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Pacific MusicWorks is in residence at the School of Music starting September 2013.
Opera: G.F. Handel: Semele MAY 16, 17 & 18 (FRI, SAT & SUN)
G. F. Handel’s brilliant English oratorio Semele illuminates the darkly comedic story of a mortal woman’s tryst with a dangerous God. Chaos ensues in the wake of unbridled lust, jealousy, and revenge. Pacific MusicWorks and the UW School of Music present Semele in a visceral new staging by an acclaimed production team led by PMW artistic director and conductor Stephen Stubbs and Los Angeles-based director and visual artist James Darrah. Haeran Hong, Semele Valerie Vinzent, Iris Nathan Medley, Athamus Peabody Southwell, Juno/Ino MT May 16 & 17 MT May 18 Not a Notecard Event
Jason Hardy, Cadmus/Somnos Aaron Sheehan, Apollo and Jupiter The Pacific MusicWorks Baroque Orchestra Concertmaster: Tekla Cunningham 7:30 pm 2 pm
$40 ($20 students/seniors) $40 ($20 students/seniors)*
* The May 18 performance features UW music student understudies performing alongside professionals in select roles.
Meet the Artist: Stephen Stubbs The School of Music gains new expertise in early music with the appointment of lutenist and baroque opera specialist Stephen Stubbs to the School of Music faculty. Stubbs, artistic director of Seattle’s Pacific MusicWorks, joins the School of Music faculty in fall 2013 as a senior artist-in-residence and makes his public debut at the UW in May 2014 as artistic director and conductor of a Pacific MusicWorks and School of Music co-production of Handel’s 1743 opera Semele. A Seattle native and UW alumnus, Stubbs gained international prominence as an opera director and lutenist during a 30-year career in Europe. Since his return to Seattle in 2006, he has made his mark as a musical director, guest conductor, and founder of organizations devoted to the study and production of baroque opera and oratorio. Stubbs will apply his expertise in that area at the UW during the 2013-14 academic year, preparing School of Music students in voice and instrumental performance to perform side by side with professional musicians and opera singers in the Semele production, set for May 16-18, 2014 at Meany Theater. “I’m thrilled to be joining the faculty of the UW School of Music,” Stubbs says of his appointment, “and am honored to be entrusted with a revival of the baroque ideals of apprenticeship and mentoring, but made specifically relevant to the contemporary cultural scene and the needs of today’s students.”
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