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JUILLIARD OPERA CENTER:
LE COMTE ORY
November 14, 16, and 18, Peter Jay Sharp Theater

The Juilliard Opera Center opened its season in November with three performances of Le Comte Ory, a comic opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The production was directed by Sam Helfrich, with Asher Fisch leading the Juilliard Orchestra. In one of the opera’s comedic highlights, Count Ory and his men are disguised as nuns. (Photo by Nan Melville)

JUILLIARD OPERA CENTER:
LE COMTE ORY
November 14, 16, and 18, Peter Jay Sharp Theater

Alek Shrader in the title role, and Brenda Rae Klinkert as Adèle. (Photo by Nan Melville)

AUGUST WILSON'S JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE
Ocotber 24-28, Drama Theater

The fourth-year actors, with the addition of some third-year students to round out the cast, presented August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, one of the works in the playwright’s 10-play cycle about African-American life in the United States, one for every decade of the 20th century. Nija Okoro played the role of Bertha Holly (left) and Stacey Scott was Mattie Campbell. The production was directed by Israel Hicks. (Photo by Jessica Katz)

AUGUST WILSON'S JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE
Ocotber 24-28, Drama Theater

Amari Cheatom as Bynum Walker (left) and J. Alex Brinson as Jeremy Furlow. (Photo by Jessica Katz)

HALLOWEEN DANCE
October 26, Room 305

Students from each division got together to celebrate Halloween at the annual Halloween Dance, at which revelers voted for the best costume. This year’s winners were Sarah Roberts and Finn Wittrock as Jackie Kennedy and J.F.K. (not pictured). Other imaginative costumes included (left to right): Lydia Bittner-Baird as a wicked witch, Nathan Madden as Captain Hook, and Alli Job as Bjork. (Photo by Chanel DaSilva)

NEW JUILLIARD ENSEMBLE: THE DANUBE-HUDSON PROJECT
October 29, Paul Hall

The New Juilliard Ensemble, conducted by Joel Sachs, was joined by musicians from the Franz Liszt Academy of Budapest for a concert that featured Pierre Boulez’s Dérive (1984) and works inspired by it, composed by Juilliard composition students Kyle Blaha, Edward Goldman, and Jakub Ciupinksi, and three students from the Liszt Academy. The concert, part of a Juilliard-Liszt Academy exchange called the Danube-Hudson Project, was also performed in Budapest on October 21. Pictured are Joel Sachs with (from his left) Jennifer Cho, violin; Sean Rice, clarinet; Victoria Bass, cello; Kyle Brightwell, vibraphone; and Emi Ferguson, flute.

CUDAMANI BALINESE ENSEMBLE LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION
October 31, Paul Hall

As part of Juilliard’s world-music program, Cudamani, a 25-member Balinese touring ensemble, performed a program featuring classic repertoire for gamelan, an Indonesian ensemble featuring indigenous instruments, and sometimes singers. Pictured are two female dancers demonstrating a traditional dance. (Photo by Joey Lico)

JUILLIARD ORCHESTRA, DENNIS RUSSELL DAVIES, CONDUCTOR
November 7, Avery Fisher Hall

The Hilliard Ensemble and mezzo-soprano Alison Tupay (pictured) joined conductor Dennis Russell Davies and the Juilliard Orchestra for a concert that featured the North American premiere of Alfred Schnittke’s Symphony No. 9. The symphony, which was unfinished at the time of the composer’s death, was completed by his friend Alexander Raskatov, whose Nunc dimittis (In memoriam Alfred Schnittke) received its American premiere at this concert. Also on the program was Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 84, for oboe, bassoon, violin, and cello; the soloists were oboist Nicholas Stovall, bassoonist Virya Quesada, violinist Emilie-Anne Gendron, and cellist Gal Nyska. (Photo by Richard Termine)

KROSNICK AND KALISH DUO RECITAL
November 13, Paul Hall

Cellist Joel Krosnick and pianist Gilbert Kalish performed the first in a pair of Daniel Saidenberg Faculty Recitals titled “American Milestones of the Last 100 Years.” (The second and final recital in this series is on December 6 in Paul Hall.) Joining them for works by Cowell, Shapey, Wernick, Martino, and Carter were guest artists Darrett Adkins, cello, Christina Dahl, piano, and Daniel Druckman, percussion. Left to right: Kalish, Krosnick, and Druckman performing Martino’s Rhapsody for violoncello, vibraphone, and piano accompaniment (2003).

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