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Don Giovanni / Prague Summer Nights
Classical Movements is pleased to announce the "Prague Summer Nights Young Artists Music Festival" featuring 4 fully-staged productions of Mozart's Don Giovanni under the stage direction of legendary American baritone, Sherrill Milnes. The Estates Theatre was featured in scenes from Amadeus and is the only remaining venue where Mozart conducted.
The 30 day Young Artist Festival with 100 students features multiple concerts, productions and travel, all arranged by Classical Movements, Inc. Nearly 500 singers and instrumentalists auditioned to be considered for the Prague Summer Nights Festival from all over the world and finally 45 singers and 55 musicians were selected along with leading faculty from all over the world including from the most important musical institutions in Berlin, London, New York, Boston, and Prague.
“I am so happy to return to the beautiful city of Prague where I was the first American to play Don Giovanni at the original Estates Theater where Mozart himself premiered it. It is exciting to be back after 20 years, this time in my Stage director debut for Don Giovanni as part of the Prague Summer Nights, Young Artists Program. I look forward to working with these brilliant young artists over the next 30 days and putting on these 4 productions of Don Giovanni with famous sets and costumes from the Estates Theater.” says Milnes.
“Classical Movements has created an extraordinary program and we believe that no other summer musical training offers young artists so many different opportunities to perform in such magnificent venues; both for opera singers and instrumentalists. We were fortunate to get such high caliber applications and to attract such superior faculty, especially the legendary Sherrill Milnes. The four Don Giovanni performances will use the sets and costumes from the famous 2002 production by the Czech National Theatre and will take place in the Estates Theatre, where the opera was premiered by Mozart himself in 1787,” says Neeta Helms, president of Classical Movements Inc.
The young students will also have additional programs at the Prague Proms Festival in Smetena Hall, in the Antonin Dvorak Museum, and in Historic jazz clubs and churches of Prague. The festival highlights include a grand Opera Gala in the Estates Theatre, a performance of Mozart and Duruflé with the Anchorage Concert Chorus in Smetana Hall, a production of Suor Angelica in St. Simon and Jude church, where Haydn and Mozart performed, a performance by the orchestra at Smetana Hall, chamber music and song recitals in the salon of the Antonin Dvorák Museum in Prague, and a cabaret in one of Prague’s famous jazz clubs.
Sherrill Milnes is universally acclaimed as the foremost operatic baritone of his generation. With his powerful voice and commanding stage presence he sang over 650 performances at the Met, where he was honored with sixteen new productions, seven opening nights, and ten national telecasts. Mr. Milnes is the winner of three Grammy Awards, and is the most recorded American singer of his time. In 2008 he received the Opera News Award for Distinguished Achievement. Driven by his dedication to make the vocal arts vibrant, vital and entertaining in today’s world, Mr. Milnes continues to give master classes, judge competitions, and mentor new generations of singers. With his wife, Maria Zouves, he co-founded and runs the Sherrill Milnes VOICE Programs: VOICExperience Foundation and the Savannah VOICE Festival provide training for aspiring young artists while fostering new audiences for the arts. Opera Performances (see attached for other performances of the Prague Summer Nights) Opera Gala : Music by Puccini, Strauss, and Mozart Thursday, July 2
Stavovské Divadlo (Prague Estates Theatre) Conductor: John Nardolillo and James Burton Special Guests Sherrill Milnes, Maria Zouves, James Burton Singers and Orchestra of the Prague Summer Nights Festival
“An evening of opera's greatest hits, soaring melodies, rousing choruses and heartbreaking duets, arias and ensembles. Featuring the young artists from Prague Summer Nights Music Festival, and musicians and emerging artists from around the world. The orchestra and singers will be led by Maestro John Nardolillo, with a special guest appearance by Opera Legend Baritone Sherrill Milnes, Maria Zouves and James Burton. The evening will feature over 30 different best lover arias by the stars of tomorrow accompanied by a full orchestra. The Estates Theatre is globally unique as the one and only preserved and still functional venue where a world premiere of a Mozart opera took place with the composer himself conducting. The world premiere of Don Giovanni on 29 October 1787 was a tremendous success and from Prague the new opera set out on its journey to global acclaim and admiration.
