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Announcing the 2012-2013 Season
Tickets on sale August 2012
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2012 FALL FRINGE FESTIVAL
The Fall Fringe Festival, now in its 16th season, is a special collaboration between the Schools of Music and Theatre and the Opera Institute. Its mission is to produce new or rarely performed significant works in the opera and theatre repertoire, bringing performers and audiences together in unique theatrical settings.
Le portrait de Manon
Composer: Jules Massenet
Librettist: Georges Bayer
Music Director & Pianist: Allison Voth
Guest Stage Director: David Gately
Sung in French with English supertitles
Performed with piano
Saturday, October 6, 2:00pm
Saturday, October 6, 8:00pm
Sunday, October 7, 2:00pm
Sunday, October 7, 7:00pm
BU Theatre, Lane-Comley Studio 210
264 Huntington Avenue
A decade after the success of his opera Manon, Jules Massenet returns to the story of the Chevalier Des Grieux and the lost love of his youth, Manon. Now an aging and solitary man, well-versed in the power of love, he refuses to grant his nephew permission to marry, and finds himself at risk of repeating mistakes of the past.
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La Traviata
A unique presentation featuring extensive portions of Verdi’s opera combined with excerpts from Alexandre Dumas’ play Camille. Featuring singers, actors and instrumentalists from the School of Music, School of Theatre, Opera Institute, the BU Chamber Orchestra, and the BU Chamber Chorus.
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Librettist: Francesco Maria Piave
Conductor: William Lumpkin
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
performed with orchestra
Friday, October 26, 8:00pm
Boston University Theatre
264 Huntington Avenue
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FEBRUARY MAINSTAGE
Owen Wingrave
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Librettist: Myfanwy Piper
Conductor: William Lumpkin
Stage Director: Jim Petosa
February 21, Thursday at 7:30
February 22, Friday at 7:30
February 23, Saturday at 7:30
February 24, Sunday at 2:00
Boston University Theatre
264 Huntington Avenue
Based on a short story by Henry James, Owen Wingrave is the story of a young pacifist who is tormented by the military traditions of his family. As he seeks to prove his courage, the story veers towards a collision with fate leading to unexpected consequences.
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APRIL MAINSTAGE
La clemenza di Tito
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Librettist: Caterino Mazzolà after Pietro Metastasio
Conductor: William Lumpkin
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
April 18, Thursday at 7:30
April 19, Friday at 7:30
April 20, Saturday at 7:30
April 21, Sunday at 2:00
Boston University Theatre
264 Huntington Avenue
Mozart’s penultimate opera, La clemenza di Tito is driven by paranoia and manipulation which culminates in a conflicted ruler’s struggle to discover the greater power of mercy over revenge.