A FRENCH CONDUCTOR AND A BAROQUE VIOLINIST AT JUILLIARD THIS WEEK (SPONSORED)
Monica Huggett leads Juilliard415. Photo by Hiroyuki Ito.
Travel the world this week with the musicians from Juilliard.
Wednesdays at One: Juilliard Lab Orchestra
Wednesday, April 23 at 1 PM
Alice Tully Hall (1941 Broadway)
Juilliard performers share their talent with the community in these free, hour-long lunchtime concerts on Wednesday afternoons throughout the season. Remaining Wednesdays at One concerts for the 2013-2014 season listed at www.juilliard.edu/wednesdays.
FREE; no tickets required.
Juilliard Opera presents Massenet’s Cendrillon
Wednesday, April 23 and Friday, April 25 at 8 PM
Sunday, April 27 at 2 PM
Peter Jay Sharp Theater (155 W 65th Street, Street Level)
French conductor Emmanuel Villaume, whose talents have been hailed by the New York Times as “vividly illuminating,” returns to Juilliard to lead Juilliard Opera’s Peter Kazaras-directed production of Jules Massenet’s Cendrillon (1985)—a four-act staging of librettist Henri Cain and author Charles Perrault’s 1698 version of the beloved Cinderella fairy tale.
Tickets $30 available online at www.juilliard.edu/cendrillon or at the Juilliard Box Office; Half-price senior/student tickets available.
Monica Huggett Leads Juilliard415: Celebrate Corelli!
Friday, April 25 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 27 at 3 PM
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church (921 Madison Avenue)
Renowned Baroque violinist Monica Huggett leads performers from Juilliard415 in two concerts featuring rare complete performances of Corelli’s Violin Sonatas, Op.5, along with selected Concerti Grossi, Op. 8, by the virtuoso Italian violinist and composer.
Both concerts: $35 ($25 senior/student); single concert: $20 ($15 senior/student) available at the door or at www.mapc.com.
www.juilliard.edu/springhistorical
