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Il Trittico

Butler Opera Center

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Scheduled

Music by 
Giacomo Puccini

Libretto by 
Giuseppe Adami & Giovacchino Forzano

Stage Directors
Il Tabarro 
Yingmeige Xiong

Suor Angelica 
Madison Jackson

Gianni Schicchi 
Beatrice Huang

Conductor
Douglas Kinney Frost

Director, Producer, Principal Coach
Tamar Sanikdize

First and second violinists perform at a University Orchestra concert.
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Scheduled

Johann Strauss
Die Fledermaus Overture

Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
The Tsar’s Bride Overture

Manuel De Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2

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Scheduled

Douglas Henderson, conductor
Jimmy Santos-Rivera, guest conductor
Alec Rodriguez, guest conductor  

 

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This concert will be led by graduate choral conducting students. 

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Symphony Orchestra

Concerto Competition Winners

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Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Yida An, violin
Jinni Shen, soprano
Aaron Kurz, piano
Kevin Charoensri, composer
 

Kevin Charoensri
orch. N. Dumrongthai
A Jasmine Tree

Sergei Prokofiev  
Piano Concerto No. 3 In C Major, op. 26

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