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Dear Friends,
The beginning of autumn and the academic year is an exciting time for the performing arts at CU, with a whole year of scintillating performances lined up before us.
This fall’s events range from the sublime silliness of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance to Beyond Zero: 1914-1918, a deeply moving, multi-media commemoration of World War I performed by the Kronos Quartet, and a high-energy evening in the African American dance tradition of stepping from Step Afrika! And as always, the talented faculty and students of the College of Music will bring you an eclectic lineup of performances.
This fall, I’m also privileged to introduce to you the new dean of the college, Robert Shay, who succeeds Daniel Sher. Rob comes to CU from the University of Missouri School of Music and has held leadership positions at such prestigious institutions as the Longy School of Music and Duke University.
We’re also making some changes to our printed programs that we hope you will find engaging and entertaining. Look for featurettes and interviews with our artists, tips and tidbits from faculty experts, photo collages and more. And we’d love to hear your ideas for stories and features; you can email Clay Evans, director of communications, at [email protected].
I look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones this fall at CU Presents performances and hearing your ideas. And feel free to email me any time at [email protected].
Thank you so much for your continuing support of the performing arts at CU-Boulder. We truly couldn’t do it without you.
Warm regards,
Joan McLean BraunExecutive DirectorCU Presents
40 years of Mummenschanz ........ 6
Calendar ....................................... 8
Why ‘the Great War’? ................. 12
Faculty Tuesdays ........................ 20
Artist Series Donors ................... 22
Takács Donors ............................ 24
CU Opera Donors ....................... 28
Tips for the opera newbie ........... 29
Personnel ................................... 30
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Mummenschanz: 40 years of ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’Mummenschanz’ back-to-basics puppetry on a blank, black stage offers simple charm and humor for audience of all ages. The visual-theater troupe has performed around the world and brings its 40th-anniversary program to Macky Auditorium on Nov. 7.
Floriana Frassetto, the enthusiastic Italian-American artist who cofounded the Swiss company, answers a few questions about the company’s long success:
Can you tell us a bit of history about Mummenschanz? It was founded in 1972 in Switzerland and we had our first major success at the Avignon Festival in France. We then went to Germany and the United States. … Anna Kisselgoff (of The New York Times) gave us a rave. We never thought we’d be as successful as we still currently are.
What can you tell us about the 40th-anniversary show? This addition conveys 40 years of creation. The first 35 minutes represent what we did in the ‘70s, with the clay mask and slinky balloons. The second section represents the ‘80s to the year 2000. This section is more abstract, more sculptural. The next section starts at the year 2000 and it includes some marionette-like work. There are oohs and aahs and laughter and applause — people are surprised when the thin little (puppet) talks to you and expresses an emotion. The current show features 30 of the best sketches we’ve made.
How do you deal with the balance of being both a creator and performer? How do you balance a marriage? You love it, you fight it, it’s constant. I’m dedicated to my work completely and I love it. I wake up at night and dream how we can improve and change something. I think now we have a very nice mix — people find it funny and playful.
Mummenschanz audiences cover a wide demographic. It speaks to all ages. We recommend it for six year olds and up. It’s not so common for people to see a show that works for both children and adults, which is why ours is special.
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2014-15 Calendar
The Artist Series presents the world’s finest performers in classical music, jazz, theater, dance and world music in majestic Macky Auditorium.
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STEP AFRIKA!Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, 7:30 p.m.Stepping is a percussive art form that relies on kicking, stomping, clapping and chanting, making for an energetic, dynamic performance, a delight for eyes and ears alike. Step Afrika! is the world’s first professional dance company devoted to this unique art form, a joyous celebration of the African American experience that originated at traditionally black colleges in the early 20th century and traces its roots to traditional African dance. The company will host a free public workshop in stepping from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19 in the Charlotte York Irey Theatre in the University Theatre Building at CU-Boulder.Sponsored by Caplan & Earnest and supported by a grant from the Western States Arts Federation.
