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Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 3PM Dolan Performance Hall, College of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station FESTIVAL OPENING CONCERT featuring the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey Monday, August 16, 2010 at Noon The popular organ lunchtime recital series at Grace Episcopal Church returns with New Jersey’s finest organists exploring Baroque music on the instrument many of the Baroque composers themselves played: the organ! Lunch will be available for purchase after each recital. Free Admission Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at noon Organ Recital at Grace Episcopal Church, Madison, NJ Free Admission Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at noon Organ Recital at Grace Episcopal Church, Madison, NJ Free Admission Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 7:30PM "Ottavia's Lament: harbinger of the Enlightenment" - presentation with readings
by Jabez Van Cleef Free Admission Thursday,August 19, 2010 at noon Organ Recital at Grace Episcopal Church, Madison, NJ Free Admission Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 7:30PM "Cakes and Ale" The zany denizens of London’s most notorious pub return on Thursday August 19 at Playwrights Theatre in the 4th tale written by Jewel Seehaus-Fisher, award winning New Jersey playwright. Cakes and Ale: A Night in Hades features the return of Brian Jamieson, John Lamb, Don Sheasley, Anthony Bevilacqua, Nancy Connell, E. Michael Markwis and Laine Sutton as the loveable pub patrons. Playwrights Theatre, 33 Green Village Road, Madison, New Jersey.
Friday,August 20, 2010 at noon Organ Recital at Grace Episcopal Church, Madison, NJ Free Admission Friday, August 20, 2010 at 7:30PM Grace Episcopal Church, Madison, New Jersey Musicians of the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey and special guest artists in the intimate surroundings of Grace Church for two evenings of the intimate and expressive chamber music of the 17th and 18th centuries. The music of Monteverdi, Purcell, Bach, Handel and others can be heard in the intimate surroundings for which it was created. The Saturday concert will feature a special presentation in the intimate space of Grace Church of Henry Purcell's rarely performed gem "The Indian Queen" in collaboration with the The Williamsburg Opera.
...reserve tickets now for 8/21/2010 Sunday, August 22, 2010 from 1:30-2:30PM Dolan Performance Hall, College of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station SYMPOSIUM: Dr. Robert W. Butts, BONJ Conductor and Festival Director, will lead a scholarly discussion of Monteverdi and the development of the modern opera. Dr. Jude Pfister will also discuss the relationship of the opera’s depiction of the characters to those of historical reality. Free Admission Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 3PM Dolan Performance Hall, College of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station Monteverdi L’Incoronazione di Poppea The main event of the 2010 Summer Festival of Baroque Music will be a semi-staged performance at Dolan Performance Hall, The College of Saint Elizabeth, of the first ever operatic masterpiece: Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea. Based on the historical seduction of Roman Emperor Nero by Poppea, Monteverdi’s opera presents the conflict of strong personalities in the throes of passionate ambitions and desires in unforgettable melodies with sizzling emotionality. Among the many outstanding vocalists bringing the tale to life for the summer production will be Kevin Peters, Marjorie Berg, Daniel Schuetz, Karole Lewis, Alexandria Shammas, Denise Mihalik and John Lamb. Don’t miss the rare opportunity to experience the opera that set the standard for opera in the past four centuries. |
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