Vanessa | E Pluribus Unum: From Many, One
Due to illness, tenor Pavel Černoch and baritone Thomas Hampson have unfortunately withdrawn from these performances of Samuel Barber’s Vanessa. We are greatly appreciative of Ganson Salmon and Patrick Carfizzi, who will perform the roles of Anatol and The Doctor, respectively, at extremely short notice.
Jennifer Holloway
Vanessa | E Pluribus Unum: From Many, One
- +Pre-concert Talk
The Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser Concert
Composed by Samuel Barber
Libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti
Presented under license from G, Schirmer, Inc., copyright owners
Andris Nelsons leads some of the most acclaimed stars of opera today in performances of Samuel Barber’s Vanessa, a work considered by many the greatest American opera. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1958, Vanessa premiered at the Metropolitan Opera that year. Barber wrote the opera on a libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti; they aimed for a cosmopolitan, nostalgic work on lost love and the consequences of self-delusion. Barber’s romantic lyricism is ever-present in this powerfully affecting work, a centerpiece of this season’s E Pluribus Unum: From Many, One focus.
Presented in collaboration with the Boston Lyric Opera
Sung in English with supertitles
Composed by Samuel Barber
Libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti
Presented under license from G, Schirmer, Inc., copyright owners
Andris Nelsons leads some of the most acclaimed stars of opera today in performances of Samuel Barber’s Vanessa, a work considered by many the greatest American opera. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1958, Vanessa premiered at the Metropolitan Opera that year. Barber wrote the opera on a libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti; they aimed for a cosmopolitan, nostalgic work on lost love and the consequences of self-delusion. Barber’s romantic lyricism is ever-present in this powerfully affecting work, a centerpiece of this season’s E Pluribus Unum: From Many, One focus.
Presented in collaboration with the Boston Lyric Opera
Sung in English with supertitles
Thu, Jan 8
Pre-concert Talk by Carolyn Abbate
Pre-concert Talk by Carolyn Abbate
Concert Start
Concert Start
Supported by
E Pluribus Unum: From Many, One events are generously supported by:
Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
With additional support from:
Ann Merrifield and Wayne Davis
Clark and Susana Bernard
The production of Vanessa is generously supported in part by the Mattina R. Proctor Foundation
This week's performances by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus are supported by the Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky Fund for Voice and Chorus.
Supported by
Saturday evening’s concert is generously supported by the Gregory E. Bulger Foundation / Gregory Bulger and Richard Dix.
E Pluribus Unum: From Many, One events are generously supported by:
Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
With additional support from:
Ann Merrifield and Wayne Davis
Clark and Susana Bernard
The production of Vanessa is generously supported in part by the Mattina R. Proctor Foundation.
This week's performances by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus are supported by the Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky Fund for Voice and Chorus.
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