KRONOS QUARTETBeyond Zero: 1914–1918Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014, 7:30 p.m.Join the world-renowned Kronos Quartet for a program that includes a commemoration on the centennial of the outbreak of “the war to end all wars.” Beyond Zero: 1914-1918, by Serbian composer Aleksandra Vrebelov musically explores the brutality that set off a century of bloody warfare and features projections of seldom-seen film from World War I. The first half of the program features music by Nicole Lizée, Yuri Boguinia and others.Supported by a grant from the Roser Visiting Artist Fund.
MUMMENSCHANZFriday, Nov. 7, 2014, 7:30 p.m.Silence, illusion, light and shadow. Masks and props made from everyday objects. Mind and body, sleight of hand. For more than four decades, the surreal Swiss theater troupe has brought myth, mystery and plenty of laughter to audiences around the world, using its unique universal language to explore the human condition.
CHRISTMAS WITH THE KING’S SINGERSThursday, Dec. 11, 2014, 7:30 p.m.The Grammy Award-winning British male sextet arrives on the cusp of winter to perform an enchanting Christmas concert. With their unique melodic arrangements, impeccable vocal blend and trademark playfulness, the ensemble brings both wit and warmth to seasonal music, both traditional and contemporary.Sponsored by Hurdle’s Jewelers.
BILL T. JONES AND ARNIE ZANE DANCE COMPANYPlay and PlayThursday, Jan. 22, 2015, 7:30 p.m.Choreographed to some of the world’s best-loved and most seminal works of classical music—Mozart, Ravel, Schubert—and performed with live musicians, Bill T. Jones’ astonishingly original, muscular work, Play and Play, is dance like you’ve never seen it before. Winner of two Tony Awards and recipient of a MacArthur “genius” grant, Jones has continually expanded the possibilities of dance.Sponsored by James & Associates.
MEDESKI, MARTIN AND WOOD WITH ALARM WILL SOUNDFriday, Feb. 6, 2015, 7:30 p.m.Get ready for incomparable originality, a little jamming and a lot of fun when the hip, cutting-edge chamber music of Alarm Will Sound melds with the eclectic avant-jazz-funk sound of Medeski, Martin and Wood. The groove-oriented trio, a hit on the jam-band circuit pioneered by the Grateful Dead, and the versatile new-music ensemble will take you on an evening of daring collaboration and thrilling improvisation.
THE ASSAD BROTHERS WITH ROMERO LUBAMBOThursday, Feb. 19, 2015, 7:30 p.m.Exotic Latin flair takes the stage when the Assad Brothers, Brazil’s most celebrated classical guitarists, join with jazz guitar virtuoso Romero Lubambo for Samba Exótico, an exploration of Samba and Choros, a popular 19th-century genre that blossomed in Rio de Janeiro. With its roots in Africa and unique fermentation in the coastal city of Bahia, Samba vibrates with the essence of Brazil.Sponsored by Shaw Construction and partnered by H.B. Woodsong’s.
NATALIE MERCHANT WITH THE CU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAThursday, April 2, 2015, 7:30 p.m.Over her stellar 30-year career, Natalie
Merchant has been the driving force behind alt-pop sensation 10,000 Maniacs and embarked on a multi-platinum solo career, always delving deep into the human condition with her lyrical storytelling. Now she brings that same searching literary
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The Grammy Award-winning quartet—Edward Dusinberre, violin; Károly Schranz, violin; Geraldine Walther, viola; and András Fejer, cello—has been selling out concerts for three decades at CU-Boulder with an irresistible
blend of viruosic technique and engaging personalities. Each season includes a concert by a special invited guest ensemble. All Takács performances take place in Grusin Music Hall. Takacsquartet.com
TAKÁCS QUARTETSunday, Sept. 21, 2014, 4 p.m.Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, 7:30 p.m.Program: Mozart’s String Quintet in G minor, K. 516Beethoven’s Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130
SPECIAL GUEST THE CAVANI STRING QUARTETSunday, Oct. 19, 2014, 4 p.m.Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, 7:30 p.m.Grusin Music HallThe world-famous, all-women Cavani Quartet, named after the 19th-century Italian violin makers Giovanni and Vincenzo Cavani, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The Cleveland Plain Dealer says, “Together, these players make music with passionate conviction, as if their lives depended on interaction.” cavani.org
TAKÁCS QUARTETSunday, Nov. 2, 2014, 4 p.m.Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, 7:30 p.m.Program:Mozart’s String Quartet in C major, K. 465Debussy’s String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 2 in E minor, Op. 59
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Wide-ranging repertoire, lavish scenery, drama and amazing voices—CU Opera has it all. Director Leigh Holman and Music Director Nicholas Carthy showcase the talent of the future in three
productions each season. Go to cupresents.org for detailed ticket information and times.
