Events: Music Classical
Don Pasquale 2.0
The Opera Atelier's Don Pasquale 2.0 takes a fresh look at Donizetti's masterpiece, bringing into the present, when 60 is the new 40.
In this new version by The Opera Atelier, Don Pasquale is a clever and energetic movie director who orchestrates the action to ensure that his nephew Ernesto becomes independent. A delightful comedy masterfully sung by Jorge Arcila as Don Pasquale, Giselle Elgarresta as Norina, Carlos Jimeno (9/27) and Anthony Zoeller (9/21) as Dr. Malatesta, Andres Lasaga as Ernesto, and Patricia Arcadi as the Notary.
Enjoy the twists and turns of the plot in this fast-moving full production of the beloved classic with virtual scenery by Jacqueline Solorzano and orchestral ensemble directed by Erzhan Kulibaev!
Location
Sanctuary of the Arts
410 Andalusia Avenue,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
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Percussion Consort: A Journey Beyond Time
Saturday, Sep 21, 2024 at 7:30 PM - English
NWS Percussion Fellows take center stage. Joshua Conyers, with his “deliciously honeyed baritone,” performs a cycle of African American spirituals, including “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” and “Go Down, Moses” (Opera News). From the art circles of Paris’ Montmartre comes French groundbreaker Germaine Tallieferre who pairs piano and percussion to pay tribute to France’s revered composer, Jean-Philippe Rameau. Gemma Peacocke’s Death Wish confronts “how we are all bound and driven by forces both within and beyond ourselves.”
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
Barber and Mendelssohn
Saturday, Sep 28, 2024 at 7:30 PM - English
Stella Chen's rising stardom and breathtaking playing make crowds "sit bolt upright" (Musical America). In her NWS debut, Chen performs the sole violin concerto by the man behind some of the most beautiful, gut-wrenching melodies in music Samuel Barber.
Felix Mendelssohn's Fourth Symphony channels his youthful tour of Italy in a series of sunny impressions, while Ludwig van Beethoven's Leonore Overture captures the emotional gamut of an entire opera in less than 15 minutes. Enjoy your first look at all the 2024-25 Fellows in their debut orchestra concert of the season this is the new New World Symphony!
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
Season Opener: Deneve Conducts MTT and Shostakovich
Artistic Director Stephane Deneve opens the season with the first South Florida performance of MTT's Grammy-winning From the Diary of Anne Frank in over 30 years.
At once solemn and optimistic, the musical melodrama was originally written for Audrey Hepburn and will feature actress Daisy Ridley. Dmitri Shostakovich pens a life-saving symphony under the scrutiny of Stalin. Inspired by Russian literature, Shostakovich slyly subverted folk songs, film scores, liturgy and waltzes, hinting at feelings far darker and more complex than might otherwise be allowed.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
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From Spain and Cuba - Ancient Spanish Monastery
Saturday, Oct 12, 2024 at 4:00 PM - English
Arriaga String Quartet #2 in A major (1824) and Orbón String Quartet #1 (1951).
Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga y Balzola (1806-1826) was a Spanish Basque composer. He was nicknamed "the Spanish Mozart" after he died, because, like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he was both a child prodigy and an accomplished composer who died young. At the age of 16, Arriaga wrote three sparkling and idiomatic string quartets that were published in 1824, and were the only works of his published during his lifetime. His style is on the borderline between late Classicism and early Romanticism, ranging from the late Classical idiom of Mozart to the proto-Romanticism of early Beethoven.
Julián Orbón (1925-1991) was a Cuban composer who lived and composed in Spain, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States. Aaron Copland referred to Orbón as "Cuba's most gifted composer of the new generation.” Orbón created compositions that combined Spanish and Cuban styles and traits, Gregorian chant qualities, and African music styles. His early style was influenced by composers such as Manuel de Falla, Rodolfo Halffter, and Ernesto Halffter, who used a Spanish neoclassic style in their compositions.
Location
Ancient Spanish Monastery
16711 West Dixie Highway,
N Miami Beach,
FL
33160
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Chamber Music: Haydn + Borodin
Sunday, Oct 13, 2024 at 2:00 PM - English
Principal Oboe of the Nashville Symphony Titus Underwood makes his anticipated NWS debut performing works that span nearly 250 years.
