The Curtis Institute of Music

Curtis Musicians Perform at the Mann Center

Curtis students and recent graduates make their Philadelphia Orchestra debuts at the Mann Center June 29, June 30, and July 1 under the direction of Rossen Milanov, artistic director of the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Mann Center and a 1994 graduate of Curtis.

On Monday, June 29 at 8 p.m., works by Beethoven are featured. Benjamin Beilman performs Romance No. 2 for violin and orchestra, and 2009 graduate Kyu Yeon Kim performs Piano Concerto No. 4.

Twins Christina and Michelle Naughton, second-year Curtis students, perform on Tuesday, June 30 at 8 p.m. The concert includes an appearance by Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter, narrating Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals.

On Wednesday, July 1 at 8 p.m., fourteen-year-old Curtis violinist Yu-Chien Tseng performs Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with conductor and harpsichordist Lio Kuokman, a 2009 graduate. Lio also leads the Philadelphia Orchestra in a performance of Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro.

For more information, visit www.manncenter.org

The Curtis Opera Theatre
2009-10 Season
About the Curtis Opera Theatre
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2009-10 SEASON

SUBSCRIBE TODAY: $75
Single tickets on sale August 18.

The Rakes Progress
November 19, 20, and 21 at 7:30 p.m.
November 22 at 2:30 p.m.
Prince Music Theater
Ari Pelto, conductor
Emma Griffin, stage director

Beware of temptation: The devil's twisted way with a young man's idle wish triggers a wild journey to Bedlam in Stravinsky's dark moral tale. Fully staged production with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, sung in the original English.

La Sonnambula
February 18, 19, and 20 at 7:30 p.m.
February 21 at 2:30 p.m.
Prince Music Theater
TBA, conductor

Sweet dreams? Not for a spurned sleepwalker worried about her wedding; Amina's innocent affliction threatens her impending marriage. Concert production with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, sung in the original Italian with English supertitles.

May 6, 7, and 8 at 7:30 p.m.
May 9 at 2:30 p.m.
Prince Music Theater
David Hayes, conductor
Ned Canty, stage director

Need a shave—or a secret wedding? Just ask the barber of Seville. Figaro concocts comic schemes to unite Rosina with Count Almaviva while keeping their adversaries at bay. Fully staged production with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, sung in the original Italian with English supertitles.

Additional Production (not part of subscription):

Antony and Cleopatra
Presented by Kimmel Center Presents in association with the Opera Company of Philadelphia
Wednesday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 19 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 21 at 2:30 p.m.
Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center
George Manahan, conductor
Chas Rader-Shieber, stage director

Tickets: $40-$130; available in September* through Kimmel Center Box Office or Ticket Philadelphia; 215-893-1999.

* Order a Curtis three-opera subscription today and receive an exclusive advance purchase discount code--call the Curtis Ticket Office at 215-893-7902 for details.

The Curtis Opera Theatre celebrates the Samuel Barber centenary with the love story of the ages: Marc Antony and Cleopatra weave their way through deception, political intrigue, and passions as hot as the sands of Egypt. Fully staged production with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, sung in the original English.

Funded in part by:
The Pew Center for the Arts and Heritage, through the Philadelphia Music Project
The William Penn Foundation

ABOUT THE CURTIS OPERA THEATRE
The Curtis Opera Theatre is the performing entity of the Curtis Vocal Studies Department, headed by Mikael Eliasen. Each season the Curtis Opera Theatre presents at least four fully staged performances and concert productions in the Prince Music Theater, Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, and the Curtis Opera Studio. All of the department's twenty-five voice and opera students are cast repeatedly each season, providing a level of practical performing experience rare in vocal training programs. As a result, Curtis graduates can be found on the rosters of opera companies worldwide, and more than sixty alumni have sung with the Metropolitan Opera.

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