Mar
6
3:00 PM15:00

The Leopard

Kyle assists Gerard Schwarz in the premiere of Michael Dellaria’s new opera the Leopard.

Music by Michael Dellaira and Libretto by J.D. McClatchy

Gerard Schwarz, conductor

Alan Johnson, music director

Jeffrey Buchman, stage director

Kim Josephson, baritone; Robynne Redmon, mezzo-soprano; Frank Ragsdale, tenor, and guest artist Kevin Short

The opera is based on the internationally acclaimed 1958 novel Il Gattopardo by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896-1957), a Sicilian aristocrat who chronicled the changes in Sicily during the revolutionary times of the Italian Risorgimento. Lampedusa’s protagonist is Don Fabrizio Corbera, Prince of Salina, and known as “The Leopard” for his commanding personality. A member of an impoverished aristocracy, soon to be obsolete, the Prince reluctantly adjusts to the modern world to guarantee his family’s future – and in doing so, sacrifices the happiness of one of them.

Frost Opera Theater and Frost Symphony Orchestra premiere this third opera collaboration by composer Michael Dellaira and poet/librettist J.D. McClatchy, completed shortly before the passing of Mr. McClatchy in 2018. Their previous operatic collaborations included The Secret Agent (2011) and The Death of Webern (2013).

The latter opera was recorded at the Frost School of Music to critical acclaim in 2015 and released on Albany Records in 2016.

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Mar
5
3:00 PM15:00

The Leopard

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Kyle assists Gerard Schwarz in the premiere of Michael Dellaria’s new opera the Leopard.

Music by Michael Dellaira and Libretto by J.D. McClatchy

Gerard Schwarz, conductor

Alan Johnson, music director

Jeffrey Buchman, stage director

Kim Josephson, baritone; Robynne Redmon, mezzo-soprano; Frank Ragsdale, tenor, and guest artist Kevin Short

The opera is based on the internationally acclaimed 1958 novel Il Gattopardo by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896-1957), a Sicilian aristocrat who chronicled the changes in Sicily during the revolutionary times of the Italian Risorgimento. Lampedusa’s protagonist is Don Fabrizio Corbera, Prince of Salina, and known as “The Leopard” for his commanding personality. A member of an impoverished aristocracy, soon to be obsolete, the Prince reluctantly adjusts to the modern world to guarantee his family’s future – and in doing so, sacrifices the happiness of one of them.

Frost Opera Theater and Frost Symphony Orchestra premiere this third opera collaboration by composer Michael Dellaira and poet/librettist J.D. McClatchy, completed shortly before the passing of Mr. McClatchy in 2018. Their previous operatic collaborations included The Secret Agent (2011) and The Death of Webern (2013).

The latter opera was recorded at the Frost School of Music to critical acclaim in 2015 and released on Albany Records in 2016.

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Feb
17
7:00 PM19:00

Synesthesia

Kyle conducts Scriabin and Rivera for the inaugural performance of the Frost at Frost chamber series.

Prometheus - Alexander Scriabin arr Shelly Berg

The Queen’s Gambit - Carlos Rafael Rivera arr Jeremy Levy

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Feb
3
7:30 PM19:30

A Ten-Year Retrospective: The Music of Scott Stinson

Kyle conducts Scott Stinson’s Opium Grind with the Frost Chamber Orchestra.

An eclectic array of original compositions from Frost lecturer Scott Stinson. The program includes Iksander for multi-percussion; Das Boat for electronics; Match-point for violin and cello duo; a premiere work for marimba and piano; Funky-Monks for bass clarinet duo; Raised by Wolves for flute, violin, piano, and percussion; Ukrainian Carol for brass quintet; and Opium Grind for chamber ensemble

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