Opera Mania: Chamber Music Inspired by Opera

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Music by Beethoven, Bourne, William Schuman, John Harbison, St. Saëns, Weber and the Doppler Bros.

Ivan Rosenblum, artistic director and piano
Kathleen Purcell and Lars Johannesson, flutes
Judy Roberts, cello

Chamber music and opera melodies on the same program, one inspiring the other? Not possible! Well, check out this concert with its unusual nineteenth and twentieth century arrangements guaranteed to delight opera buffs as they recognize beloved melodies. Even people who dislike opera will enjoy rarely-heard repertoire played with “operatic” bravura. Beethoven’s masterful variations on a theme from Mozart’s "The Magic Flute" for cello and piano will follow thrilling flute pyrotechnics based on themes from "Rigoletto" and "La Sonnambula." A voluntary audience-participation opera quiz based on William Schuman‘s "Opera Snatches" will afford you the opportunity to win free tickets to an upcoming Chamber Players concert. Lovers of the novel "The Great Gatsby" will be intrigued by John Harbison’s "Gatsby Etudes for Solo Piano" based on the composer’s own acclaimed opera, The Great Gatsby. Be there to shout your “Bravi!”

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http://www.scchamberplayers.org

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