Boston-Area Member Organization Performances

Boston Baroque
Les Indes Galantes
Music by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Libretto by Louis Fuzelier
May 6 and 7, 2011
Introduction at 6:30 by Laura Prichard
Sung in French with English supertitles
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA 02115

L'amour. Le plaisir. La belle musique. See Rameau's brilliant but rarely heard opera Les Indes Galantes in an American period-instrument premiere! With daring harmonies and remarkable orchestral color, Rameau depicts tales of love from four "exotic" cultures: Le Turc généreux, Les Incas du Pérou, Les Fleurs (set in Persia) and Les Sauvages d'Amerique. This ambitious production continues Boston Baroque's exploration of the evocative, often spectacular, repertoire of the French Baroque.

Featuring Amanda Forsythe and Nathalie Paulin, sopranos; Aaron Sheehan and Daniel Auchinloss, tenors; Sumner Thompson and Nathaniel Watson, baritones. Semi-staged by director Sam Helfrich, with newly commissioned choreography by Marjorie Folkman (former Mark Morris principal). Martin Pearlman, music director.

Opera Conference 2011 attendees receive 15% off their tickets for both performances. To purchase tickets use code OAR. Order online at www.bostonbaroque.org/tickets.individual.php or call us at 617-484-9200, ext. 1, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays. Online offer expires Thursday, May 5, but please call us if you are in town at the last minute!

Boston Baroque's opera productions — more than 35 so far, from Monteverdi to Mozart — have been called "as close to operatic perfection as one can get" by OperaOnline.us. For more information, visit www.bostonbaroque.org.

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Additional Performances

Boston Metro Opera
2011 Contemporary AmericanaFestival
May 6 and 7, 2011
Hope Central Church
85-87 Seaverns Avenue, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

The Big Bonanza
Music by Monica Houghton
Libretto by Jon Christensen
May 13 and 14, 2011
Hope Central Church
85-87 Seaverns Avenue, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Guerilla Opera
Heart of a Dog
By Rudolf Rojahn
May 7 and 10, 2011
Studio 401 – Fourth Floor
Boston Conservatory Theater Building
31 Hemenway Street, Boston, MA
Please note: The audience will be standing and walking throughout the theater for the duration of the show (approximately 35 minutes). No audience seats will be available. Strobe lights will be used.

Juventas New Music Ensemble
Light and Power
May 19 - 22, 2011
Cambridge Family YMCA Theater
820 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139

Musica Nuova
Sibling Rivalry: Baroque on the Beach
May 7, 2011
Cambridge Friends Meetinghouse
5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA 02138