ZOOpera

NSO Music Discovery I Lecture Concerts III

ZOOpera


2018-05-05 Sat 14:30Recital Hall400Buy
Grace Lin, soprano & lecturer
Jo-Pei Weng, mezzo-soprano
Julian Lo, bass
Vera Hui-Pin Hsu, piano

MAURICE RAVEL: Selections from L'Enfant et les Sortilèges
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU: Selections from Platée
LEOŠ JANÁČEK: Selections from The Cunning Little Vixen
IGOR STRAVINSKY: Selections from Le Rossignol
WILLIAM WALTON: Selections from The Bear

In the world of opera, singers often play a variety of roles - goddesses, heroes, nobles, civilians – and they must sing and act to interpret the performance. However, the composers challenge singers more than this, not only to be GOD, but also DOG sometimes. In the history of Western opera, there has been too many examples of human voice to interpret voices, gestures and mental statuses of animals. In this concert, we will introduce these special works, so that everyone can see how singers play these friends to humans.