www.narodni-divadlo.cz/en/programme?f=2015-07-01&s=estates-theatre
www.bohemiaticket.cz/2833-don-giovanni/17283
www.colosseumticket.cz/cz/
Mozart’s Don Giovanni: Singers and Orchestra of the Prague Summer Nights Festival Stavovské Divadlo (Prague Estates Theatre)
Friday, July 3 – 7:00 PM Saturday, July 4 – 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM Sunday, July 5 – 7:00 PM
Stage Director: Sherrill Milnes and Maria Zouves Conductor: John Nardolillo Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte Musical preparation: : John Nardolillo, Sherrill Milnes, Maria Zouves, Scott Rednour, JoAnn Kulesza, Justina Lee Sets: Josef Svoboda Costumes: Theodor Pištek Producer: Classical Movements, Inc
Zerlina, Carina DiGianfilippo and Mary Catherine Wright
Donna Anna, Stephanie Kruskol and Jennifer Lindsay
Donna Elvira, Brittany Cary and Cherise Lukow
Don Giovanni, Marcelo Ferreira and Taeeun Moon
Leporello, Isaac Droscha and Christopher Kenney
Masetto, John Holland
Ottavio, Michael Bernal and Josue Hernandez
Commendatore, Donald Gallenstein
The Prague Summer Nights Young Artists Music Festival features a fully-staged production of Mozart's Don Giovanni under the stage direction of legendary American baritone, Sherrill Milnes and under the music directorship of John Nardolillo. Festival participants are from the United States, England, Germany, Korea, Canada, China, Mexico, Argentina, Russia, Croatia and the Czech Republic, and are from top music conservatories and universities such as the Juilliard School, the Manhattan School of Music, Indiana University, the University of Southern California, the Peabody Conservatory, the Eastman School of Music, the University of Kentucky, the University of Michigan, the New England Conservatory, Northwestern University, the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in London, and schools in Germany and Austria. The set and costumes which we are being offered are those from the 2006 production, itself inspired by the legendary production of 1969. They are the work of two legendary Czech opera and theater directors; Theodor Píštek, the costume designer, is of course most famous for having designed the costumes for Amadeus and for Prague’s Castle Guard following the election of Vaclav Havel in 1989. The set design, is inspired by the architectural elements of the Estates Theatre’s auditorium and lets the stage boxes continue as the main component of sets further into the stage, it emphasizes the precious fact that we are right at the very same site as the world premiere of this “opera of operas” 228 years ago.
The opera Don Giovanni, the Estates Theatre and the long-standing Mozart tradition are among the greatest glories of Prague’s rich cultural history. The Estates Theatre is globally unique as the one and only preserved and still functional venue where a world premiere of a Mozart opera took place with the composer himself conducting. The world premiere of Don Giovanni on 29 October 1787 was a tremendous success and from Prague the new opera set out on its journey to global acclaim and admiration.
The opera is staged in the Italian original version. The duration is 3 hours 5 minutes with one intermission.
www.narodni-divadlo.cz/en/programme?f=2015-07-01&s=estates-theatre
www.bohemiaticket.cz/2833-don-giovanni/17283
www.colosseumticket.cz/cz/
About Classical Movements, Inc.
Classical Movements is one of the world’s leading concert planning and music management companies. Clients include some of the world’s finest orchestras and choruses around the world. In its 22 years, Classical Movements has worked in over 140 countries on six continents. The company also commissions new music through their Eric Daniel Helms New Music Program, supporting orchestra and choral clients as well as composers and owns an international choral series, and four annual international music festivals in Europe, South America, Africa and North America. A winner of the prestigious BCA10 award: Best Businesses Partnering with the Arts in America given by Americans for the Arts, Classical Movements strives to spread global understanding and unity through the universal language of music. The company has been the first to venture in many parts of the world by taking on many historic projects with prominent clients. In May 2015 it is the company that made all the arrangements for the Minnesota Orchestra to make its landmark tour to Cuba which generated worldwide press.
