CITY’S Picks
Opera Roanoke Presents: Lucia Di Lammermoor
Jefferson Center
Friday, April 30th at 8:00 pm
Sunday, May 2nd at 2:30 pm
This towering masterpiece of madness and murder is perhaps the most beloved of all bel canto operas. It’s a tragic story that rends our hearts in sympathy for Lucia, a guileless young woman who is trapped between loyalty to the demands of her heart and those of her selfish family. Forced to marry against her will, Lucia finally is driven over the edge into total insanity—and into an act of justifiable homicide!
But Donizetti’s music mounts an effective and persuasive defense of Lucia’s actions. From the very beginning of the opera the composer bathes us in glorious romantic melody, establishing the sincerity and depth of Lucia’s love for Edgardo. The famous sextet is testimony to the unbearable torture that is driving her to distraction. But it is the irrefutable proof of the spell-binding Mad Scene that proves beyond a reasonable doubt who the true victim of this nightmare really is.
Amy Cofield Williamson brings Lucia to life in this concert performance with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
Contact the Opera Roanoke for tickets. Call 540-982-2742
A Little Spring Music
Jefferson Center
presented by Roanoke College Children’s Choir
Sunday, April 18, 2010, 3:00pm
The Roanoke College Children’s Choir, under the direction of Kimberly Ruse Davidson, will be presenting their 23rd Annual Spring Concert, “A Little Spring Music.”
Musical selections will include classical, folk, gospel, and patriotic. Three new compositions will be premiered; “When I Think A Thought” by Dr. Joseph Blaha director of bands at Roanoke College, and “Mr. Birdie” and “Rock & Rejoice” by Miss Kirsti Davidson, a junior at Salem High School. The 17 graduating seniors will received special recognition at the concert before closing with a medley from the Broadway show, “Ragtime, the Musical” choreographed by Kevin Jones. The concert will close with a patriotic salute , “An American Celebration” accompanied by 25 High School Band Members.
540.345.2550 or www.jeffcenter.org
Calendar
Dancing Darwin with Celeste Miller
presented by the Jefferson Center
Thursday, April 1, 2010, 7:30pm
540.345.2550 or www.jeffcenter.org
Aaron Neville with Charles Neville & RSO
presented by Roanoke Symphony Orchestra
Friday, April 9, 2010, 8:00pm
Salem Civic Center
540.343.9127 or visit www.rso.com
Music from The Crooked Road
Jefferson Center
Saturday, April 17, 2010, Time: 8:00pm
540.345.2550 or www.jeffcenter.org
Kandinsky Beat Down
Presented by the Kandinsky Trio
Jefferson Center
Saturday, April 24, 2010, 8:00pm
540.345.2550 or www.jeffcenter.org
Mozart Requiem
Sun., April 25, 2010, 8:00pm
Houston Chapel, Randolph College
Lynchburg Symphony
434.845.6604