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCEBy Gilbert and SullivanOct. 24-26, Macky AuditoriumGilbert and Sullivan’s beloved comic operetta tells of the coming of age of Frederic, indentured to pirates as a boy, and his desire to leave the buccaneer’s life and marry beautiful Mabel. But first, he must find a way to defeat the swashbucklers he’s known and loved all his life.
COSÌ FAN TUTTEBy Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMarch 13-15, Macky AuditoriumMozart’s witty opera buffa follows 24 hours in the lives of two beautiful sisters whose scandalous infidelities make for a comic romp that was considered too hot for audiences even in the early 20th century. Featuring some of the composer’s most sumptuous arias, duets, and ensemble pieces make for a decadent and enchanting evening of opera. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.
L’INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA(THE CORONATION OF POPPEA)By Claudio MonteverdiApril 23-26 Music Theatre, Imig Music BuildingMonteverdi’s drama about sex, crime and realpolitik during the debauched reign of the Roman Emperor Nero, turns conventional morality on its head—virtue is punished and greed rewarded. The sensual duet between Nero and his lover Poppea is the pièce de résistance. Sung in Italian with English surtitles. This production will be styled after the hit Netflix realpolitik series House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey.
HOLIDAY FESTIVALDec. 5-7, Macky Auditorium(see cupresents.org for detailed ticket information and times)A lively program of seasonal music and festive holiday decorations in Macky Auditorium inspire sold-out audiences and make the Holiday Festival a beloved annual tradition. Choirs, orchestra, ensembles and faculty soloists from the CU-Boulder College of Music invite you to share the joy and warmth of the season with your family and friends.
SPRING SWINGApril 12, 2 p.m., Macky AuditoriumJoin the CU Concert Jazz Ensemble and guest artists for a swinging return to the Big Band era. The program will feature music from the ensemble’s new recording, a tribute to the greatest bands and composers of the era, including Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and more.
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OUR TOWN BY THORNTON WILDERDirected by Lindsay Weitkamp and Wesley LongacreSept. 26-Oct. 5, University TheatreWilder’s beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning classic depicts life, love and death in the small American town of Grover’s Corners. The community’s hopes and dreams expand into questions about meaning and purpose: How does one “realize life”? How do we take advantage of the time that we have?
A BROADWAY CHRISTMAS CAROLBy Kathy Feininger, Directed by Nathan StithDec. 4-21, University TheatreIf Charles Dickens had huddled with Rodgers and Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Matt Stone and Trey Parker to write a holiday show, they just might have come up with A Broadway Christmas Carol. Simultaneously irreverent and respectful, the play offers a fresh, hilarious and charmingly recognizable retelling
of Dickens’ classic holiday ghost story, complete with new lyrics to famous Broadway show tunes.
TARTUFFE BY MOLIÈRETranslated by Christopher HamptonDirected by Lynn NicholsFeb. 13-22, University TheatreFrench playwright Molière’s comic masterpiece skewers religious hypocrisy, mindless piety and sexual deceit was so daring at the time of its writing that audience members could be excommunicated for seeing it. Tartuffe tells how a “man of the cloth” worms his way into the gullible heart of Orgon, a rich family man, and tries to take him for all he has.