For additional information contact: Press@classicalmovements.com and Ellie@classicalmovements.com USA 1-703 683 6040
The 30 day Young Artist Festival with 100 students features multiple concerts, productions and travel, all arranged by Classical Movements, Inc. Nearly 500 singers and instrumentalists auditioned to be considered for the Prague Summer Nights Festival from all over the world and finally 45 singers and 55 musicians were selected along with leading faculty from all over the world including from the most important musical institutions in Berlin, London, New York, Boston, and Prague.
“I am so happy to return to the beautiful city of Prague where I was the first American to play Don Giovanni at the original Estates Theater where Mozart himself premiered it. It is exciting to be back after 20 years, this time in my Stage director debut for Don Giovanni as part of the Prague Summer Nights, Young Artists Program. I look forward to working with these brilliant young artists over the next 30 days and putting on these 4 productions of Don Giovanni with famous sets and costumes from the Estates Theater.” says Milnes.
“Classical Movements has created an extraordinary program and we believe that no other summer musical training offers young artists so many different opportunities to perform in such magnificent venues; both for opera singers and instrumentalists. We were fortunate to get such high caliber applications and to attract such superior faculty, especially the legendary Sherrill Milnes. The four Don Giovanni performances will use the sets and costumes from the famous 2002 production by the Czech National Theatre and will take place in the Estates Theatre, where the opera was premiered by Mozart himself in 1787,” says Neeta Helms, president of Classical Movements Inc.
The young students will also have additional programs at the Prague Proms Festival in Smetena Hall, in the Antonin Dvorak Museum, and in Historic jazz clubs and churches of Prague. The festival highlights include a grand Opera Gala in the Estates Theatre, a performance of Mozart and Duruflé with the Anchorage Concert Chorus in Smetana Hall, a production of Suor Angelica in St. Simon and Jude church, where Haydn and Mozart performed, a performance by the orchestra at Smetana Hall, chamber music and song recitals in the salon of the Antonin Dvorák Museum in Prague, and a cabaret in one of Prague’s famous jazz clubs.
Sherrill Milnes is universally acclaimed as the foremost operatic baritone of his generation. With his powerful voice and commanding stage presence he sang over 650 performances at the Met, where he was honored with sixteen new productions, seven opening nights, and ten national telecasts. Mr. Milnes is the winner of three Grammy Awards, and is the most recorded American singer of his time. In 2008 he received the Opera News Award for Distinguished Achievement. Driven by his dedication to make the vocal arts vibrant, vital and entertaining in today’s world, Mr. Milnes continues to give master classes, judge competitions, and mentor new generations of singers. With his wife, Maria Zouves, he co-founded and runs the Sherrill Milnes VOICE Programs: VOICExperience Foundation and the Savannah VOICE Festival provide training for aspiring young artists while fostering new audiences for the arts. Opera Performances (see attached for other performances of the Prague Summer Nights) Opera Gala : Music by Puccini, Strauss, and Mozart Thursday, July 2
Stavovské Divadlo (Prague Estates Theatre) Conductor: John Nardolillo and James Burton Special Guests Sherrill Milnes, Maria Zouves, James Burton Singers and Orchestra of the Prague Summer Nights Festival
“An evening of opera's greatest hits, soaring melodies, rousing choruses and heartbreaking duets, arias and ensembles. Featuring the young artists from Prague Summer Nights Music Festival, and musicians and emerging artists from around the world. The orchestra and singers will be led by Maestro John Nardolillo, with a special guest appearance by Opera Legend Baritone Sherrill Milnes, Maria Zouves and James Burton. The evening will feature over 30 different best lover arias by the stars of tomorrow accompanied by a full orchestra. The Estates Theatre is globally unique as the one and only preserved and still functional venue where a world premiere of a Mozart opera took place with the composer himself conducting. The world premiere of Don Giovanni on 29 October 1787 was a tremendous success and from Prague the new opera set out on its journey to global acclaim and admiration.
