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CFA's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Opera - Puck "Makes an Ass" of Bottom
An excerpt from the Boston University College of Fine Arts' production of Benjamin Britten’s opera "A Midsummer Night’s Dream." In Britten's version of this famous scene from the Shakespeare classic, the immortal fairy imp Puck does [...]indeed “make an ass†of pompous actor Nick Bottom.
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Cendrillon: A Fairy Tale for Grownups
E. Loren Meeker (CFA'99), stage director of the CFA production of the opera Cendrillon, based on the classic tale of Cinderella, works with dual casts to add new dimensions to the familiar characters, especially Prince Charmant, portrayed by a man in [...]one cast and a woman in the other.
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Don Giovanni: Hero or Villain?
In the video above, the creative team behind the Boston University College of Fine Arts production of Don Giovanni professes both love and hate for the legendary seducer who is the title character.
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Role Reversal: Women Wear the Pants in Clemenza di Tito
In the video above, Lauren Lyles (CFA'13) and Vera Savage (CFA'14) discuss what it's like to play the part of men, known in the opera world as pants roles, in CFA's production of Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito.
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Romeo et Juliette
Boston University College of Fine Arts
School of Music Opera Institute and School of Theatre
Presents Roméo et Juliette
Performed on April 21 and 23, 2011
Music by Charles Gounod
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
after [...]Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
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Interpreter of Melodies
Anthony Tommasini (CFA'82) talks about his role as chief classical music critic of the New York Times.
Read the story on Bostonia:
/bostonia/winter-spring11/tommasini/
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Michelle Johnson: Becoming Mimi
Follow rising opera star Michelle Johnson (CFA'07) as she prepares for her role as Mimi in the PORTopera production of La Boheme.
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Postman Delivers Sex, Murder (and Arias)
Stephen Paulus, composer for the opera The Postman Always Rings Twice, stopped by the Boston University Opera Institute to give a master class for graduate students. Paulus discusses working with students, the inspiration behind Postman, and why [...]opera is the most gratifying medium for a composer.
Read the story on BU Today:
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Pulling Back the Curtain on Roméo et Juliette
Meet the creative team behind the set and costume design for BU Opera Institute's production of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette. Watch as an empty stage is transformed into Shakespeare's Verona! See haute couture blended with Elizabethan costume!
[...]Read the story on BU Today:
/today/node/12774
Video by Devin Hahn. Photo by Vernon Doucette.
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