{"id":88319,"date":"2018-03-01T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?p=60335"},"modified":"2022-08-16T18:02:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T22:02:20","slug":"setting-new-stages","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2018\/setting-new-stages\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting New Stages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">March 1, 2018<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Opera Institute Expands into the Boston Theatre Scene.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news-events\/spark\/\">Spark Volume 3, Issue 3<\/a> | by Sydney Narvaez (COM\u201919)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60337\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2018\/02\/Opera-set-up-Oshin-605x636.jpg\" alt=\"Albert Herring setup at the Paramount\" width=\"605\" height=\"636\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-60337\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The spectacular set of Albert Herring is loaded into the Paramount in February<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The BU School of Music <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/opera\/\">Opera Institute<\/a> is immersing itself into the Boston theatre scene with the spring performances of <em>Albert Herring<\/em> and <em>Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/em>, heading to the stages of Emerson College\u2019s Paramount Center and Cutler Majestic Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>The Opera Institute (OI), a two-year professional performance curriculum, accentuates high-level musical training and combines a theatrical approach with an emphasis on acting and movement skills. It encompasses all levels from undergraduate and graduate voice majors through its post graduate certificate. Within the unique collaboration of the School of Music\u2019s Opera Institute with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/theatre\/\">School of Theatre<\/a>, students from the Design and Production program can participate in the visual creation of productions under the School of Theatre faculty and a guest stage director.<\/p>\n<p>This season, OI expanded its reach further into the Boston theatre scene by working with local theatres to discover new venues. Artistic Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/profile\/william-lumpkin\/\">William Lumpkin<\/a> and Managing Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/profile\/oshin-gregorian\/\">Oshin Gregorian<\/a> found Emerson\u2019s Paramount Center and Cutler Majestic Theatre to continue to provide valuable experiences for all School of Music and School of Theatre students involved. Additionally, the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/academics\/college-of-fine-arts-production-center\/\">College of Fine Arts Production Center<\/a> brings convenience and new energy to students. Lumpkin and Gregorian agree, \u201cthe center provides further pedagogical and experiential value for all of the students involved in the productions, which we believe will manifest itself in an exciting way on the stages we occupy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60336\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60336\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/08\/Albert_Herring_9357-636x636.jpg\" alt=\"Cast of Albert Herring\" width=\"636\" height=\"636\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-60336\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cast of Albert Herring delighted audiences on the Paramount stage at Emerson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To open the season, Opera Institute staged <em>Albert Herring<\/em> in the Paramount in February, designed in the new CFA Production Center at 820 Commonwealth Ave.<\/p>\n<p>One of the spring 2018 operas is Debussy\u2019s rarely performed <em>Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande,<\/em> which Gregorian and Lumpkin describe as both \u201csensual and mysterious.\u201d This production serves to promote the Opera Institute\u2019s mission of exploring adventurous and unusual repertoire, inviting singers, orchestral musicians, and design teams to take an equally adventurous and unusually artistic journey.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/08\/Web_Pelle%CC%81asetMe%CC%81lisande_1500x485_v2-1024x331.jpg\" alt=\"Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande\" width=\"1024\" height=\"331\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-59221\"><\/p>\n<h3>Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/h3>\n<p>Saturday, March 31, 7:30pm<br>\nSunday, April 1, 2:00pm<\/p>\n<p><em>Presented by Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music: Opera Institute and School of Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n<p>An opera in five acts with music by Claude Debussy \u2022 Conducted by William Lumpkin \u2022 Stage Direction by E. Loren Meeker \u2022 Sung in French with English supertitles.<\/p>\n<p>Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre 219 Tremont St, Boston, MA <a href=\"https:\/\/cutlermajestic.org\/Online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cutlermajestic.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tickets: $20 General Public \u2022 $15 BU Alumni, WGBH and WBUR members, senior citizens \u2022 $10 CFA Membership $5 Students with valid ID \u2022 Free with BU ID, two tickets, at the door, subject to availability.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/cfa\/opera\">bu.edu\/cfa\/opera<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Opera Institute Expands into the Boston Theatre Scene. 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