www.narodni-divadlo.cz/en/programme?f=2015-07-01&s=estates-theatre
www.bohemiaticket.cz/2833-don-giovanni/17283
www.colosseumticket.cz/cz/
Mozart’s Don Giovanni: Singers and Orchestra of the Prague Summer Nights Festival Stavovské Divadlo (Prague Estates Theatre)
Friday, July 3 – 7:00 PM Saturday, July 4 – 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM Sunday, July 5 – 7:00 PM
Stage Director: Sherrill Milnes and Maria Zouves Conductor: John Nardolillo Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte Musical preparation: : John Nardolillo, Sherrill Milnes, Maria Zouves, Scott Rednour, JoAnn Kulesza, Justina Lee Sets: Josef Svoboda Costumes: Theodor Pištek Producer: Classical Movements, Inc
Zerlina, Carina DiGianfilippo and Mary Catherine Wright
Donna Anna, Stephanie Kruskol and Jennifer Lindsay
Donna Elvira, Brittany Cary and Cherise Lukow
Don Giovanni, Marcelo Ferreira and Taeeun Moon
Leporello, Isaac Droscha and Christopher Kenney
Masetto, John Holland
Ottavio, Michael Bernal and Josue Hernandez
Commendatore, Donald Gallenstein
The Prague Summer Nights Young Artists Music Festival features a fully-staged production of Mozart's Don Giovanni under the stage direction of legendary American baritone, Sherrill Milnes and under the music directorship of John Nardolillo. Festival participants are from the United States, England, Germany, Korea, Canada, China, Mexico, Argentina, Russia, Croatia and the Czech Republic, and are from top music conservatories and universities such as the Juilliard School, the Manhattan School of Music, Indiana University, the University of Southern California, the Peabody Conservatory, the Eastman School of Music, the University of Kentucky, the University of Michigan, the New England Conservatory, Northwestern University, the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in London, and schools in Germany and Austria. The set and costumes which we are being offered are those from the 2006 production, itself inspired by the legendary production of 1969. They are the work of two legendary Czech opera and theater directors; Theodor Píštek, the costume designer, is of course most famous for having designed the costumes for Amadeus and for Prague’s Castle Guard following the election of Vaclav Havel in 1989. The set design, is inspired by the architectural elements of the Estates Theatre’s auditorium and lets the stage boxes continue as the main component of sets further into the stage, it emphasizes the precious fact that we are right at the very same site as the world premiere of this “opera of operas” 228 years ago.
The opera Don Giovanni, the Estates Theatre and the long-standing Mozart tradition are among the greatest glories of Prague’s rich cultural history. The Estates Theatre is globally unique as the one and only preserved and still functional venue where a world premiere of a Mozart opera took place with the composer himself conducting. The world premiere of Don Giovanni on 29 October 1787 was a tremendous success and from Prague the new opera set out on its journey to global acclaim and admiration.
The opera is staged in the Italian original version. The duration is 3 hours 5 minutes with one intermission.
www.narodni-divadlo.cz/en/programme?f=2015-07-01&s=estates-theatre
www.bohemiaticket.cz/2833-don-giovanni/17283
www.colosseumticket.cz/cz/
About Classical Movements, Inc.
Classical Movements is one of the world’s leading concert planning and music management companies. Clients include some of the world’s finest orchestras and choruses around the world. In its 22 years, Classical Movements has worked in over 140 countries on six continents. The company also commissions new music through their Eric Daniel Helms New Music Program, supporting orchestra and choral clients as well as composers and owns an international choral series, and four annual international music festivals in Europe, South America, Africa and North America. A winner of the prestigious BCA10 award: Best Businesses Partnering with the Arts in America given by Americans for the Arts, Classical Movements strives to spread global understanding and unity through the universal language of music. The company has been the first to venture in many parts of the world by taking on many historic projects with prominent clients. In May 2015 it is the company that made all the arrangements for the Minnesota Orchestra to make its landmark tour to Cuba which generated worldwide press.
For additional information contact: Press@classicalmovements.com and Ellie@classicalmovements.com USA 1-703 683 6040
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