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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.”

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New Music Festival: Voir Dire

Boston Conservatory Theater

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)

Following Saturday evening's performance of The Island of Tulipatan, stage director David Gately will moderate a talkback with Jacques Offenbach scholar Laurence Senelick, professor emeritus at Tufts University. Senelick, whose works include Jacques Offenbach and the Making of Modern Culture; The Changing: Sex, Drag, and Theater; and Lovesick: Modernist Plays of Same-Sex Love, 1894–1925, will discuss Offenbach's engagement with gender-expansive ideas.

Opera Talkback: Laurence Senelick Discusses The Island of Tulipatan

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."

As One

Following Friday evening's performance of As One, stage director David Gately will moderate a talkback with the full creative team: composer Laura Kaminsky, librettist Mark Campbell, and filmmaker/writer Kimberly Reed. Their conversation will focus on the creative and collaborative process of sharing the story of Hannah (the opera's transgender protagonist), and their journey towards self-realization. All opera attendees are invited to participate in this discussion.

Opera Talkback: Post-Performance Discussion with the Creative Team of As One

A satirist with a wicked sense of humor, there was no subject that composer Jacques Offenbach was afraid to tackle. The Island of Tulipatan, written in 1868 during a time when society thought gender to be binary, is a subversive piece questioning gender assignment and gender norms. In a Gilbert and Sullivan-like plot, Offenbach tells the tale of two people whose parents, for very "operetta plot" reasons, choose to raise them as genders different from their birth genders. With new lyrics by Jack Helbig and a new script by Gregg Opelka, this one-hour romp takes a look at and pokes fun at social norms in a style not unlike a Marx Brothers movie.

The Island of Tulipatan

Obsession. Lust. Revenge. Old Testament politics and a timeless power struggle. This ancient tale of strength, vengeance, lust, and seduction is one of the most popular operas in French repertoire. Famous for its sensual "Bacchanale" and the aria "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix," experience the lust of one woman and the downfall of countless men.

Stage Director, Director

David Gately

Events

Past events

8 - 11 Feb, 2024

New Music Festival: Voir Dire · Boston Conservatory at Berklee

13 - 16 Apr, 2023

Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) · Boston Conservatory at Berklee

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