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Washington National Opera: Silent Night (Battle Excerpt)
The year is 1914 and the Great War has just been declared, dividing nations and sending millions into battle. As Christmas Eve falls on a battlefield near Belgium, soldiers in French, German, and Scottish trenches begin recalling songs of home, stepping into no-man’s-land for a spontaneous truce. Once sworn enemies, they trade their weapons for merriment and camaraderie—resulting in one miraculous night of peace. Based on the true story of a wartime ceasefire, and as depicted by the 2005 film Joyeux Noël, Silent Night makes its WNO premiere in the centennial month of World War I’s end. Alumni from our Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program join a cast composed entirely of WNO family. Featuring lyrics in multiple languages, the Pulitzer Prize–winning music captures a powerful vision of humanity and hope. Saturday, November 10, 2018 - Sunday, November 25, 2018 For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit: http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/OTOSB
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Washington National Opera: Silent Night (Truce Excerpt)
The year is 1914 and the Great War has just been declared, dividing nations and sending millions into battle. As Christmas Eve falls on a battlefield near Belgium, soldiers in French, German, and Scottish trenches begin recalling songs of home, stepping into no-man’s-land for a spontaneous truce. Once sworn enemies, they trade their weapons for merriment and camaraderie—resulting in one miraculous night of peace. Based on the true story of a wartime ceasefire, and as depicted by the 2005 film Joyeux Noël, Silent Night makes its WNO premiere in the centennial month of World War I’s end. Alumni from our Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program join a cast composed entirely of WNO family. Featuring lyrics in multiple languages, the Pulitzer Prize–winning music captures a powerful vision of humanity and hope. Saturday, November 10, 2018 - Sunday, November 25, 2018 For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit: http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/OTOSB
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Making of Opera: The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me - Costumes and Puppets
As the first Christmas nears, who among the animals can lead Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem? Fearsome Lion and graceful Unicorn are the top contenders—though it certainly won’t be Donkey, whose only humble gift is a small but sturdy back. But with the birth of a very special king on the horizon, Donkey soon discovers that miracles can happen anywhere! When WNO first premiered this family-friendly opera in 2013, the Washington Post praised its “fresh energy and charm,” and tickets quickly sold out. Based on an award-winning children’s book and featuring music from a Tony®-winning composer, this heartwarming production returns for the holidays with whimsical costumes and a talented cast, to include members of our Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program and the WNO Children’s Chorus. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit: http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/OTOSC
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Candide | Easily Assimilated
Purchase Candide tickets here: http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/OSOSF In Leonard Bernstein's funny, philosophical, and fast-paced take on Voltaire's biting satire, very bad things happen to very good people (and plenty of bad ones too) as a terrific ensemble cast quick-change their way through an effervescent score.
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Barber of Seville | "Una voce poco fa"
Purchase Barber of Seville tickets here: http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/OSOSE "Figaro! Figaro! Fiiigarooo!" Can the sharp-witted barber of Seville help Count Almaviva woo the beautiful Rosina away from a bumbling doctor? A stellar cast joins this WNO revival of Rossini's delightful comedy--one of the most beloved opera masterpieces of all time, boasting uproarious laughs and sensational music in equal measure.
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"Make Our Garden Grow" from Candide | Washington National Opera
In Leonard Bernstein's funny, philosophical, and fast-paced take on Voltaire's biting satire, very bad things happen to very good people (and plenty of bad ones too) as a terrific ensemble cast quick-change their way through an effervescent score.
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Barber of Seville | Music Lesson
Purchase Barber of Seville tickets here: http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/OSOSE "Figaro! Figaro! Fiiigarooo!" Can the sharp-witted barber of Seville help Count Almaviva woo the beautiful Rosina away from a bumbling doctor? A stellar cast joins this WNO revival of Rossini's delightful comedy--one of the most beloved opera masterpieces of all time, boasting uproarious laughs and sensational music in equal measure.
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Barber of Seville | "Largo al factotum"
Purchase Barber of Seville tickets here: http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/OSOSE "Figaro! Figaro! Fiiigarooo!" Can the sharp-witted barber of Seville help Count Almaviva woo the beautiful Rosina away from a bumbling doctor? A stellar cast joins this WNO revival of Rossini's delightful comedy--one of the most beloved opera masterpieces of all time, boasting uproarious laughs and sensational music in equal measure.
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Don Carlo | King Phillip II
Purchase Don Carlo tickets here: http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/OSOSD More than 20 years have passed since WNO last staged this grand masterpiece in four acts, and now a solid-gold cast heralds its return in this stunning new production. Among the highlights: an auto-da-fé that propels the public execution of Spain's "heretics" to chilling new heights, and a shocking finale guaranteed to challenge the imagination. At once an emotional portrait of a family faced with mounting moral crises, and an epic exploration of the burden and pitfalls of power, the penetrating drama of Don Carlo will be impossible to forget.
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Don Carlo | Don Carlo and Elisabeth
Purchase Don Carlo tickets here: http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/OSOSD More than 20 years have passed since WNO last staged this grand masterpiece in four acts, and now a solid-gold cast heralds its return in this stunning new production. Among the highlights: an auto-da-fé that propels the public execution of Spain's "heretics" to chilling new heights, and a shocking finale guaranteed to challenge the imagination. At once an emotional portrait of a family faced with mounting moral crises, and an epic exploration of the burden and pitfalls of power, the penetrating drama of Don Carlo will be impossible to forget.
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Don Carlo | Auto-Da-Fé
Purchase Don Carlo tickets here: http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/OSOSD More than 20 years have passed since WNO last staged this grand masterpiece in four acts, and now a solid-gold cast heralds its return in this stunning new production. Among the highlights: an auto-da-fé that propels the public execution of Spain's "heretics" to chilling new heights, and a shocking finale guaranteed to challenge the imagination. At once an emotional portrait of a family faced with mounting moral crises, and an epic exploration of the burden and pitfalls of power, the penetrating drama of Don Carlo will be impossible to forget.
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King Philip II and the Grand Inquisitor | DON CARLO
Bass-baritone Eric Owens as King Philip II and bass Morris Robinson as the Grand Inquisitor in Opera Philadelphia's 2015 production of Verdi's DON CARLO. Footage courtesy of Opera Philadelphia. About the Washington National Opera's 2018 Production of DON CARLO: Family ties fray and unravel in Verdi's spectacle of forbidden passion, political intrigue, and shattering betrayal set at the height of the Spanish Empire. More than 20 years have passed since WNO last staged this grand masterpiece in four acts, and now a solid-gold cast heralds its return in this stunning new production. Performances running Saturday, March 3, 2018 - Saturday, March 17, 2018 in the Ken For more information or to purchase tickets: http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/OSOSD Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb
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