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Bard SummerScape presents Iris, July 22 - 31, 2016. Composed by Pietro Mascagni, with libretto by Luigi Illica. American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director. Directed by James Darrah.
The stellar cast is headlined by Grammy-nominated soprano Talise Trevigne, lauded for her “deep melting sound” (New York Times) as the vulnerable Iris. Austrian Australian tenor Gerard Schneider sings the role of the fickle Osaka, and bass-baritone Douglas Williams portrays the villainous Kyoto.
Mascagni’s dreamlike score provides the backdrop for Luigi Illica’s haunting libretto recounting the tragic story of Iris, an innocent young girl tricked into abandoning her elderly blind father and lured to a brothel in Tokyo’s notorious red-light district.
Bard SummerScape presents Iris, July 22 - 31, 2016. Composed by Pietro Mascagni, with libretto by Luigi Illica. American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director. Directed by James Darrah.
The stellar cast is headlined by Grammy-nominated soprano Talise Trevigne, lauded for her “deep melting sound” (New York Times) as the vulnerable Iris. Austrian Australian tenor Gerard Schneider sings the role of the fickle Osaka, and bass-baritone Douglas Williams portrays the villainous Kyoto.
Mascagni’s dreamlike score provides the backdrop for Luigi Illica’s haunting libretto recounting the tragic story of Iris, an innocent young girl tricked into abandoning her elderly blind father and lured to a brothel in Tokyo’s notorious red-light district.
