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The dissenters and rebels of BLO’s 2018/19 Season take us on a journey of the indefatigable human spirit to perseverance and love. Art can provide a mirror, sometimes uncomfortable, that reflects not only our deepest fears but also our capacity for greatness. The 2018/19 Season is full of such stories, both challenging and inspiring: the 200-year-old comedic, insightful classic, The Barber of Seville; the 2,500-year-old Roman story that provides the source for Britten’s opera, The Rape of Lucretia; a World Premiere opera, Schoenberg in Hollywood, from one of today’s leading composers which reflects on a recent and real terror; and finally, the dark, dystopian vision at the heart of Margaret Atwood’s prescient novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, which comes to life through Ruders’ powerful score. These are works that can connect us emotionally to the nobler desires that we all share, regardless of gender, creed, race, or nationality.
Such is the power of good art: Art can be a unifier and a source of hope. Those of us who produce, create, and participate in works of art are also charged to foster community, to open up conversation and dialogue, and to lift up one another’s voices—whether we are speaking out against injustice or singing a song of celebration and joy.
I hope you find our Season and our wonderful artists inspiring.
Esther NelsonStanford Calderwood General & Artistic Director
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“I AM A FEARLESS TRAVELER WHOSE ONLY COMPASS IS HIS HEART.” - SCHOENBERG IN HOLLYWOOD
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Sparkling and savvy, Rosina is determined to marry the man she loves—but how will she escape the clutches of her horrid guardian? With the help of Figaro, the cunning barber extraordinaire, of course! Schemes and delight abound as one of the greatest, wittiest, and zaniest operas returns to Boston in an enchanting new production directed by Rosetta Cucchi.
Music by Gioacchino Rossini Libretto by Cesare SterbiniSung in Italian with English surtitles
Conductor David Angus Stage Director Rosetta Cucchi Set Designer Julia Noulin-Mérat Costume Designer Gianluca Falaschi Lighting Designer DM Wood
Featuring Matthew Worth as Figaro Daniela Mack as Rosina Jesus Garcia as Almaviva David Crawford as BasilioWith Michelle Trainor, Steven Condy, Jesse Darden, Vincent Turregano
CLASSIC OPERA RIOTOUSLY FUNNYMUSIC YOU LOVE
EMERSON CUTLER MAJESTIC THEATRE219 Tremont Street, Boston
OCT 12 – 21 | 2018FRI 12 | 7:30 PMSUN 14 | 3:00 PMWED 17 | 7:30 PMFRI 19 | 7:30 PMSUN 21 | 3:00 PM
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The brilliant composer Arnold Schoenberg fled the darkness and despair of Hitler’s Europe and found himself in 1930s Hollywood—a bold, new world of golden sunshine and camera-ready beauty. Can he find a way to reconcile reflection with action, and tradition with revolution? What is the meaning of art in the wake of atrocity?
In this World Premiere from BLO’s New Works Initiative, internationally-acclaimed composer Tod Machover, based in Boston, along with librettist Simon Robson, explores a great artist’s personal struggle, finding humor, heroism, and—ultimately—hope.
An Opera by Tod MachoverMusic by Tod MachoverLibretto by Simon RobsonBased on a Scenario by Braham MurrayCommissioned by Boston Lyric OperaSung in English
Conductor David Angus Stage Director Braham Murray Set Designer Simon Higlett Costume Designer Nancy Leary Lighting Designer Pablo Santiago Video Designer Peter Torpey
Featuring Omar Ebrahim as SchoenbergWith BLO Emerging Artist alumna Sara Womble as Girl and BLO’s first-ever principal artist-in-residence Jesse Darden as Boy, both of whom round out the cast by playing multiple characters.
WORLD PREMIERE SEARING, INTIMATE PORTRAITAN INSPIRING LIFE
EMERSON PARAMOUNT CENTER | ROBERT J. ORCHARD STAGE559 Washington Street, Boston
NOV 14 – 18 | 2018WED 14 | 7:30 PMTHU 15 | 7:30 PMSAT 17 | 7:30 PMSUN 18 | 3:00 PM
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Unflinching and haunting, The Rape of Lucretia explores the devastating impact of a single act of violence—forever altering an individual, a family, a community, and a society. Britten’s heartbreaking and lyrical 20th-century chamber opera resonates as an ancient yet relevant story, illuminating compelling and complex emotions today.
Music by Benjamin Britten Libretto by Ronald Duncan After the play by André ObeySung in English
Conductor David Angus Stage Director Sarna Lapine Set Designer Mikiko Suzuki McAdams
Featuring Kelley O’Connor as Lucretia Duncan Rock as Tarquinius Nancy Maultsby as Bianca Brandon Cedel as CollatinusWith David McFerrin, Jesse Darden, Antonia Tamer
RARELY-SEEN MASTERPIECE POWERFUL AND SENSITIVELYRICAL SCORE
By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.
ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY EPICENTER100 West 2nd Street, Fort Point, Boston
MAR 11 – 17 | 2019MON 11 | 7:30 PMWED 13 | 7:30 PMFRI 15 | 7:30 PMSAT 16 | 7:30 PMSUN 17 | 3:00 PM
The Rape of Lucretia will be performed in the newly renovated and expanded Artists for Humanity EpiCenter, rendered above. Learn more at afhboston.org.
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Bear witness to the story of Offred: one woman of many stripped of her name, identity, and personhood by a cruel and oppressive government regime. Offred desperately preserves her story, a simple act of defiance and resistance as dangerous as it is riveting. Margaret Atwood’s extraordinary, important novel—set in Boston and Cambridge—becomes one of BLO’s largest-ever productions, directed by theater icon Anne Bogart with a hypnotic, evocative score that bends the tenets of traditional opera and leaves audiences breathless.
First performances of a new edition by the composer, commissioned by Boston Lyric Opera
Music by Poul Ruders Libretto by Paul BentleySung in English
Conductor David Angus Stage Director Anne Bogart Movement Director Shura Baryshnikov
Featuring Jennifer Johnson Cano as Offred Caroline Worra as Aunt Lydia Maria Zifchak as Serena Joy Matthew DiBattista as The DoctorWith David Cushing, Michelle Trainor, Jesse Darden, Kathryn Skemp Moran, Chelsea Basler, Felicia Gavilanes, Vera Savage, Lynn Torgove, Omar Najmi
MIND-BLOWING PRODUCTION STUNNING CONTEMPORARY SCORETIMELY CAUTIONARY TALE
HARVARD UNIVERSITY RAY LAVIETES PAVILION65 North Harvard Street, Boston
MAY 5 – 12 | 2019SUN 5 | 3:00 PMWED 8 | 7:30 PMFRI 10 | 7:30 PMSUN 12 | 3:00 PM
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MACHOVER SCHOENBERG IN HOLLYWOODNOV 14 – 18 | EMERSON PARAMOUNT CENTER | ROBERT J. ORCHARD STAGE
BRITTEN THE RAPE OF LUCRETIAMAR 11 – 17 | ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY EPICENTER
RUDERS THE HANDMAID’S TALEMAY 5 – 12 | RAY LAVIETES PAVILION
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