About the Event
For the first time ever, Shepherd School Chamber Players will join our annual Opera Scenes program, which will explore why contemporary works are so important in such an historic art form. A centerpiece of the scenes will be the World Premiere of Karim Al-Zand’s A Joint Interest (Shepherd School of Music 50th Anniversary Commission), conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Directed by Aleko Endowed Artist Paul Curran, Shepherd opera students will also perform scenes from contemporary American operas, accompanied by piano.
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About Karim Al-Zand’s 50th Anniversary Commission
“A Joint Interest” is a comic scene for three singers and chamber ensemble after an O. Henry short story titled Makes the Whole World Kin. It’s a tale of late-night insomnia, cat burglary and the aches and pains of fellow feeling.
