Love can be beautiful, transformative… and painful. The Elsewhere Ensemble has put together a lyrical and soulful program containing moments of joy and heartbreak. The viola, often considered the “heart” of the string section, will be at the center of the program. We are thrilled to be joined once again by our wonderful soprano Camille Ortiz (who will be making her Seattle Opera debut next season to star as Pamina in Mozart’s The Magic Flute). The program will include the soaring and tragic music of Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet… a brand new work for viola called “The Scarlet Bride” …. as well Lehár’s beautiful, waltzing “Vilia” from The Merry Widow. More than a concert, we hope this will be an unforgettable celebration of love, music, poetry and friendship … and the idea that, as the poet Robert Frost says, “Earth’s the right place for love.”
with the music of
Sergei Prokofiev, Manuel De Falla, Franz Lehàr, Richard Rodgers, Leonard Bernstein, Colin Pip Dixon
And the poetry of
Robert Frost, William Shakespeare, Deborah Narin Wells, Jalaluddin Rumi, Pablo Neruda, C.S. Lewis, May Sarton
Featuring
Camille Ortiz, Soprano
Hung-Yun Chu, Piano
Camille Ortiz, Soprano
Colin Pip Dixon, violin
Kathryn Brunhaver, cello
MacIntyre Dixon, actor
The Elsewhere Ensemble 