Fate and Romance

The Santa Maria Philharmonic Orchestra and Maestro Michael Nowak open the 2023-24 season with an evening of music that explores the depths of the human experience. Titan of Italian opera Guiseppe Verdi depicts fiery love destined for tragedy in the Overture to La Forza Del Destino. The Chairman Dances by modern composer John Adams offers a vignette of a ubiquitous historical figure. And Johannes Brahms explores melancholy, longing, and love in Sy...