Saturday, January 12, 2013, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2013, 8 P.M.
● Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop, conductor Irina Tchistjakova, mezzo-soprano Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Tom Hall, music director
presents
Alexander Nevsky Original Production Credits (1938) Director Sergei M. Eisenstein, D.I. Vasiliev Music Sergei Prokofiev Story Sergei M. Eisenstein, Pyotr A. Pavlenko Cinematography Edward Tisse
ALSOP PHOTO BY dean alexander, Tchistjakova PHOTO Courtesy of Askonas Holt Ltd
Concert Presentation Credits Producer John Goberman Music Adaptation William D. Brohn Subtitles Sonya Friedman Music Copying and Preparation Peggy Serra
Cast Prince Alexander Nevsky Vassily Buslai Gavrilo Olexich Ignat Pavsha Damash Amefla Timofeyevna Olga Vassilissa
Nikolai Cherkasov N.P. Okhlopkov A.L. Abrikosov D.N Orlov V.K. Novikov N.N. Arski V.O. Massalitinova V.S. Ivasheva A.S. Danilova
Alexander Nevsky is a production of PGM Productions, Inc. (New York) and appears by arrangement with IMG Artists. Supporting Sponsor: DLA Piper The concert will end at approximately 9:50 p.m. Please note there will be no intermission. The Music Center at Strathmore Marriott Concert Stage
Marin Alsop, conductor Hailed as one of the world’s leading conductors for her artistic vision and commitment to accessibility in classical music, Marin Alsop made history with her appointment as the 12th music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. With her inaugural concerts in September 2007, she became the first woman to head a major American orchestra. She also holds the title of conductor emeritus at the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in the U.K., where she served as the principal conductor from 2002 to 2008, and is music director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in California. In 2005, Alsop was named a MacArthur Fellow, the first conductor to receive this prestigious award. In addition she was named the music director of the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, or the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, effective for the 2012-13 season. Alsop is a regular guest conductor with the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic. In addition to her performance activities, she is also an active recording artist with award-winning cycles of Brahms, Barber and Dvořák.
Irina Tchistjakova, mezzo-soprano
Irina Tchistjakova’s career highlights include Tchaikovsky’s Moscow Cantanta with the Bern Symphonie Orchester and Rusalka with the Bayerischer Rundfunk. Recent engagements include Larina in Eugene Onegin with the Cincinnati Opera and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Irina Tchistjakova last appeared with the BSO in June 2001, performing
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