Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, James M. Barrie and William
Shakespeare make good company.
All will be represented on the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s 2014-15 Mainstage Series, comprising opera, musical theater and drama.
Beginning with the Bard, Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” will lead off the series Oct. 2-5 in Patricia Corbett Theater at CCM. To follow during the season will be “Peter Pan,” the musical based on J.M. Barrie’s play, and Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte.”
Details:
Subscriptions to CCM’s Mainstage Series are available in packages of three to six shows, ranging from $84-$180. Single tickets – available Sept. 2 – are $31-$35 (adults) and $20-$24 (students) for operas and musicals, and $27-$31 (adults) and $17-$20 (students) for dramas. Call (513) 556-4183. Parking may be pre-ordered with subscription orders.
In other news:
Violinist Benjamin Schmid will be soloist with the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 October 30
and Nov. 1 at Music Hall. The Viennese-born Schmid replaces previously announced
violinist Alina Ilmagrimova. The concert, to be led by guest conductor Andrey
Boreyko, will also include Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain” and the
Orchestral Suite No. 3 by Tchaikovsky. Tickets begin at $12, available at (513)
381-3300 and online at www.cincinnatisymphony.org
Auditions for Cincinnati’s Vocal
Arts Ensemble will be held from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
August 25 and from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. August 26 at Lakeside Presbyterian
Church, 2690 Dixie Highway, Lakeside Park, Kentucky. Recall auditions will be
August 27 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., also at Lakeside Presbyterian Church. Singers
should prepare two contrasting solo works, one in a language other than
English. Sight-reading skills and tonal memory will be evaluated also. An
accompanist will be provided. To schedule an audition, call (513) 744-3229, or
contact RWetzel@mayfestival.com