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Iris

First Preview: Jul 14, 2016
Opening Date: Jul 22, 2016
Closing Date: Jul 31, 2016
Running Time: 02:20
Iris
http://fishercenter.bard.edu/calendar/event.php?eid=130401
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Richard B. Fisher PAC
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000
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Composed by Puccini’s friend Pietro Mascagni (perhaps best known for his beloved Cavalleria rusticana), Iris debuted in Rome in 1898, ushering in a wave of fin-de-siècle exotic opera.

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.

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. 

Composed by Pietro Mascagni
Libretto by Luigi Illica
American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Directed by James Darrah

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Friday     July 22 @ 7:30 pm
Sunday     July 24 @ 2 pm
Wednesday  July 27 @ 2 pm
Friday     July 29 @ 7:30 pm
Sunday     July 31 @ 2 pm
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Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 16
Audience Advisory: Performed in Italian with English supertitles.

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