JASA Lectures
John Jay College
445 West 59th Street, (3rd Floor), NYC
Sunday, February 22, 10:00 am -12:00 Noon
Tchaikovsky's, Iolanta, 10:00 am -11:00 am
Bartok's, Bluebeard's Castle, 11:00 am -12:00 Noon
Study Day Tchaikovsky's "Iolanta" & Bartok's "Bluebeard's Castle"-Met Opera Guild-January 24
Study Day Metropolitan Opera Guild
Samuel B. & David Rose Building, Sixth Floor
70 Lincoln Center Plaza
Saturday, January 24, Morning & Afternoon:
Tchaikovsky's, Iolanta, 11:00 am-12:30 pm
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Met Opera Guild Box Office, 212-769-7028
Bartok's, Bluebeard's Castle, 2:00-3:30 pm
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Tribute - Mezzo Soprano Elena Obraztsova
Through my various work projects with Maestro
Francesco Siciliani-former Head of Italian Radio & Television, the Festivale di Sacra Umbra in Perugia, and also Milan’s opera house, Teatro alla Scala-I
remember a comment that Mo. Siciliani’emphatically made to me that I and Mezzo Soprano Elena
Obraztsova should meet and sing Verdi together.
I did meet Elena at some point later, and, true to Siciliani’s prediction, we hit it off like
two compatible souls. She was her own person, artist and singer, and she set her
own precedent. This, God knows, is surely my devout credo as well! Happily, life has a way of serving us people
who
are harmonious in goal orientation and zest, Maestro Siciliani no exception, and these people
gratefully
coax our spirits to mambo and tango! And so it was with Elena Obraztsova, who has left an indelible thumbprint on all she pursued and touched through the arts. She was a great value to the world in her lifetime, personally and artistically, and will continue to thrive in memory