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTARLyrics by Tim Rice, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Directed by Cecilia PangApril 10-19, University TheatreEver since the controversial rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice was released as a concept album in 1970, it has
enflamed the passions of critics and fans alike. The story of Jesus of Nazareth during his final days, this high-energy, immensely popular show plunges deep into the hearts of the men and women, from Judas Iscariot to Mary Magdalene to Pontius Pilate, who played a part in one of the most momentous stories ever told.
THE CURRENTApril 17-19Charlotte York Irey TheatreA showcase of vital new works by CU dance faculty and Millicent Johnnie, the 2014-15 Roser Guest Artist in Dance. Johnnie has performed with Urban Bush Women, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She has choreographed for Grammy Award-winning artists Usher Raymond, Chrisette Michele and Los Hombres Calientes.
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What was so ‘great’ about the Great War?This year marks the centennial of the beginning of World War I. On Oct. 8, the Kronos Quartet will perform “Beyond Zero: 1914-1918,” a multi-media work with music by composer Aleksandra Vrebelov and a film by Bill Morrison, based on long-lost archival film footage from the war.
We asked Martha Hanna, professor of history and World War I expert at CU-Boulder, how that brutal, bloody conflict came to be known as the “Great War.”
“It was the ‘Great War’ to those who lived through it—or died in it—because of its catastrophic effects, felt at the time and reverberating to this day,” she says, offering the following examples:
Soldiers. Millions of men, from almost every continent on earth, fought in the Great War: 13 million Germans, 8 million Frenchmen, 5 million Britons, 2 million Americans. Estimates vary, but it is possible that as many as 10 million men died, and twice that many were wounded, some with disabling wounds—physical and psychological—which haunted them for the rest of their lives.
Civilians. Civilians also felt the grim effects of war, in ways that would become characteristic of warfare in the 20th and 21st centuries. More than one million Armenian civilians were
victims of genocide in 1915-16. On a much smaller scale, air raids—a new phenomenon in 1914 but a commonplace of modern warfare—targeted and killed civilians in London and Paris.
Political upheaval. Four empires—Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia and the Ottoman Empire—collapsed as a direct consequence of their participation in the war. By making possible the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917, the Russian Revolutions of that year laid the foundations for the Cold War. The collapse of the Ottoman Empire created political instability and the roots of the Middle East crises, which continue to this day.
Debt. The war left all the major European nations in debt, and the victors insisted that Germany pay $33 billion in reparations. Anger over reparations, a key element in Nazi propaganda, helped undermine democracy in Germany after the Great War.
Martha Hanna is Professor of History at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is the author of the prize-winning book, Your Death Would Be Mine: Paul and Marie Pireaud in the Great War.
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Founder: C. Brian Williams Assistant Artistic Director: Mfoniso Akpan
Program: Tribute, Indlamu, Isicathulo, ChicagoPerformed by: Mfoniso Akpan, Christopher Brient, Danielle
Glover, Joe Murchison, Artis Olds, Brittny Smith, Jordan Spry, Courtney Thrower and Andrew Vinson
Choreography by: Jakari Sherman, Jackie Semela and Paul Woodruff, with contributions from countless artists over the years
Percussionists: Artis Olds and Andrew Vinson
This performance will last 1 hour and 30 minutes with no intermission.
About Step Afrika! Step Afrika! is the first professional company in the world dedicated to the tradition of stepping. Founded in December 1994 by C. Brian Williams, the company is critically acclaimed for its efforts to promote an appreciation for stepping and the dance tradition’s use as an educational tool for young people worldwide. Step Afrika! reaches tens of thousands of Americans each year and has performed on many stages in North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. Based in Washington, D.C., Step Afrika! serves as a cultural ambassador for the United States, representing the nation at events and festivals around the world. The company also completed an annual 50-city tour of American colleges and universities from Maine to Mississippi and is a model for the use of stepping in educational settings, espousing themes such as teamwork, academic achievement and cross-cultural understanding.
