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Joachim Schamberger, director; Benjamin Manis, conductor

With Mozart’s memorable melodies and Lorenzo Da Ponte’s comedic libretto, Così fan tutte has become an enduring audience favorite. In this present-day setting of the classic tale, Ferrando and Guglielmo agree to a wager with reality show producer Don Alfonso, who is confident he can prove that their fiancées, Dorabella and Fiordiligi, are fickle. The two young men pretend to have been called off to war, then visit their betrotheds in disguise—and thus begins the test of the women’s fidelity. Performed in Italian with English supertitles.  

 

 

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Joachim Schamberger, director; Benjamin Manis, conductor; Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra 

With Mozart’s memorable melodies and Lorenzo Da Ponte’s comedic libretto, Così fan tutte has become an enduring audience favorite. In this present-day setting of the classic tale, Ferrando and Guglielmo agree to a wager with reality show producer Don Alfonso, who is confident he can prove that their fiancées, Dorabella and Fiordiligi, are fickle. The two young men pretend to have been called off to war, then visit their betrotheds in disguise—and thus begins the test of the women’s fidelity. Performed in Italian with English supertitles.  

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Joachim Schamberger, director; Benjamin Manis, conductor; Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra 

With Mozart’s memorable melodies and Lorenzo Da Ponte’s comedic libretto, Così fan tutte has become an enduring audience favorite. In this present-day setting of the classic tale, Ferrando and Guglielmo agree to a wager with reality show producer Don Alfonso, who is confident he can prove that their fiancées, Dorabella and Fiordiligi, are fickle. The two young men pretend to have been called off to war, then visit their betrotheds in disguise—and thus begins the test of the women’s fidelity. Performed in Italian with English supertitles.  

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Joachim Schamberger, director; Benjamin Manis, conductor; Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra 

With Mozart’s memorable melodies and Lorenzo Da Ponte’s comedic libretto, Così fan tutte has become an enduring audience favorite. In this present-day setting of the classic tale, Ferrando and Guglielmo agree to a wager with reality show producer Don Alfonso, who is confident he can prove that their fiancées, Dorabella and Fiordiligi, are fickle. The two young men pretend to have been called off to war, then visit their betrotheds in disguise—and thus begins the test of the women’s fidelity. Performed in Italian with English supertitles.

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Joachim Schamberger, director; Benjamin Manis, conductor; Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra 

With Mozart’s memorable melodies and Lorenzo Da Ponte’s comedic libretto, Così fan tutte has become an enduring audience favorite. In this present-day setting of the classic tale, Ferrando and Guglielmo agree to a wager with reality show producer Don Alfonso, who is confident he can prove that their fiancées, Dorabella and Fiordiligi, are fickle. The two young men pretend to have been called off to war, then visit their betrotheds in disguise—and thus begins the test of the women’s fidelity. Performed in Italian with English supertitles.  

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‘Hänsel und Gretel’ among winter opera and vocal offerings

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Northwestern University Opera Theater's production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Hänsel und Gretel” will delight audiences of all ages.

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Joachim Schamberger, director; Patrick Furrer, conductor; Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra

Premiered in 1893, Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel is based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Sent into the forest in search of strawberries to feed their hungry family, Hänsel and Gretel discover a gingerbread house inhabited by a wicked witch with an appetite for children. The siblings must rely on their wits, each other, and the benevolent beings watching over the forest in order to escape her clutches. With its charming folk music-inspired melodies and colorful storytelling, Humperdinck’s adaptation of the classic tale is sure to delight all ages. 

Performed in German with English supertitles.
Run time: Approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission.

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Joachim Schamberger, director; Patrick Furrer, conductor; Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra 

Premiered in 1893, Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel is based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Sent into the forest in search of strawberries to feed their hungry family, Hänsel and Gretel discover a gingerbread house inhabited by a wicked witch with an appetite for children. The siblings must rely on their wits, each other, and the benevolent beings watching over the forest in order to escape her clutches. With its charming folk music-inspired melodies and colorful storytelling, Humperdinck’s adaptation of the classic tale is sure to delight all ages.

Performed in German with English supertitles. 
Run time: Approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission.

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Joachim Schamberger, director; Patrick Furrer, conductor; Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra 

Premiered in 1893, Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel is based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Sent into the forest in search of strawberries to feed their hungry family, Hänsel and Gretel discover a gingerbread house inhabited by a wicked witch with an appetite for children. The siblings must rely on their wits, each other, and the benevolent beings watching over the forest in order to escape her clutches. With its charming folk music-inspired melodies and colorful storytelling, Humperdinck’s adaptation of the classic tale is sure to delight all ages.

Performed in German with English supertitles. 
Run time: Approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission.

