CONTACT: Karen Herlitz, Director of Marketing

karen@rockportmusic.org

Phone: 978-546-7391, Ext. 110

DATE: July 15, 2015

Rockport Music’s 2015-16 Fall-Winter Announcement

CLASSICAL Saturday, October 24, 8 PM

David Deveau, piano Pre-Concert Talk with Andrew Shryock, 7 PM

The Rockport Chamber Music Festival’s artistic director will perform works of

Liszt, Brahms and the piano arrangement of Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll which are

all part of his new CD scheduled to be released this fall on the Steinway label.

Tickets: $58, $48, $39

Saturday, November 14, 8 PM

Elias Quartet In 2015, the Quartet embarks on a groundbreaking project—to perform and

record the complete string quartets of Beethoven. Diploma in a Day, 2-7:30

PM ($99, includes dinner)

PROGRAM

All-Beethoven

String Quartet Op. 18, No. 1 in F major

String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 “Third Razumovsky”

String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132

Tickets: $39, $35, $25

Sunday, January 24, 3 PM

Vadym Kholodenko, piano Winner of the coveted gold medal at the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2013 Tickets: $39, $35, $25

Friday, February 26, 8 PM

Jasper String Quartet Pre-Concert Talk, 7 PM

Winner of the 2012 Cleveland Quartet Award and the 2008 Plowman Chamber Music Competition

HAYDN: Quartet in G major, Op. 76, No. 1

SHOSTAKOVICH: Quartet in C minor, No. 8

Intermission

DEBUSSY: Quartet in G minor, Op. 11

Tickets: $34, $28, $19

Sunday, March 20, 3 PM

Juilliard Quartet Pre-Concert Talk with Bayla Keyes, 2 pm

PROGRAM

MOZART: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465 “Dissonance”

RICHARD WERNICK: New work (2015)

DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

Tickets: $68, $58, $49

JAZZ, FOLK, WORLD & POP

Friday, September 4, 8 PM

Della Mae Tickets: $28, $22, $15

Friday, September 11, 8 PM

Saturday, September 12, 8 PM

Judy Collins Opening Act: Marina Evans

Tickets: $93, $83, $55

Wednesday, September 23, 8 PM

Joan Armatrading Tickets: $98, $88, $60

Friday, October 9, 8 PM

Marshall Crenshaw Tickets: $39, $35, $25

Thursday, October 22, 8 PM

Renaissance Tickets: $46, $38, $28

Tuesday, November 3, 8 PM

Visions from Cape Breton and Beyond: A Celtic Family Celebration

By Natalie MacMaster Tickets: $93, $85, $55, $40

Sunday, November 8, 5 PM

Capitol Steps Tickets: $78, $65, $55

Friday, November 13, 8 PM

Acoustic Alchemy

Tickets: $49, $39, $27

Friday, November 20, 8 PM

Keep Me in Your Heart for a While: The Best of Madeleine Peyroux

Tickets: $78, $65, $45

Sunday, November 22, 5 PM

Jimmy Webb & Karla Bonoff Tickets: $61, $51, $41

Saturday, December 5, 3 & 8 PM

Cape Ann Big Band Tickets: $34, $28, $19

Tuesday, December 15, 4:30 & 8 PM

WGBH Presents

A Christmas Celtic Sojourn By Brian O’Donovan Tickets: $68, $58, $49

Sunday, December 20, 3 & 7 PM

The Manhattan Transfer Tickets: $85, $75, $55

Thursday, March 3, 8 PM

Danú

Tickets: $46, $38, $28

Saturday, April 9, 8 PM

Hot Club of San Francisco: Postcards from Gypsy Land

Tickets: $46, $38, $28

SPECIAL LIVE OPERA EVENT Sunday, February 14, 2 PM

La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi

Presented by the Boston Conservatory Opera

Live presentation with staging and chamber orchestra

Tickets: $25, $20

HD BROADCASTS METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD 2015-16

On Sale Dates:

Met Members: Friday, July 17 | General Public: Friday, July 24

Individual Tickets: $32, $29, $20 | Subscription (10% discount): $288, $261, $180

Saturday, October 3, 12:55 PM

VERDI: Il Trovatore

Conductor: Marco Armiliato | Production: Sir David McVicar | Set Designer: Charles Edwards

Cast: Anna Netrebko (Leonora), Dolora Zajick (Azucena), Yonghoon Lee (Manrico), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (di Luna), Štefan

Kocán (Ferrando)

Tickets: $32, $29, $20

Saturday, October 17, 12:55 PM

*VERDI: Otello

Pre-Opera Talk, 12 PM NEW PRODUCTION

Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin | Production: Bartlett Sher | Set Designer: Es Devlin

Cast: Aleksandrs Antonenko (Otello), Sonya Yoncheva (Desdemona), Dimitri Pittas (Cassio), Željko Lučić (Iago), Günther

Gröissbock (Lodovico)

Tickets: $32, $29, $20

Saturday, October 31, 12 PM

WAGNER: Tannhäuser

FIRST TIME IN HD

Conductor: James Levine | Production: Otto Schenk | Set Designer: Günther

Schneider-Siemssen | Cast: Johan Botha (Tannhäuser), Eva-Maria Westbroek

(Elisabeth), Michelle DeYoung (Venus), Peter Mattei (Wolfram), Günther Groissböck

(Landgraf Hermann)

Tickets: $32, $29, $20

Saturday, November 21, 12:30 PM

*BERG: Lulu

NEW PRODUCTION / FIRST TIME IN HD

Pre-Opera Talk, 12 PM Conductor: James Levine | Production: William Kentridge | Co-Director: Luc De Wit

Cast: Marlis Petersen (Lulu), Susan Graham (Countess Geschwitz), Daniel Brenna (Alwa), Paul Groves (Painter/Negro),

Johan Reuter (Dr. Schön/Jack the Ripper), Franz Grundheber (Schigolch)

Tickets: $32, $29, $20

Saturday, January 16, 12:55 PM

BIZET: Les Pêcheurs de Perles NEW PRODUCTION / FIRST TIME IN HD

Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda | Production: Penny Woolcock | Set Designer: Dick

Bird | Cast: Diana Damrau (Leïla), Matthew Polenzani (Nadir), Mariusz Kwiecien

(Zurga), Nicolas Testé (Nourabad)

Tickets: $32, $29, $20

Saturday, January 30, 12:55 PM

*PUCCINI: Turandot

Conductor: Paolo Carignani | Production: Franco Zeffirelli | Set Designer: Franco Zeffirelli | Cast: Nina Stemme

(Turandot), Anita Hartig (Liù), Marco Berti (Calàf), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Timur)

Tickets: $32, $29, $20

Saturday, March 5, 12:55 PM

PUCCINI: Manon Lescaut NEW PRODUCTION

Conductor: Fabio Luisi | Production: Sir Richard Eyre

Cast: Kristine Opolais (Manon Lescaut), Jonas Kaufmann (Des Grieux), Massimo Cavalletti

(Lescaut), Brindley Sherratt (Geronte)

Tickets: $32, $29, $20

Saturday, April 2, 12:55 PM

PUCCINI: *Madama Butterfly

Conductor: Karel Mark Chichon | Production: Anthony Minghella

Cast: Kristine Opolais (Cio-Cio-San), Maria Zifchak (Suzuki), Roberto Alagna (Pinkerton),

Dwayne Croft (Sharpless)

Tickets: $32, $29, $20

Saturday, April 16, 12:55 PM

DONIZETTI: Roberto Devereux

*MET PREMIERE/FIRST TIME IN HD

Conductor: Maurizio Benini | Production: Sir David McVicar

Cast: Sondra Radvanovsky (Elisabetta), Elīna Garanča (Sara), Matthew Polenzani

(Roberto Devereux), Mariusz Kwiecien (Duke of Nottingham)

Tickets: $32, $29, $20

Saturday, April 30, 12:55 PM

*STRAUSS: Elektra

*NEW PRODUCTION/FIRST TIME IN HD

Pre-Opera Talk, 12 PM Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen | Production: Patrice Chéreau

Cast: Nina Stemme (Elektra), Adrianne Pieczonka (Chrysothemis), Waltraud Meier (Klytämnestra), Burkhard Ulrich

(Aegisth), Eric Owens (Orest)

Tickets: $32, $29, $20

METROPOLITAN OPERA ENCORE PRESENTATION Sunday, December 13, 12:55 PM

The Magic Flute The groundbreaking broadcast that launched the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series to movie theaters in 2006, The

Magic Flute enchanted opera lovers from around the world and is presented in a shortened English-language version.

