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Free Symphonic Concert: July 16 at 11AM

The Castleton Festival is pleased to announce an addition to its inaugural season: a free symphonic concert with the Festival Orchestra at 11:00am on Thursday, July 16, at the Festival Tent. Ten young conductors from around the world, participants in the Lorin Maazel Master Classes with Rolex as the Founding Partner, will offer a program of orchestral and operatic favorites. The conductors have been in residence at the Festival working with Maestro Maazel over the last two weeks. Four of the Festival’s resident singers will join in the program. No tickets or reservations are required. Places will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Parking is adjacent to the Festival Tent off of Hope Hill Road.

Lorin Maazel Master Class Concert
Founding Partner: Rolex

PROGRAM

Britten: A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Han-Na Chang, conductor

J. Strauss: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Arturo Alvarado, conductor

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 (Finale)
Paul Kim, conductor

INTERMISSION

Mozart: “Deh vieni, non tardar” from Le nozze di Figaro
Ashleigh Semkiw, soprano; Jorge Parodi, conductor

Mozart: “Voi che sapete” from Le nozze di Figaro
Julia Hardin, mezzo-soprano; Yaniv Segal, conductor

Puccini: “Vissi d’arte” from Tosca
Jennifer Check, soprano; Elizabeth Askren, conductor

Bizet: “La fleur que tu m'avais jetée” from Carmen
Dominic Armstrong, tenor; Keitaro Harada, conductor

INTERMISSION

Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Yaniv Dinur, conductor

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 (Finale)
Matthieu Mantanus, conductor

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brett Mitchell, conductor