For the first time ever, Shepherd School Chamber Players will join our annual Opera Scenes program, which will explore how contemporary works can breathe fresh life into this dramatic art form. A centerpiece of the scenes will be the World Premiere of Karim Al-Zand’s A Joint Interest (Shepherd School of Music 50th Anniversary Commission), conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Directed by Aleko Endowed Artist Paul Curran, Shepherd opera students will also perform scenes from contemporary American operas, accompanied by piano.
Free, tickets required
About Karim Al-Zand's 50th Anniversary Commission
“A Joint Interest” is a comic scene for three singers and chamber ensemble after an O. Henry short story titled Makes the Whole World Kin. It’s a tale of late-night insomnia, cat burglary and the aches and pains that bind us all.
Artists
Sponsored By
Partial funding for Karim Al-Zand’s “A Joint Interest” from Rice University Office of Research
