May Festival

May 24th 2008

Saturday, 8:00 PM

MAY FESTIVAL 2008 FINALE:
BERLIOZ: Roméo et Juliette
Sung in French with English supertitles
with projected artwork from around the world,
curated by the Cincinnati Art Museum

May 24 8:00 PM
Music Hall

Pre-Concert Dinner
5:45 - 7:30 Corbett Tower, Music Hall

Pre-Concert Recital
7 PM Music Hall
Catherine Keen, mezzo-soprano

Great music and great art combine for this multimedia presentation of one of the most romantic, and tragic, stories in the English language — .

With extraordinary beauty, Berlioz's self-titled "dramatic symphony" tells us in music and words of the feud between the Montagues and Capulets, the elation and melancholy of the young lovers' allconsuming passion, the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet, and the eventual reconciliation of the families.

Berlioz's breathtaking music will unite with the visual, as artists' depictions of themes represented in the music are projected above the stage, thanks in part to the Cincinnati Art Museum.