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SCHUMANN'S PARADISE
December 6-7, 2019 | Music Hall
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A fallen angel makes three sacred attempts at the gates of heaven.
Program
SCHUMANN: Paradise and the Peri
Artists
Paolo Bortolameolli, conductor
Miah Persson, soprano (Peri)
May Festival Chorus, Robert Porco, director
Venue
Music HallTicket Prices
$14-$130Concert Duration
About 2 hours, 10 minutes with intermissionSeries
This concert is part of Series 2
What's Interesting
- Schumann’s oratorio was an instant success and put his name on the international scene.
- The story follows a peri, a being of both celestial and earthly origins, who can only reenter heaven if she offers up something dearest to God.
- Schumann’s masterwork sets text from Lalla-Rookh, an ultra-Romantic collection of verse by Irish poet Thomas Moore.
May Festival Director of Choruses Robert Porco Talks Schumann's Paradise and the Peri
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What Critics Are Saying
On Paolo Bortolameolli: “An agile and energetic baton, but, more than that, a completely expressive one...”
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