To learn more, visit stepafrika.org.
This performance is sponsored by Caplan & Earnest and supported by a grant from the Western States Arts Federation.
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Special Note: Audience participation has been a part of the step tradition since its inception in the 1900s. Throughout any Step Afrika! performance, the audience is invited to clap, stomp, cheer and participate in call and response with the artists. The company may also bring members of the audience onto the stage to learn a step.
TributeTribute pays homage to the African American step show. Based on steps and styles seen in step shows across the United States, Tribute expands on stepping’s roots by increasing the length of the step from the traditional two minutes to 10 minutes. It combines the distinct stepping styles from different fraternities and sororities and blends them together to showcase the incredible variety of stepping. Tribute includes all the exciting elements of the step show—the use of props, ripples and floor work, creative formations and audience participation.
IndlamuIndlamu is a traditional dance of the Zulu people. It is performed with drums and full traditional Zulu attire and is regarded as a touchstone of Zulu identity. Indlamu, often referred to as a “war dance,” is marked by the Zulu kick—a movement where the dancers lift one foot over their heads and bring it down hard on the downbeat. For more than 15 years Step Afrika! has studied the dance traditions of the Zulu people through the Step Afrika! International Cultural Festival. Step Afrika! makes this Indlamu uniquely its own featuring solos created by each dancer as well as the addition of contemporary dance.
IsicathuloIsicathulo, or “the gumboot dance,” is a tradition created by South African workers who labored in the oppressive mining industry of then-apartheid South Africa. Isolated from their families for long periods, the miners transformed their rubber boots into percussive instruments to not only entertain and pass time but to share secret messages with each other. Step Afrika!’s Isicathulo highlights both of these uses of the gumboot dance through the interaction of a group of mine workers with their “super.” Isicathulo has become one of the most popular dance forms in South Africa and has striking similarities to the African-American tradition of stepping.
Solo by Christopher Brient
ChicagoChicago finds the rhythm in everyday situations. It is a percussive symphony using body percussion and vocals to narrate a story and changes in rhythm and tempo to play out the action. Inspired by a summer spent in the Windy City, this groundbreaking work requires the company to maintain up to five complex polyrhythms simultaneously, create the characters in the story and interact with each other through movement and vocals.
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Founder and executive directorC. Brian Williams is a native of Houston, Texas. He first learned to step as a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Beta Chapter, in 1989. While living in Africa, he began to research stepping, exploring the many sides of this exciting, yet under-recognized American art form and founded Step Afrika! in 1994. Brian has performed, lectured and taught extensively in Africa, Europe, South America, Asia, the Caribbean and throughout the United States. He is co-founder of the historic Step Afrika! International Cultural Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Brian has been cited as a Civic/Community Visionary by NV Magazine and a Nation Builder by the National Black Caucus of State Legislators. He is the recipient of numerous artist fellowships and awards from the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities and is featured in Soulstepping, the first book to document the history of stepping. Washingtonian Magazine cited him as one of “40 Washingtonians under 40” to watch in the years to come. He earned the Mayor’s Art Award for Innovation in the Arts and led the company to over five Metro DC Dance Awards in categories that include Outstanding New Work, Excellence in Stage Design/Multimedia and Outstanding Group Performance. In 2010, Washington Life magazine designated Brian as one of D.C.’s leading arts innovators. He is also the recipient of the Pola Nirenska Award for Contemporary Achievement in Dance.
Under Brian’s leadership, stepping has evolved into one of America’s newest cultural exports and inspired the designation of Step Afrika! as Washington, D.C.’s official Cultural Ambassador.
Assistant artistic directorMfon Akpan has trained extensively in tap, ballet, jazz, modern, African dance and step. While attending the State University of New York at Stony Brook, she majored in biochemistry and cultivated her stepping skills as a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Mfon began her training at the Bernice Johnson Cultural Arts Center and has graced the stages of Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Apollo Theater, the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Lincoln Center. Mfon has recently toured with the off-Broadway show Hoofin’ 2 Hittin, where she was a featured stepper and dancer.