Under the baton of Maestro James Levine, a winning ensemble cast – including Nathan Gunn, Ying Huang, Matthew

Polenzani, Erika Miklosa, and René Pape – brings fresh life to Mozart's timeless fairy tale. Tickets: $25, $20, $15

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE IN HD Tuesday, October 6, 7 PM

The Beaux Stratagem

Simon Godwin (Man and Superman) directs George Farquhar's wild comedy of love and cash. Tickets: $22 Adults/ $15 Students & Seniors/ $5 Youth

Thursday, October 15, 7 PM

Hamlet

Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein at the National

Theatre) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and

produced by Sonia Friedman Productions. Tickets: $22 Adults/ $15 Students & Seniors/ $5 Youth

Tuesday, December 8, 7 PM Jane Eyre Tickets: $22 Adults/ $15 Students & Seniors/ $5 Youth

Thursday, February 25, 7 PM

As You Like It

Shakespeare’s glorious comedy of love and change comes to the National Theatre for the first time in over 30 years, with Rosalie Craig (London Road, Macbeth at MIF) as Rosalind. Tickets: $22 Adults/ $15 Students & Seniors/ $5 Youth

Introducing

BOLSHOI BALLET IN HD Individual Tickets: $22 Adults/ $15 Students & Seniors/ $5 Youth

Subscriptions: $130.90

Tuesday, October 13, 7 PM

Giselle (Live October 11, 2015)

Music: Adolphe Adam | Choreography: Yuri Grigorivich

Tuesday, November 17, 7 PM

Jewels (recorded 2014)

Music: Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Choreography: George Balanchine

Sunday, December 6, 12:55 PM

Lady of the Camellias (Live same day)

Music: Frédéric Chopin | Choreography: John Neumeier

Friday, December 18, 7 PM

Nutcracker (recorded 2014)

Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich

Sunday, January 31, 12:55 PM

Taming of the Shrew (Live January 24)

Music: Dmitri Shostakovich | Choreography: Jean-Christophe Maillot

Tuesday, March 15, 7 PM

Spartacus (recorded 2013)

Music: Aram Kachaturian | Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich

Sunday, April 10, 12:55 PM

Don Quixote (Live same day)

Music: Leon Minkus | Choreography: Alexei Fadeyechev (after Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky)

CINEMA Thursday, September 10, 7 PM

Film Premiere: Darkness and Light: A Human Conversation with 11 Wounded Veterans By Thi Wernau

Rockport’s very own, Thi Linh Wernau, presents the New England premiere of her documentary film, Darkness and Light. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit wounded veterans and the Semper Fi Fund. Ticket prices: $15

Saturday, September 26, 8 PM

Sunday, September 27, 2 & 7 PM

Monday, September 28, 7 PM

Manhattan Short Film Festival The Manhattan Short Film Festival is a unique experience, extending beyond its headquarters in New York City by inviting participating venues worldwide to screen entries and allow audience voting to determine the winner. The festival takes place in 250 cities across 6 continents and includes screening venues in all 50 states of the United States, the first film festival ever to do so. Tickets: $9.75/ $7 Students & Seniors

COMMUNITY CONCERTS Wednesday, September 16, 7 PM

Concert & Lecture: Russian Icons and Music

Lyra Vocal Ensemble and Dennis Sardello

Free, no tickets required.

Saturday, December 19, 7 PM

Community Sing-Along

with Triton Brass and Rockport High School Madrigal Singers

Free, no tickets required.

Wednesday, March 2, 7:30 PM

Ezekial’s Wheels

Tickets: $15

Thursday, May 12, 7 PM

Choro das 3

Free, no tickets required.

Saturday, May 14, 3 PM

Boston Children’s Chorus

Tickets: $15

ADULT EDUCATION COURSES Opera 102

This series will be led by Dr. Elizabeth Seitz and is a part-lecture, part performance with performances provided by

Boston Conservatory opera students.

Wednesday, October 7, 7:30 PM

Wednesday, October 21, 7:30 PM

Wednesday, October 28, 7:30 PM

Wednesday, November 4, 7:30 PM

Individual Tickets: $25 | Subscription to all 4 Opera Classes: $90 (10% discount)

Subscription for Met Subscribers: $80 (20% discount)

Additional dates will be set in late winter/early spring. Details will be announced in the near future.

Saturday, November 14, 2-7:30 PM

Diploma in a Day (prior to Elias Quartet)

Enjoy engaging workshops led by Dr. Elizabeth Seitz, Dr. Jan Swafford and members of the Elias Quartet on Beethoven and his works being performed that evening. Activities provide participants the opportunity to learn and discuss the composer and his music from multiple aspects. Tickets: $99 (includes dinner)

TICKET ON-SALE DATES Concerts, Films, HD (all events except Met Opera): July 27

Metropolitan Opera in HD: Met Members, July 17 | General Public, July 24

Rockport Music concerts are held at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, MA. Subscriptions of 4 or more

concerts receive 10% discount and exchange privileges. For tickets or more information, please visit our website at

www.rockportmusic.org or call the Box Office at 978.546.7391. Rockport Music is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and

is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Website: rockportmusic.org | Box Office: 978.546.7391