Wednesday, December 19, 2018
MOZART’S DIE GARTNERIN AUS LIEBE (“THE PRETEND GARDEN-GIRL”)
A fully-staged production of the 18-year-old composer’s lighthearted opera
Friday & Saturday, January 11 & 12 at 7:30PM in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall
Princeton University students will perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s lighthearted early opera Die Gartnerin aus Liebe (“The Pretend Garden-Girl”), K. 196 in a FREE, fully staged production in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall on Friday & Saturday, January
11-12, 2019 at 7:30PM. These performances are the culmination of a semester of preparation of the Singspiel version of the composer’s La finta giardiniera by R & L Berger (1917) in the course MUS214: Opera Workshop. Sung in German with English dialogue, the production offers a modern setting of the comic tale, as directed by Princeton University Performance Faculty member David Kellet. Ruth Ochs conducts the Princeton University Sinfonia, and Sarah Pelletier has provided vocal coaching.
THE CAST: Neel Nagarajan ‘21, Sergei Tugarinov ‘19, Allison Spann ‘20, Kateryn McReynolds ‘20, Caroline Zhao ‘19, Siyang Liu ‘21, Harry Fosbinder-Elkins ‘20, Sam Duffey
‘19, Jonathan Makepeace ‘20, Ryan Melosini ‘19, Megan Ormsbee ‘20, and Gabriel Crouch.
TICKETS: FREE tickets are required. They are currently available online at music.princeton.edu. Free tickets can also be obtained through University Ticketing at 609-258-9220 (currently closed for the holiday break), or at the door.
LISTING INFORMATION
MOZART’S DIE GARTNERIN AUS LIEBE (“THE PRETEND GARDEN-GIRL”)
WHEN: Saturday & Sunday, January 11-12, 2019 at 7:30PM
WHAT: A fully staged version of Mozart’s opera performed by Princeton University students
WHERE: Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, Princeton University
TICKETS FREE tickets are required. They are currently available online at music.princeton.edu.
: Free tickets can also be obtained through University Ticketing at 609-258-9220 (currently closed for the holiday break), or at the door.