Christopher Brient, from Houston, performed in his first step show in the ninth grade, and has been addicted to the stage ever since. His love of dance began while attending Texas A&M University, where he taught hip-hop classes, served as step master for the
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Danielle Dubois Glover comes from Queens, New York. She is a graduate of Howard University, where she received her BFA with a concentration in dance. Under the mentorship of Dr. Sherill Berryman Johnson she worked with artists such as Ronald K. Brown, Kevin Iega Jeff, Zane Booker and Whitney Hunter. She also has worked with dance legends such as Dianne McIntyre, Virginia Johnson and Baba Chuck Davis. She is a former member of Danco II, DBDT II and Dallas Black Dance Theatre. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Joe Murchison is a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma, where he holds a BA in kinesiology and health science. He has performed and trained with the accomplished Dallas Black Dance Theatre II. Joe is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Artis J. Olds is a Chicago native who earned his BA in broadcast media from Ohio’s Central State University, where he served as the marching band’s head drum major and as a member of the Delta Xi chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Artis has won several step titles, including the first Sprite Step Off-America’s largest step competition.
Brittny Smith is a native of Houston. She began vocal, hip-hop, jazz and acting training at age 7. By high school she had filmed national TV commercials and signed her first recording
contract. Brittny attended Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she was a Dancing Doll, before graduating from Texas Southern University. She obtained a BA in radio, TV and film and an MA in education and became a member of the Gamma Psi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Brittny was a Houston Rockets Power Dancer, appeared in XXL magazine, Stomp The Yard 2 and opened for musical acts including Miguel, The Dream and Lyfe Jennings as lead singer of an R&B trio managed by Matthew Knowles.
J o r d a n S p r y g r a d u a t e d f r o m Howard University with a BA in business administration in marketing. While at Howard, he stepped with the Drew Hall Step Team and served as a head coach for Drew.
Courtney Thrower is originally from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is a graduate of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University with a BS in health science and an MS in occupational therapy. He has a hip-hop dance background, which includes a very highly energetic dance form known as “drilling and ride out.” Courtney is a member of Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity, Inc.
Andrew Vinson, Jr. attended Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina, where he earned a BS in graphic design and computer science with a concentration in business administration. He is a proud member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Lamda Gamma chapter, where he served as basileus and hop master. Having started in middle school, Andrew is also a gifted percussionist ranging from jazz, symphonic and marching-band styles. He joined Step Afrika! in 2009.
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New to the opera? Here are a few tipsCU Opera director Leigh Holman describes opera as “a thrilling spectacle, rich in emotion, drama and music.” But what if you are a newbie? We asked Leigh to answer a few questions about how to make the most of your CU Opera experience.
What is opera? It’s a venerable theatrical and musical art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work that combines text—known as the libretto—and a musical score. Operas are sung, not spoken, and almost always performed in the language in which they were written, including Italian, German, French, Russian and English.
How will I understand what’s going on, especially if it’s in a foreign language? Your friends Google and YouTube are happy to help! You can find YouTube clips of arias—expressive moments when the singer is performing solo—songs and even entire performances of most traditional operas. It’s a great idea to read a synopsis online and the notes in your CU Presents program also offer great information. And CU Opera always provides a crib sheet, projecting supertitles in English for operas sung in another language.
Do you really have to dress to the nines when you go to the opera? It’s always fun to dress up. But hey, this is Boulder. You can wear tails and a top hat, pearls and a gown, jeans and a sweater or flip-flops and t-shirt—pretty much anything you like, though earmuffs or dark glasses will detract from your experience.
What should I listen for during the performance? First, pay attention to the overture—the musical number played by the orchestra to start the show often follows the emotional arc of the story—doom or joy, celebration or mourning—and is layered with themes and passages from the larger work. Singers, too, color and weight their voices to reflect mood and emotion. Listen carefully and you’ll be amazed to hear dark and light, good and evil, woe and happiness, just from the way they color their voices.
