Events 2008

Subject: CSULB Production of Monteverdi's Orfeo: Event Series

The CSULB Music Department, the Graziadio Center for Italian Studies,
and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies are pleased to
present a series of events around the CSULB Opera Institute's
performance of Monteverdi's Orfeo in April.

We would like to invite you and your classes to these events and the
performance itself.

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

The first event, sponsored by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance
Studies, takes place on Monday:

William F. Prizer (Professor of Music, Santa Barbara), "The Mantua of
Orfeo."
Date: February 11
Time: 4pm
Location: Music (UMC) C-100

Future events:

Concert: Orpheus and Euridice, by Ricky Ian Gordon
A song cycle, with Elizabeth Futral, soprano by the Long Beach Opera
Date: February 17, 18, 19
Location: Belmont Olympic Pool Complex, Long Beach
Tickets $45 (students $20).
Information at: http://www.longbeachopera.org

Lecture: Ivan Shulman, M.D. (CSULB), "Is there a castrato in the house?"
Date: Monday, February 25
Time: 4 pm
Location: Music C-100
Sponsored by the Department of Music

Lecture: Shane Butler (Associate Professor of Classics, UCLA), "Why Did
Orpheus Look Back"
Date: Monday, March 10
Time: 4 pm
Location: Music C-100
Sponsored by the Graziadio Center for Italian Studies

Film: Black Orpheus (1959, Brazil)
Date: Wednesday, March 19
Time: 5 pm
Location: Daniel Recital Hall
Introduction by Carlo Chiarenza (Graziadio Center for Italian Studies)

Panel: "Producing Orfeo" David Anglin and Thor Steingraber, with members
of the cast and orchestra
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 3 pm
Location: Daniel Recital Hall

Opera: Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, favola in musica
Performed by members of the CSULB Opera Institute, Department of Dance,
University Orchestra, Collegium Musicum
Dates: Friday, April 11, 8pm; Saturday, April 12, 4pm and 8pm

A special opportunity to see L’Orfeo,  Saturday, April 12, 2008 – 8:00pm - and for this performance only a $50. VIP Ticket will also be available which will include optimal reserved seating and a ‘Meet the Artists’ reception following the performance in the Martha Knoebel Green Room. (Generously sponsored by the Graziadio Center for Italian Studies.)

for more information call  985-4621.  The  final performance will be on Sunday,
April 13, 4pm ;Location: Knoebel Dance Theatre
Tickets: $25/$15 (students).see above for special pricing for April 12, 8 pm performance and reception
Reservations and information at  http://www.csulb.edu/music

The George L. Graziadio Center for Italian Studies
Fall 2007 Events List

Open House of the Center’s New Location – November 1

A Lecture on La Bohème – November 1

Italian Cinema of the XXIst Century

Facing Windows (2003) – November 8

Don’t Move (2004) – November 15

His Secret Life (2003) – November 29

Don’t Tell (2005) – December 6

Remember Me, My Love (2003) – December 13,

The Tree of Life film screening – December 4

An Italian Christmas Party – December 12

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