View Program Book

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https://ci.ovationtix.com/36542/performance/11389661

Joachim Schamberger, director; Patrick Furrer, conductor; Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra 

Premiered in 1893, Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel is based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Sent into the forest in search of strawberries to feed their hungry family, Hänsel and Gretel discover a gingerbread house inhabited by a wicked witch with an appetite for children. The siblings must rely on their wits, each other, and the benevolent beings watching over the forest in order to escape her clutches. With its charming folk music-inspired melodies and colorful storytelling, Humperdinck’s adaptation of the classic tale is sure to delight all ages.

Performed in German with English supertitles. 
Run time: Approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission.

View Program Book

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https://ci.ovationtix.com/36542/performance/11389663

Joachim Schamberger, director; Patrick Furrer, conductor; Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra 

Premiered in 1893, Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel is based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Sent into the forest in search of strawberries to feed their hungry family, Hänsel and Gretel discover a gingerbread house inhabited by a wicked witch with an appetite for children. The siblings must rely on their wits, each other, and the benevolent beings watching over the forest in order to escape her clutches. With its charming folk music-inspired melodies and colorful storytelling, Humperdinck’s adaptation of the classic tale is sure to delight all ages.

Performed in German with English supertitles. 
Run time: Approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission.

View Program Book

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‘The Emperor of Atlantis’ gets a modern update

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A new staging of a classic opera and a master class lead by Grammy Award-winning American soprano Christine Brewer are among the highlights of the fall voice and opera season at the Bienen School of Music. 

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/10/opera-emperor-of-atlantis-gets-an…

Looking Back at 10 Years of the Institute for New Music

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Hans Thomalla, director of the Institute for New Music, reflects on the first 10 years of the institute's impact on the Bienen School of Music and greater Northwestern communities.

‘The Magic Flute’ among Bienen School winter opera and voice offerings

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A master class with one of America’s most sought-after young countertenors and an operatic fairy tale by Mozart are highlights of the Bienen School's winter voice and opera season.

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/01/the-magic-flute-is-among-bienen-s…

Bienen School presents the Midwest premiere of ‘In a Grove’

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Northwestern University Opera Theater will present the regional premiere of composer Christopher Cerrone and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann’s opera “In a Grove,” Nov. 17 to 20. 

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2022/11/bienen-school-presents-the-midwes…

Bienen School presents Puccini’s “La bohème”

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The Bienen School of Music will bring Giacomo Puccini’s “La bohème” to the stage May 26 through 29 at Cahn Auditorium. 

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2022/05/bienen-school-presents-puccinis-l…

Bienen School presents Midwest premiere of Jake Heggie opera Feb. 24-27

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American composer Jake Heggie’s Faustian opera “If I Were You” will make its Midwest debut in Northwestern University Opera Theater’s Feb. 24-27 production at Cahn Auditorium.

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2022/02/bienen-school-presents-midwest-pr…

Northwestern Opera Theater launches ‘Orfeo remote’ mini-series

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The pandemic could not stop Northwestern University Opera Theater from proceeding with plans for a fully realized production of Claudio Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo.”

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2020/12/northwestern-opera-theater-launch…

Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo Goes Remote To Meet The Times

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When COVID-19 restrictions were imposed in mid-March, Hanna Bingham thought her dreams of performing violin in the Bienen School’s planned production of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo were over. But in a matter of days, the two faculty members leading the production decided L’Orfeo would go on, if in a very different form.

https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/web-articles/monteverdis-lorfeo-goes-remote-t…

Orfeo Goes Remote

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When the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of the Bienen School’s spring opera production, director of opera Joachim Schamberger reconceived Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo as an online project —an experimental opera film, Orfeo Remote.

Bienen School Represented at NATS Virtual Conference

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Bienen School voice and opera faculty, students, and alumni played important roles in the National Association of Teachers of Singing’s 2020 National Virtual Conference in June.

Behind the Screens: 'Orfeo Remote' Artist Interviews

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Joachim Schamberger, Stephen Alltop, Kandise Le Blanc and Nicholas Lin share their various perspectives and insights on Orfeo Remote

A Lot from Little

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In its Chicago-area premiere, David T. Little's "Dog Days" gave Bienen School students an inside look at composing and mounting a contemporary opera.

Students, Faculty Staying Together While Kept Apart

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Bienen faculty and students are embracing remote instruction: “Now is the time for us to respond with creativity and courage to a challenging situation.”

https://classicalvoiceamerica.org/2020/04/07/students-faculty-staying-together-…

Bienen School presents Strauss’ sparkling musical cocktail ‘Die Fledermaus’

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The Bienen School of Music presents Johann Strauss’ high-spirited operetta of frivolity, festivities and a practical joke gone awry, “Die Fledermaus,” from Feb. 27 to March 1 in Cahn Auditorium.

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2020/01/bienen-school-presents-strauss-sp…

Bienen School presents Chicago-area premiere of David T. Little's Dog Days

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The Northwestern Opera Theater and Institute for New Music production runs November 21 to 24.

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2019/10/bienen-school-presents-chicago-ar…

Institute for New Music announces 2019-2020 season

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The Institute for New Music at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music will present the Chicago premiere of David T. Little’s powerful contemporary opera “Dog Days,” Nov. 21 to 24 at the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts. Bookending the Institute’s season is NUNC! 4, Northwestern’s biennial conference and festival of new music April 24 to 26, 2020.

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2019/08/bienen-schools-institute-for-new-…

Bienen School presents Berlioz’s ‘Béatrice et Bénédict’

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The Bienen School of Music will present Berlioz’s “Béatrice et Bénédict” -- based on Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” -- from May 23-26

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2019/05/bienen-school-presents-berliozs-b…

Bienen School presents Stravinsky’s ‘The Rake’s Progress’

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Equal parts tragedy and farce, Igor Stravinsky’s opera “The Rake’s Progress” follows the moral decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, who exchanges a simple life with sweetheart Anne Truelove for the worldly pleasures of London in the company of the devious Nick Shadow.

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2019/02/bienen-school-presents-stravinsky…

Schamberger Brings Modern Themes to Opera Stage

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Northwestern University Opera Theater’s most recent season demonstrated the breadth of human emotion under the creative leadership of Joachim Schamberger, Bienen School director of opera.

2018-19 opera season and vocal master classes announced

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Under Joachim Schamberger’s direction, the 2018-19 opera lineup will include Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw” and Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress,” with a third production to be announced for May 2019.

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2018/september/2018-19-opera-season-and-v…

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Joachim Schamberger, director; Taichi Fukumura, conductor; Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra

With a libretto by Myfanwy Piper based on the Henry James novel of the same title, Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw was commissioned by the Venice Biennale and premiered in 1954. A young governess arrives at an English country house to care for two children; she is advised by their guardian never to write to him about the children, never to inquire about the history of the house, and never to abandon the children. Experience Britten’s haunting chamber opera in the intimate Ryan Opera Theater.

NOTE: This production includes indirect references to abuse that may be triggering to some audience members.

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Joachim Schamberger, director; Taichi Fukumura, conductor; Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra

With a libretto by Myfanwy Piper based on the Henry James novel of the same title, Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw was commissioned by the Venice Biennale and premiered in 1954. A young governess arrives at an English country house to care for two children; she is advised by their guardian never to write to him about the children, never to inquire about the history of the house, and never to abandon the children. Experience Britten’s haunting chamber opera in the intimate Ryan Opera Theater.

NOTE: This production includes indirect references to abuse that may be triggering to some audience members.

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With a libretto by Myfanwy Piper based on the Henry James novel of the same title, Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw was commissioned by the Venice Biennale and premiered in 1954. A young governess arrives at an English country house to care for two children; she is advised by their guardian never to write to him about the children, never to inquire about the history of the house, and never to abandon the children. Experience Britten’s haunting chamber opera in the intimate Ryan Opera Theater.

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With a libretto by Myfanwy Piper based on the Henry James novel of the same title, Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw was commissioned by the Venice Biennale and premiered in 1954. A young governess arrives at an English country house to care for two children; she is advised by their guardian never to write to him about the children, never to inquire about the history of the house, and never to abandon the children. Experience Britten’s haunting chamber opera in the intimate Ryan Opera Theater.

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With a libretto by Myfanwy Piper based on the Henry James novel of the same title, Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw was commissioned by the Venice Biennale and premiered in 1954. A young governess arrives at an English country house to care for two children; she is advised by their guardian never to write to him about the children, never to inquire about the history of the house, and never to abandon the children. Experience Britten’s haunting chamber opera in the intimate Ryan Opera Theater.

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Handel festival and opera highlight spring season at Bienen School of Music

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George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759) is the focus of the biennial Evelyn Dunbar Early Music Festival, hosted by Northwestern University’s Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music, May 17 to 20 on the Evanston campus. The 2017/2018 Robert M. and Maya L. Tichio Vocal Master Class Series concludes with baritone Dwayne Croft on May 2 at 7 p.m. in Galvin Recital Hall.

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2018/april/handel-festival-and-opera-high…

Schamberger uses modern technology to modernize Mozart’s Don Giovanni

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Joachim Schamberger's production of Don Giovanni at Northwestern University uses modern technology with themes of sexual assault and consent, including the #metoo movement.

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/02/15/ae/joachim-schamberger-uses-modern-tec…

Bienen School stages ‘Don Giovanni’

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Northwestern Opera will present ‘Don Giovanni’ for the social media age and spotlight a rare Handel opera.

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2018/february/bienen-school-stages-don-gi…
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2017-18 opera season and vocal master classes announced

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The Bienen School announces the inaugural season for its new Artist-in-Residence and Director of Opera Joachim Schamberger.

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2017/october/2017-18-opera-season-and-voc…