OK, I have to ask: What’s the story with the buxom lady wearing horns and braids? Oh, her? That’s just Brünnhilde, one of the Norse Valkyries in Wagner’s famous German opera, The Ring of the Nibelung. Besides being played by Bugs Bunny in the famous cartoon, What’s Opera, Doc?, she sings the long, final aria and has become inextricably linked with the art form for many non-aficionados. But don’t expect to see her at CU Opera … unless we’re doing Wagner!
CU Opera will perform Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic comic operetta, The Pirates of Penzance, Oct. 24-26 at Macky Auditorium. For tickets and information, go to cupresents.org or call the box office at 303-492-8008.
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COLLEGE OF MUSIC ADVISORY BOARDRobert Shay, DeanJames R. Austin Chris BrauchliSteve BrunsBob BuntingJan BurtonJohn DavisPaul EklundBill wElliottMartha Coffin EvansJonathan FoxDavid FulkerGrace GammLissy GarrisonLloyd GelmanDoree HickmanDavid HummerDaryl JamesCaryl KassoyRobert KorenblatErma ManteyJoe NeglerSusan OlenwineMikhy Ritter, co-chair Becky Roser, co-chair Mark TezakJeannie ThompsonJack Walker
HONORARY DIRECTORSDean BoalBob CharlesEileen ClineDonna ErismannDave Grusin
CU Presents offers the very best in the performing arts on the CU-Boulder campus, including the Artist Series, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, CU Opera, the Takács Quartet, CU Theatre & Dance and the Holiday Festival.
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Colin Wichman, Public Relations Assistants
Stephanie Doctor, Programs AssistantMargaret Romero, Production AssistantAndrew Metzroth, Box Office ManagerMichael Casey, Box Office Services
CoordinatorCiara Glasheen-Artem, Sydney Bogatz,
Starla Doyal, Lucas Munce, Harper Nelson, Melanie Shaffer, Bradley Steinmeyer, Box Office Assistants
Kevin Harbison, Recording EngineerNancy Quintanilla, Financial ManagerTed Mulcahey, Piano Technician
MACKY AUDITORIUM STAFF Rudy Betancourt, DirectorSara Krumwiede, Assistant DirectorJohn Jungerberg, Operations ManagerJP Osnes, Technical DirectorRojana Savoye, House Manager
Program editor: Clay Evans Cover design: Karen Schuster
PATRON INFORMATION• CU Presents venues are fully accessible to
patrons using wheelchairs and those with other special needs. Please call the box office as early as possible at 303-492-8008 to make arrangements.
• Parking is available in the Euclid Avenue Autopark, Lot 310, and Lot 204 for $4 per evening or weekend day. Lot 380 is reserved for VIP members of the Artist Series. Drop-off and handicap parking is available near all venues. For more information please call the box office at 303-492-8008.
• Food is permitted in seating areas of Macky Auditorium and the Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, but prohibited in other campus venues unless otherwise noted.
• Photographic and recording devices are prohibited.
• All programs, artists and prices are subject to change.
• All sales are final. Subscribers may exchange tickets for another night or performance with no exchange fee; single-ticket exchanges are subject to a $3 per ticket fee. Exchanges are subject to availability and must be made at least one business day prior to performance; an upgrade fee may apply.
• CU presents will hold all events as scheduled unless the CU-Boulder campus is closed due to hazardous weather. We will make every effort to notify patrons of an emergency closure. For detailed information on the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s rain policy, please visit coloradoshakes.org.
• Patrons are encouraged to call CU Presents at 303-492-8008 for information on the suitability of events for children.
• Patrons are encouraged to refrain from wearing strong fragrances.
• Can’t use your tickets? Return them to the CU Presents box office as a tax-deductible contribution prior to the beginning of the performance.
• The University of Colorado Boulder is a smoke-free campus.
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