2019 Subscription concert 2

Cynthia Lee Wong‘s Carnival Fever is inspired by the Alexandre Dumas novel, The Count of Monte Cristo. The chapter “Carnival at Rome” paints exuberant atmosphere, bright colors and fun, held in tension with a sense of things going wildly out of control, an undercurrent of danger and revenge. Alexandre Desplat won the 2018 Academy Award for his score written for the film The Shape of Water. The score gives voice to the film’s two mute characters,...