Name: A Grand Suite from Harry Potter
Start: 2024-09-08T14:00:00
Location: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Keith Lockhart

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Andris Nelsons leads some of the most acclaimed stars of opera today in performances of Samuel Barber’s Vanessa, a work considered by many the greatest American opera. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1958, Vanessa premiered at the Metropolitan Opera that year. Barber wrote the opera on a libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti; they aimed for a cosmopolitan, nostalgic work on lost love and the consequences of self-delusion. Barber’s romantic lyricism is ever-present in this powerfully affecting work, a centerpiece of this season’s E Pluribus Unum: From Many, One focus.

Vanessa | E Pluribus Unum: From Many, One

Experience the story of “the boy who lived” and his mortal struggle against You-Know-Who as John Williams’ magical score and a vivid narration conjure up this world of wizards and wonders that has captivated audiences for decades.