The broadcasts themselves will include subtitles with English translations. 30), "Madame Butterfly" (April 2) and "Elektra" (April 30), they will have studied them in class and will be familiar with their plots. "The point is not just to see it and hear it, it's to understand it," he said.īy the time the students arrive at the DuBow Theatre for Saturday screenings of "Otello" (Dec. While DuBow is an opera lover, he said his enthusiasm for the project was born of his belief in its educational value. "The future of our society depends on cultural education." "The future of opera really depends on developing new audiences," Gelb said. Gelb said he's pleased that this year the number of students Opera Jacksonville can expose to professional opera will increase from about 300 a year to about 3,000, with five more operas set to be broadcast in the DuBow Theatre. Gelb said in an interview this past week that the key to moving Jacksonville into that exclusive company - joining New York City and Dallas - was "the wonderful patron and philanthropist Lawrence DuBow." How did Jacksonville become just the third city in America with a school to which the Met will stream the "Live in HD" series? Built in 1989-90, "the theater was in a great need of being upgraded," said Jackie Cornelius, Douglas Anderson's principal.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |