Opera
Based on the opera Carmen
by Georges Bizet
Adapted and directed by
Mark Dornford-May
Music Arranged by Mandisi Dyantiyis
Isango Ensemble
Arts Emerson
Cutler Majestic Theater
Theater district, Boston
November 10-22, 2015
A lively integration of Bizet’s opera with South African motifs, supported by marimba orchestra.
The Pearl Button
Film (2015)
Poetic documentary
Written and directed by
Patricio Guzmán
In Spanish, with subtitles
Kendall Square Cinema,
Cambridge, MA
An outstandingly conceived and executed treatment of nature, culture, devastation and survival in Chile.
By The Sea
Film (2015)
Written and directed by
Angelina Jolie Pitt
With Angelina Jolie Pitt, Brad Pitt
Set in a seaside French village in the 1970s, the story of an American writer and his wife experiencing difficulties.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream –
Iphubpha Iobuskuku
be-Ntwasahlobo
Opera
Based on the opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by Benjamin Britten
Adapted and directed by
Mark Dornford-May
Music Arranged by Mandisi Dyantiyis
Isango Ensemble
Arts Emerson
Cutler Majestic Theater
Theater district, Boston
November 10-22, 2015
An interpretation of the Britten opera based on Shakespeare’s comedy, with marimbas and African choreography and dress.
Chopin Without Piano
Concert, Performance Art
Performed in Polish with
English subtitles
Presented by Centrala
Directed by Michal Zadara
Featuring the
Boston Conservatory Orchestra
Conducted by Franck Ollu
ArtsEmerson
Paramount Theater Mainstage
Washington Street, Boston
November 11-14, 2015
With Barbara Wysocka
A live-wire virtuoso verbal performance in lieu of piano solo of Chopin’s two piano concertos, with live orchestra backing it up.