DENÈVE AND ISABEL LEONARD
Saturday, January 20 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, January 21 at 2:00 PM
New World Center
Artistic Director Stéphane Denève returns to New World Symphony to share the stage with Isabel Leonard, the American mezzo-soprano hailed as “opera’s most in-demand singer.” (Town & Country)
New World Symphony brings to life the power and complexity of two captivating women: Schéhérazade and Salomé. Celebrated French animator Grégoire Pont decorates New World Center’s immersive sails with whimsical sketches and surtitles to accompany Roussel’s ballet-pantomime The Spider’s Feast.
Program
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)
Roussel: The Spider’s Feast
Ravel: Shéhérazade
Schmitt: Suite from La Tragédie de Salome