Viardot: Cendrillon
Holst: Savitri
in concert

Friday, July 16, 8:00pm
FILENE CENTER

Magical pumpkins, mice transformed into horses, and a fairy godmother all come together in Pauline Viardot’s one-act Cendrillon, which stays true to Perrault’s familiar fairy tale. Originally written for an intimate salon setting, this concert performance will feature a chamber orchestra and is sure to charm audience members of all ages.

Sāvitri: A tale of life, death, and illusion, the first page of the score of Gustav Holst’s chamber opera provides instructions that it be performed “in the open air,” making it ideal for a performance at Wolf Trap. The story comes from the Mahabharata, a Sanskrit epic from ancient India. Holst uses haunting vocal lines to breathe life into the story where love overcomes even Death.

CAST
Cendrillon
Marie: Shannon Jennings
Maguelonne: Yunuet Laguna
Armelinde: Gretchen Krupp
Le Baron de Pictordu: Jonathan Bryan
Prince Charming: Christopher Bozeka
Count Barigoule: Joseph Leppek
La Fée: Alexandra Nowakowski

Sāvitri
Satyavān: Christopher Bozeka
Sāvitri: Leia Lensing
Death: Calvin Griffin

CREATIVE TEAM
Kelly Kuo, conductor
Amanda Consol, director