Father of the String Quartet, Haydn surprises with lighthearted music for winds and NWS alums return for the whimsy of Cuong's Extra Fancy. Inspired by art from the Late Middle Ages, Lee Hyla amplifies a cello to represent the imaginings of Pope Innocent III.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
The Seven Deadly Sins
Persecuted by the Nazi regime, Viktor Ullmann, Peter Kien, Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht wrote defiantly satirical works that endure to this day. Directors Yuval Sharon, Alexander Gedeon, Bill Barclay and Stephane Deneve juxtapose dance and theater with New World Center's cutting-edge technology in a haunting tribute to those lost to the horrors of war and fascism.
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Composer Ullmann and poet Kien were prisoners in the Nazi propaganda camp Terezin when creating the one-act opera The Kaiser of Atlantis. Ullmann and Kien were murdered at Auschwitz, but their work lives on through the visionary direction of Yuval Sharon. "By no means did we sit weeping on the banks of the waters of Babylon," wrote Ullmann of his imprisonment at Terezin. "Our will to create was commensurate with our will to live."
When Nazis seized control of Berlin, Weill partnered with longtime collaborator Brecht to write The Seven Deadly Sins, a sung ballet and biting critique of capitalism that would mark the end of the duo's partnership. Soprano Danielle de Niese plays Anna, our split personality heroine whose journey through America mirrors Weill's journey across Europe as he sought a new artistic home. Weill survived the war and found success in New York, where he established himself as one of the most important voices in musical theater. His work went on to be performed by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, The Doors and David Bowie.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
The Planets + Rachmaninoff
Saturday, Oct 26, 2024 at 8:00 PM - English
New World Symphony returns with a bucket list, one-night-only concert at the Adrienne Arsht Center.
Grammy-winning conductor Xian Zhang brings out the pain and pleasure of Tristan and Isolde's doomed love story. Listen closely to hear the radically open-ended "Tristan" chord that haunted and enraged critics of Wagner's controversial, genre-defining opera.
Then, 87 of the world's best young musicians bring youthful brilliance to Holst's celestial masterpiece The Planets.
NWS looks to the future of music with Alexander Malofeev, Gen Z's preeminent pianist. "Malofeev is no ordinary prodigy," says The Boston Classical Review. "He plays with the probing interpretative depths of renowned artists twice his age." The 22-year-old rising star takes on Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, one of Rachmaninoff's best-loved works.
Location
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami,
FL
33132
(Map)
Concert for Kids: Día de los Muertos
Sunday, Nov 3, 2024 at 11:30 AM - English
Mariachi meets symphony at a relaxed family concert. Bring your family to a festive celebration of Mexican composers, our ancestors and our past. Wear your Halloween costume, face paint or flower crown and arrive early for hands-on activities and Mariachi music from Sol de Oro. Concerts for Kids are designed for young ones ages four to nine in mind.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
Veterans Day Concert: A WWII Journey
Join conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya and best-selling historian James Holland for a commemorative concert honoring veterans and the global sounds of resilience.
From the beaches of Normandy and Iwo Jima to the skies of the Tuskegee Airmen, explore the global fight for democracy through music that commemorates and reflects. Soprano Emily Magee makes her NWS debut in the pensive and poignant Four Last Songs.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
Chamber Music: Crider Sings Ravel + Copland
Sunday, Nov 17, 2024 at 2:00 PM - English
Escape to worlds and words from afar as Miami's own Amanda Crider gives voice to musical gems inspired by travel and poetry.
While Delage's Hindu poems channel the sights and sounds of India, a young Copland unlocks inspiration from English poetry while studying in Paris. The Mobius strip illusion gets its musical mark through a whimsical work by American composer Jonathan Bailey Holland.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
Mozart + Bach
Explore the multigenerational link between musical masterminds and hear how the brilliance of J.S. Bach inspired his son and fellow composer J.C. Bach, who later inspired a budding student the young prodigy Mozart. Former Artistic Leader and Concertmaster of the Netherlands Bach Society Shunske Sato makes his NWS debut leading and performing alongside NWS Fellows in this special program that culminates with Mozart's joy-filled "Jupiter" Symphony.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
