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An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98, Schumann’s Liederkries, Op. 39, and Beethoven’s Aus Goethes Faust, Op. 75, No. 3. Register and view here until April 18. 8 pm ET: Tippet Rise Art Center presents Spring Festival. For the first day of Tippet Rise’s Spring Festival, two films have been captured at the DiMenna Center. The first features violinist Katie Hyun founding member of the Amphion String Quartet performing Vytautas Barkauskas’s Partita for violin solo. For the second film, Tippet Rise’s Artistic Advisor Pedja Mužijevic performs in a program titled Is It Real (A Loving Homage to Surrealism), which includes music and spoken word by Satie, Schwitters, and Antheil. At 7:30 pm ET there will be a “backstage” gathering via Zoom, giving artists the opportunity to discuss their performances, followed by the release of the films. View here. ....
Live@NationalSawdust: Kyle Abraham, A.I.M, and Jlin (Toulmin Creator) Choreographer and MacArthur Fellow Kyle Abraham and pioneering producer Jlin have come together to create a new commission exploring death, folklore, and reincarnation through a reimagining of Mozart’s Requiem in D minor. While Abraham’s work is typically performed in proscenium, for FERUS he has reconceptualized an excerpt from an evening length work, exploring abstracted movement for the digital landscape. The duet features Keerati Jinakunwiphat and Jae Neal from A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, costumed by highly noted designer Giles Deacon with musical excerpts by producer Jlin. Choreography created in collaboration with A.I.M. dancers Keerati Jinakunwiphat and Jae Neal. A short live discussion with the artists, moderated by National Sawdust’s Elena Park, followed the screening. ....
From the start, even the Victor Hugo play that Rigoletto is based on, Le roi s’amuse, was banned by the censors after its first performance. When Verdi adapted the play into an Italian opera, he changed Hugo’s immoral, womanizing French King into an imaginary 16th century Duke from an extinct family line in order to make it “acceptable.” This time-honored tale of seduction and bitter revenge is boldly imagined in this new production by Minnesota Opera. The disfigured jester Rigoletto must do everything in his power to protect his innocent daughter from the lecherous Duke of Mantua before she falls into his clutches. ....