NEC Opera Season 2008/2009
Opera studies at NEC | Past productions
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NEC Opera double bill:
Menotti's The Medium and
Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti
February 20, 21 at 8pm; February 22, 3pm
Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont Street, Boston
NEC's opera valentine to Boston is a sampler of American miniatures where you'll find that there's never a dull moment.
Leonard Bernstein's one-act opera Trouble in Tahiti is an intimate, jazzy reflection on that little white house in suburbia where things are not quite what they seem. It's paired with Gian Carlo Menotti's The Medium, a hair-raising ghost story by one of America's most theatrical composers.
This production brings director Michael Ehrman back to Boston, where his work has previously been seen at Boston Lyric Opera in their 1989 production of Tosca. The music comes from the instruments and voices of NEC's orchestra and cast of talented students. John Greer, chair of NEC's Opera Studies program, conducts. Performed in English, with supertitles.
$20/$16 students, seniors. Free with NEC i.d. WGBH members, 2-for-1 with i.d. Tickets available through www.telecharge.com or at the Cutler Majestic Theatre Box Office, 219 Tremont Street, Boston, Mon-Sat, 10am–6pm / 800-233-3123.
Michael Ehrman's participation is made possible by the Mattina R. Proctor Visiting Artist Fund.
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NEC Opera Department revue
From “Beautiful Girls” to “A Boy Like That,” the fresh young voices of NEC’s opera students take on the frisky lyrics and frothy music of America’s living legend of Broadway song. The 31 songs come from a dozen different shows and films, weighted heavily towards such acknowledged masterpieces as A Little Night Music, Company, and Follies. Also included: songs dropped from shows that have taken on a second performance life through inclusion in this revue. NEC opera studies chair John Greer conducts; Martha Collins, of Sarasota Opera, directs.
Other upcoming performances:
Undergraduate Opera Studio Scenes
Perkin Opera Scenes
April 14
Opera Workshop Scenes
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Past productions, 2008/2009 season
Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro
December 5, 6 at 8pm; December 7, 3pm
Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont Street, Boston
Conductor: John Greer
Director: Nic Muni
Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Production portfolios: Costume designer Seth Bodie captured the characters in wardrobe sketches befitting the mood of brooding Spanish paintings that inspired director Nic Muni's production vision. View portfolio. Stage designer Caleb Wertenbaker continued this feel and brought one of the paintings literally into the room. View portfolio.
Nic Muni's participation was made possible by the Mattina R. Proctor Visiting Artist Fund.
updated 13 February 2009