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Cincinnati Opera offers a lesson in The Seven Deadly Sins
BY RICK PENDER
Opera in the summer is still a ways off, but now's the time to start getting better informed about the Cincinnati Opera's June-July season. On Tuesday you can listen as KIM KOWALKE, president of the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, discusses the composer and his opera, THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS, to be presented on June 26 and 28. The free OPERA RAP will be at Covington's Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption. Speaking of the opera, if you think you have what it takes to be a part of the 2003 Summer Festival Chorus, you should schedule an audition on Saturday or Sunday by calling Jared Doren at 513-744-3220. You'll need to prepare an aria in Italian and one in another language of your choice; an accompanist will be provided. Auditions are at Xavier University. ... If summer's too far off for your next opera fix, UC's College-Conservatory of Music is producing a seldom-seen piece from the 17th century on Jan. 17-18: Henry Purcell's DIDO AND AENEAS. It's a tragic tale of abandoned love from Virgil's Aeneid, a doomed affair between the Queen of Carthage and the guy who started the Roman Empire. This one's in Patricia Corbett Theater. Tickets: 513-556-4183 ... Let's give the CINCINNATI SYMPHONY some credit for reaching out to the community: Their Open Doors Series is a set of concerts that celebrate diversity by showcasing brilliant minority artists. On Saturday (8 p.m.) and Sunday (3 p.m.), WILLIAM EDDINS pulls double-duty when he conducts the program and performs as piano soloist for Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in its 1924 version, written for a 23-piece orchestra, including three saxophones. Eddins, 38, who is African American, is the first Resident Conductor of the Chicago Symphony in its 112-year history. In 2000 he received the Seaver/NEA Conducting Award, bestowed on exceptionally gifted young American conductors. An hour before each concert, ticket holders are invited to a "Classical Conversation" featuring Dr. Spencer Crew, CEO of the Underground Railroad Freedom Center. PAAVO JÅRVI, the CSO's music director, will conduct the next week's concerts which features pianist RADU LUPU in Schumann's Piano Concerto in A Minor plus a performance of Mahler's Tragic Symphony, a work of considerable power and unbridled emotion. You have three chances to hear the program at Cincinnati Music Hall: Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m. (with free eats beforehand and a pleasantly casual atmosphere), in addition to 8 p.m. programs on Jan. 17 and 18. CSO tickets: 513-381-3300.
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(December 26, 2002)
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(December 5, 2002)
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