br> Las locas por amor<br> Händel: <cite>Un momento di contento<br> </cite>from <em>Alcina</em><br> Vicente Martin y Soler: Oh ciel! <cite>Che duro passo… Seguir degg’io chi fugge?<br> </cite>from <em>Una cosa rara</em> (da Ponte)<br> Iain Bell: <cite>The Undying Splendour</cite> (Streets)<br> *world premiere<br> Virgil Thomson: <cite>Was this fair face the cause</cite> (Shakespeare<br> Love Song (Koch)<br> English Usage (Moore)<br> Ethelbert Nevin: <cite>Buona Notte</cite><br> <cite>‘Twas April</cite> (Pailleron) <br> <cite>Stars of the Summer Night</cite> (Longfellow)<br> <cite>Nocturne</cite> (Aldrich)</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>About Alek Shrader</strong><br> Brilliant lyric tenor Alek Shrader continues to impress audiences worldwide with the “luxury of his phrasing, the clarity of his diction, and the sensitivity and expressiveness of his characterizations.” In addition to his Metropolitan Opera debut last fall, Shrader has performed in top opera houses across the globe including those in Chicago, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, San Francisco, Salzburg, Munich, and Bordeaux, among others.</p> <p>Called “vocally flawless” (<cite>Munich Merkur</cite>, Germany) and praised for possessing “a youthful vibrant tenor and … superb vocalism” (<cite>Classical Review</cite>), Shrader’s 2012–13 season highlights include two engagements at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He made his house debut as Ferdinand in Thomas Adès’ modern masterpiece, the<cite> Tempest</cite>, conducted by the composer himself, and returned to sing Almaviva in the English version of the<em> </em><cite>Barber of Seville</cite><em>.</em> Abroad, he sang Don Ramiro in <cite>La Cenerentola</cite> at the Hamburgische Staatsoper before returning to the U.S. for a North American recital tour. Shrader closes the season with the tenor solo in Britten’s <cite>War Requiem</cite><em> </em>at the Cincinnati May Festival with James Conlon conducting, followed by his role debut as Ernesto in Donizetti’s <cite>Don Pasquale</cite><em> </em>at the Glyndebourne Festival.</p> <p>The “strapping star” (<cite>Vogue</cite> magazine) is also highly acclaimed by the San Francisco press as a recitalist who is “natural and effortless, so different from just about everybody else.” He has made guest appearances at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara and at Santa Monica College for the Performing Arts (Broad Stage), both sponsored by the Marilyn Horne Foundation. Concert appearances have included Handel’s<em> </em><cite>Messiah</cite><em> </em>with the Cleveland Orchestra and Mozart’s Requiem with the Pittsburgh and St. Louis symphonies.</p> <p>Shrader is the recipient of a Sarah Tucker grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation and a winner of the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. 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