Spring Recital – Entre l’amour et la mort (between love and death)

Audrey Saint-Gil, music director and pianist

March 8–10, 2022


Just added to our season!

Enter the world of Hector Berlioz, the 19th century French Romantic composer and conductor. Enjoy selected excerpts from Benvenuto Cellini, Lelio, Béatrice et Bénédict, L’enfance du Christ, Les Troyens and more, with pianist Audrey Saint-Gil and several Resident Artists. Want to learn more about Berlioz? Check out this NPR interview with Berlioz expert David Cairns.

Presented in French with English supertitles

Performers:

  • Tuesday 3/8: Chelsea Laggan, Renée Richardson, Sahel Salam, Griffen Hogan Tracy
  • Thursday 3/10: Chelsea Laggan, Renée Richardson, Sahel Salam, Eric Delagrange

VACCINATION POLICY: AVA is joining performing arts organizations across the nation in requiring that our visitors and audience members provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination to attend all indoor public performances and events at AVA. Proof of negative COVID-19 tests will not be accepted. Further, AVA will adhere to the guidelines regarding proof of vaccination set forth by all venues that host AVA performances.  We will require masks to be worn while at AVA, including the duration of this performance. This policy is subject to change based upon guidance from the CDC and local health authorities.

 

PROGRAM (in order of appearance)

Benvenuto Cellini (1837)

Introduction

 

Lélio (1831)

Chanson du pêcheur

 

Béatrice et Bénédict (1862)

Dúo nocturne

 

L’enfance du Christ (1854)

Songe d’Hérode

 

Benvenuto Cellini

Air de Teresa “les belles fleurs”

Duet « ô ma Teresa »

 

Béatrice et Bénédict (1862)

Le vin de Syracuse

 

Lélio

Chant du bonheur

 

Les troyens (1858)

Dúo: “Nuit d’ivresse et d’extase infinie”

 

La mort d’Ophélie (1842)

Duet

 

Lélio

Froid de la mort

 

Meet the Artists
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