Anne Manson, who will conduct The Cunning Little Vixen this week. Photo by Dario Acosta.
This week, there’s a very full lineup of unique events at Juilliard. Some famous conductors will be here and local groups perform music and dance pieces. Check out the events below!
Juilliard Opera presents Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen
Tuesday, April 30 at 8:00 PM
Thursday, May 2 at 8:00 PM
Peter Jay Sharp Theater (The Juilliard School – 155 W 65th Street)
Renowned conductor Anne Manson returns to Juilliard to lead Juilliard Opera, Juilliard Orchestra, and Juilliard Pre-College in The Cunning Little Vixen, directed by Emma Griffin. Inspired by a comic strip and premiered in 1924, Leos Janáček and librettist Rudolf Tesnohlìdek’s opera is an endearing and enlightened glance at the circle of life amongst a cast of woodland characters set in the fairy tale-esque Moravian forest. These performances will be sung in English.
Tickets $30, available at the Juilliard Box Office, by calling CenterCharge (212) 721-6500, or online at events.juilliard.edu. Half-price students/seniors at the Juilliard Box Office only
https://events.juilliard.edu/vixen.php
Wednesdays at One: Juilliard Chamber Ensembles
Wednesday, May 1 at 1:00 PM
Alice Tully Hall (1941 Broadway)
Juilliard students share their talent with the community in these free, hour-long lunchtime concerts on Wednesday afternoons throughout the season
FREE; no tickets required
https://events.juilliard.edu/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D51558933
Attacca Quartet CD Signing
Friday, May 3 at 4:00 PM
The Juilliard Store (144 W 66th Street)
Juilliard’s graduate resident quartet, the Attacca Quartet, signs copies of their recently-released CD, Fellow Traveler—The Complete String Quartet Works of John Adams
FREE; CDs available for purchase
https://events.juilliard.edu/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D68917190
Senior Dance Production: Seven New Hues
Friday, May 3 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, May 4 at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday, May 5 at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Rosemary and Meredith Willson Theater (The Juilliard School – 155 W 65th Street)
A series of self-produced performances, featuring works by senior class choreographers Jason Collins, Julia Headley, Garth Johnson, David Norsworthy, Raymond Pinto, Lilja Ruriksdottir, and Lea Ved. This popular annual series is a culmination of the Senior Production and Stagecraft courses
FREE; limited standby admission only
https://events.juilliard.edu/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D42381144
Pre-College String Ensemble
Saturday, May 4 at 5:00 PM
Peter Jay Sharp Theater (The Juilliard School – 155 W 65th Street)
Conductor Shih-Hung Young leads the Pre-College String Ensemble in a program featuring Beethoven’s Romance No. 2 performed by solo violinist Jin Young Yoon, Mahler’s Adagietto from Symphony No. 5, and Haydn’s Symphony No. 94 in G Major, “Surprise”
FREE; no tickets required
https://events.juilliard.edu/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D42727537
Leonard Slatkin Conducts the Juilliard Orchestra
Saturday, May 4 at 8:00 PM
Alice Tully Hall (1941 Broadway)
Internationally acclaimed American conductor and Juilliard alum Leonard Slatkin leads the Juilliard Orchestra in a program featuring Richard Strauss’ exhilarating tone poem Don Quixote, based on the adventures of Cervantes’ famous idealist, with solos performed by cellist Nathan Chan and violist Andrew Gonzalez. The program finishes with Prokofiev’s heroic Symphony No. 5, which the composer described as “a hymn to free and happy Man, to his mighty powers, his pure and noble spirit”
FREE; limited standby admission only
https://events.juilliard.edu/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D44016326
