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By Rex Hearn a.m. Dr. Robert Watson will tantalize in “Affairs of him. Bad witches appear and plan to separate the lovers
Happy New Year! The State”: an irreverent history of presidential mistresses by destroying Carthage. Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and
wonderful people at The and misbehavior! Fascinating! Cupid all get involved. The upshot is that Aeneas chooses
Kravis Center have a jam Now celebrating 60 years of grand opera, our own Jupiter’s offer, God of Thunder, then goes off to found
packed selection to choose very special Palm Beach Opera present Bizet’s Carmen Rome! Dido is left to die, grief stricken.
from. Space won’t allow for on Friday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Jan. 29 One would have liked to see the singers on a raised
all their goodies, 30 or more at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 30 at 2 p.m. Conducted platform. The crowd scenes got lost, buried by audience
to be listed here. So here are a by Antonello Allemande, directed by Garnett Bruce, heads blocking our views, no matter, most soloists came
few I recommend. Support the the soloists are: Carmen, American mezzo from the front and center to sing. Director Drew Minter fleshed
Arts and check for protocols so Metropolitan Opera, J’nai Bridges. Rihab Chaieb, mezzo, out this work using other music by Purcell, vis á vis: a
as not to be disappointed. sings the role on Jan. 29 along with Don Jose, Ukrainian prologue for Carthage’s court singers at the start; more
tenor Migran Agadzhanyan. Jonathan Burton essays the happy music to emphasize joy and merriment for Dido
Kravis Center, West Palm role Jan. 29, sung in French with English supertitles. and her beau; a song for Aeneas, What shall I do?’ at the

Beach Remember proof of vaccination is needed and one must end of Act 2.
wear a mask. Contact the box office at (561) 833-7888.
And there was mournful music at the end of the opera
from two of Purcell’s many church anthems made for all
Renee Fleming, that great American soprano diva Palm Beach Opera’s Dido And to sing. We are grateful to Minter for augmenting this
gives a recital on Jan. 2 at 8 p.m. in Dreyfoos Hall. short work mostly remembered for just two songs. The
“Summer” the Donna Summer musical goes up Jan. 5 Aeneas chorus, Come away fellow sailors and Dido’s lament,
to 9. On Monday, Jan. 10 at 7:30 p.m. the Palm Beach When I am laid in earth. Nahum Tate’s libretto leaves
Symphony takes the stage. Gerard Schwarz conducts Youth at the helm! What better way to anticipate the much to be desired. Steven Sondheim he was not.
the superb pianist Yefim Bronfman in Rachmaninoff’s celebrations of Palm Beach Opera’s 60 years than by Conductor Gregory Ritchey led a small orchestra with
Piano Concerto No. 3. Also on the program is Kikimora using its excellent Benenson Young Artists: 12 young a delicate touch. With his back to the singers, they had
by Liadov and Shostakovich’s bone rattling masterpiece, professional singers preparing to launch successful to listen for their music cues; an early lesson in their
his Symphony No. 5. careers in opera, in one of the best run training programs training. I was once present when opera impresario and
On Tuesday, Jan. 11 two young artists, in the Classical that helps those who stick with it end up on the cusp of doyen of Twentieth Century opera, Boris Goldovsky told
Series: Gabriel Martins, cello and Geneva Lewis, violin, greatness. They sang Purcell’s short opera, Dido and a soprano, rehearsing a Mozart quartet, not to look at him
give a recital at 7:30 p.m. in the Rinker Playhouse. On the Aeneas on Dec. 11, in the open air, on the lawn of the for her cue, but listen for it in the music! Mezzo Megan
same night in Dreyfoos Hall at 8 p.m., there’s a tribute to Norton Museum, not a microphone in sight, a real test Callahan sang a delicious Dido. Christopher Humbert Jr.
Tina Turner. Comedian Jay Leno appears on Wednesday, for young voices who learned to “throw” their God given was a believable Aeneas making the most of his lovely
Jan. 12 at 8 p.m. in the big hall. On Friday, Jan. 14 at 7:30 instruments into the night air. These young singers will baritone voice. Soprano Avery Boettcher was a stand out
p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 15 at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., Billy look back on this event with pride; some may even sing as Belinda, the Queen’s assistant, with a compelling rich
Stritch and Gabrielle Stravelli celebrate the greatness of at the 100th anniversary of Palm Beach Opera. sounding voice. Mezzo Meridian Prall was a Sorceress.
crooners Mel Torme and the late beloved Ella Fitzgerald, Henry Purcell, at 9 years of age, began his musical Soprano Alexandra Razskazoff was Second Woman.
princess of “scat.” Another comedian, a prickly one career as a cathedral choir boy rising to the post of Soprano Maria Vasilevskaya was convincing as the
at that, the very bright, no nonsense, Bill Maher will organist at Westminster Abbey, London, at 20. Well wicked First Witch. Mezzo Megan Graves was scary
entertain you on Saturday, Jan. 15 at 8 p.m. The Detroit placed, he was sought out to write incidental music to 40 as the Second Witch. Soprano Marissa Moultrie was a
Symphony Orchestra under conductor Jader Bignamini plays, vaudevilles, and anthems for use in church services. blythe Spirit, Tenor Steven Ricks was a passable sailor.
visits on Monday, Jan. 17 for Regional Arts Classical He served three English monarchs in his short life, I would have liked to see more dancing from him and
Concert Series at 8 p.m. Program: Dvorak Cello Concerto dying at 36. Male life expectancy then was 37! Many his companion – a sailor’s hornpipe perhaps to an added
in B minor with Alisa Weilerstein, soloist, Banner is of his works survive to this day, 300 years later. But Purcell jig. And tenor Bergsvein Toverud, a Court Singer,
next by Jessie Montgomery. Brahms’ resounding 2nd his operas were few; Dido and Aeneas was his first of sounded very good indeed.
Symphony ends it. only five. Among the great composers of the Baroque In the new year, we’ll be hearing these young artists
On Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. the Kravis Center Pops period, he was very famous in England in his lifetime. at Palm Beach Opera, getting good experience in a major
Orchestra Big Band appears with Michael Feinstein The legendary Gods of Greece and Rome feature in most American opera house. Look for them in Carmen, Jan.
conducting and singing. Now for some theatre! The early Baroque operas. Dido and Aeneas is no exception. 28 to 30; at The Gala, Feb. 7; in The Elixer of Love, Feb.
Aquila Troupe presents Shakespeare’s Macbeth in the Dido, Queen of Carthage, has fallen in love with a visitor 25 to 27 and The Merry Widow, March 25 to 27. You can
Rinker Playhouse on Friday, Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m. and to her realm, Aeneas. Her subjects want her to marry reach the box office at: (561) 833-7888.
Saturday, Jan. 22 at 1:30 p.m. Another great visiting
orchestra flies in from Ohio, The Cleveland Orchestra,
conducted by their distinguished leader Franz Welser-
Most, part of the Regional Arts Classical Concert Series
on Sunday, Jan. 23 at 3 p.m. Just two symphonies grace
their program, Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 Linz and
Tchaikovsky’s magnificent Symphony No. 4.
An unusual talk takes place in the Gimelstob Ballroom
of the Cohen Pavilion on Jan. 24, a Monday, at 11:30

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