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.
From Russia to Riverside Drive:
Rachmaninoff & Friends
Concert
From Russia to Riverside Drive:
Rachmaninoff & Friends
Songs by Rachmaninoff, Ellington,
Gershwin, Schillinger
New York Festival of Song
Steven Blier, Artistic Director
Michael Barrett,
Associate Artistic Director
with
Dina Kuznetsova, soprano
Shea Owens, baritone
Dalit Warshaw, theremin
Steven Blier and
Michael Barrett, pianists
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Boston, MA
Sunday, November 8, 2015, 1:30 p.m.
A soprano, a baritone, a theremin, two pianos, Rachmaninoff, Ellington and Gershwin – what more could one ask for?