Overtones: Spring 2016
Overtones is the semi-annual magazine of the Curtis Institute of Music. In this issue, we look back on student life at Curtis over the past 90 years, follow the preparation of Luciano Berio’s kaleidoscopic "Sinfonia," and more.
Overtones is the semi-annual magazine of the Curtis Institute of Music. In this issue, we look back on student life at Curtis over the past 90 years, follow the preparation of Luciano Berio’s kaleidoscopic "Sinfonia," and more.
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Fall 2015 at Curtis<br />
The Curtis Opera Theatre opened the 2015–16 performance<br />
season with a concert production of Puccini’s immortal tale<br />
of young love, La bohème (above right), with bohemians<br />
DOĞUKAN KURAN, ASHLEY ROBILLARD, KIRSTEN MacKINNON, JEAN-MICHEL<br />
RICHER, TYLER ZIMMERMAN, and JOHNATHAN McCULLOUGH. The<br />
November opera production set Massenet’s Manon in a postapocalyptic<br />
netherworld (at left). Featured were ASHLEY MILANESE<br />
in the title role and ROY HAGE as the Chevalier des Grieux.<br />
PHOTOS: KARLI CADEL, CORY WEAVER<br />
In October Philadelphia Orchestra music director and Curtis<br />
mentor conductor YANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN (below right) led the<br />
Curtis Symphony Orchestra in Debussy’s sweeping La Mer<br />
and Prokofiev’s monumental Symphony No. 5. Mezzo-soprano<br />
LAUREN EBERWEIN joined the orchestra for Ravel’s Shéhérazade<br />
(below left), with conducting fellow CONNER GRAY COVINGTON<br />
on the podium in his Curtis debut; and conducting fellow<br />
EDWARD POLL led Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Wind Instruments.<br />
PHOTOS: DAVID DEBALKO<br />
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More Online<br />
Watch and listen to musical highlights at www.curtis.edu/Multimedia
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