Lincoln Center (Venue Partner)
70 Lincoln Center Plaza
212.875.5000
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John Adams
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Thursday Aug 13, 2009 (7:30pm)
Friday Aug 14, 2009 (7:30pm)
Sunday Aug 16, 2009 (5pm)
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- Price
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$40, 50, 60, 75
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John Adams: A Flowering Tree
Adams' A Flowering Tree recounts the touching story of a young woman who magically morphs into a tree, undergoing myriad transformations, to help her poor family and eventually find true love. Legendary director Peter Sellars, a longtime Adams collaborator, lends his talent to this marvelous theatrical creation, which is operatic in scale with a focused musical intensity. The libretto is based on a southern Indian folktale, drawing inspiration from Mozart's famed and final opera The Magic Flute.
John Adams, composer and conductor
Peter Sellars, director
John Adams and Peter Sellars, libretto
George Tsypin, set design
Gabriel Berry, costume design
James F. Ingalls, lighting design
Mark Grey, sound design
Jessica Rivera, soprano
Russell Thomas, tenor
Rusini Sidi, Eko Supriyanto, and Astri Kusama Wardani, dancers and choreographers
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Schola Cantorum de Venezuela
María Guinand, artistic director
Pre-concert discussion on August 14 at 6:15 with John Adams, Peter Sellars, and Ara Guzelimian in the Irene Diamond Education Center
Post-concert discussion on August 16 with María Guinand, Peter Sellars, and Ara Guzelimian
Music commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New Crowned Hope, Barbican Centre, San Francisco Symphony, and the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Co-produced by New Crowned Hope and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
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