Masterworks IV – A Night at the Opera
March 5, 2016 8PM 7PM Pre-Concert Lecture
8PM Concert
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall at FSW
Conductor: Nir Kabaretti
Soloists: Jeanette Vecchione, soprano
Eugene Brancoveanu, bass/baritone
Special Guests: The Symphonic Chorale of Southwest Florida
Verdi: La Traviata
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Rossini: Overture to William Tell
Wagner: The Ride of the Valkyries
Love, murder, intrigue, passion, betrayal and more – opera has something for everyone! Two world-class vocalists and the orchestra will treat us to an evening of arias, duets and orchestral music from the world’s greatest operas.
Pops III – My Sinatra
Special Guest: Cary Hoffman
March 11 & 12, 2016
8PM
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall at FSW
Ol’ Blue Eyes…The Chairman of the Board…The Voice…The Sultan of Swoon – no matter by what name you know him, Frank Sinatra’s musical legacy is eternal. Nationally acclaimed actor, playwright and singer Cary Hoffman brings his one-man show “My Sinatra” to Southwest Florida for an evening of timeless classics from Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and Hollywood.
Small Stage Symphonies
A Soldier’s Tale
Conductor: Nir Kabaretti
Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-flat major, K. 261
Stravinsky: The Soldier’s Tale
Faith Presbyterian Church, Cape Coral, March 22, 2016, 7:30PM
Sidney & Berne Davis Arts Center, March 23, 2016, 8PM
BIG ARTS, Sanibel Island, March 24, 2016, 8PM
Maestro Kabaretti will open the program with Mozart’s beautiful and elegant Serenade No. 10 in B-flat major, K. 261, known as the “Gran Partita.” Scored only for woodwinds and horns, the Serenade has the same scope and depth as Mozart’s symphonies. The second half of the concert features Igor Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale. Would you trade an ordinary violin for a magic book? Or your soul for limitless wealth and power? And could you ever get them back? Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale provides a timeless lesson about the adage “Be careful what you wish for…” The Soldier’s Tale will be narrated by special guest Robert Van Winkle
