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The 2024 Studio Artist Program will present two performances of Rappahannock County which pairs the outstanding and celebrated talents of composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist Mark Campbell. Rappahannock County is a theatrical song cycle that captures key emotional, sociological, and historical moments in the Civil War. Much of the text was inspired by actual events and drawn from diaries, letters, and other accounts. The narrative follows the lines of history, from secession in 1861 to defeat in 1865, and is in five parts. Although the story is centered geographically in Virginia, its themes are universal to the Civil War. It is described as such by Wes Blomster of Opera Today: “The piece has the sense of a lens closing in on a spectrum of individuals and their feelings around slavery and morality in a profound and poignant way…’ Opera Maine’s production will premiere a special score composed for two pianos.

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Rappahannock County

Portland Stage

The term “voir dire” comes from Old French: “voir” meaning speak, and “dire” meaning “truth.” Later adapted into legal terminology, it means “to speak the truth.”

New Music Festival: Voir Dire

Boston Conservatory Theater

Boston Conservatory welcomes renowned pianist and vocal coach Martin Katz to campus for a voice master class on art song.

Martin Katz Voice Master Class

Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Mozart's beloved opera Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) returns to the Boston Conservatory stage in a gorgeous physical production borrowed from the Maryland Lyric Opera. The story takes audiences through one wild day in the court of Count Almaviva—the wedding day of his servant Figaro to Susanna. The masterful comic opera follows the adventures of wily servant Figaro and his beloved Susanna as they unravel numerous complications and foil nefarious plots to prevent their marriage.

Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

This riveting and heart-warming chamber opera is a coming-of-age story about a transgender woman. The opera was praised by the Washington Post, who called it “a thoughtful and substantial piece, as well as that rarest of operatic commodities—a story that lends itself to dramatization in music."

Mezzo-soprano

Grace Heldridge

Events

Past events

28 - 30 Jun, 2024

Rappahannock County · Opera Maine

8 - 11 Feb, 2024

New Music Festival: Voir Dire · Boston Conservatory at Berklee

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