Play (1901)
by Anton Chekhov
Translated by Paul Schmidt
Directed by Mara Rainer
Wellesley Summer Theatre
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
May 21 – June 21, 2015
An intimately persuasive account of the Chekhov classic about three sisters, their companions, a regiment of soldiers, and everyone’s dashed hopes, set in a Russian village at the turn of the twentieth century.
Madame Bovary
Film (2014)
Directed by Sophie Barthes
Based on the novel
Madame Bovary (1856)
by Gustave Flaubert
West Newton Cinema,
Newton, MA
With Mia Wasikowska
A treatment of Flaubert’s celebrated nineteenth century novel about a passionate and self-destructive woman dissatisfied in her marriage to a country doctor.
Ulisse
Opera (1639)
It Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria
(The Return of Ulysses To His Homeland)
by Claudio Monteverdi
Libretto by Giacomo Badoaro
Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Boston Early Music Festival
Ulisse:
Boston University Theatre, Boston
June 10, 2015 at 7pm
June 12, 2015 at 7pm
Festival:
Various locations around Boston
June 7-14, 2015
A finely wrought production of the early baroque composer’s opera about the long-delayed return, after the Trojan War, of Ulisse (Ulysses) to his home in Ithaca and to his faithful wife Penelope.
Poppea
Opera (1643)
L’incoronazione di Poppea
(The Coronation of Poppea)
by Claudio Monteverdi
Libretto by
Giovanni Francesco Busenello
Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Boston Early Music Festival
Poppea:
Boston University Theatre, Boston
June 9, 2015 at 7pm
June 14, 2015 at 3:30pm
Festival:
Various locations around Boston
June 7-14, 2015
An outstandingly good, and entertaining, performance of the seventeenth century opera about the Roman emperor Nero and his succession of wives.
After All The Terrible Things
I Do
Play (2014)
by A. Rey Parmatmat
Directed by Peter DuBois
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
May 22 – June 21, 2015
A thoughtfully written and beautifully acted drama about brutal responses to youthful homosexuality.