
Rice University Shepherd School of Music Announces 2023-24 Season
By David SalazarRice University Shepherd School of Music has unveiled its 2023-24 season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer.
The season opens with “Harmonious Horizons,” which includes a performance of “Knoxville: Summer of 1915,” starring soprano Michelle Bradley. Robert Spano conducts the concert, which also includes Barber’s first symphony and Jennifer Higdon’s “Concerto for Orchestra.”
Performance Date: Sept. 29 & 30, 2023
The Shepherd School Opera will present “Eugene Onegin.” Stephanie Rhodes Russell conducts and Paul Curran directs.
Performance Date: Nov. 3 & 5, 2023
Twenty-four singers from The Crossing will headline “Can We Know the Sound of Forgiveness.”
Performance Date: Jan. 20, 2024
There will be an “Opera Scenes” program.
Performance Date: Feb. 4, 2024
Benjamin Manis conducts a double bill of “Dido and Aeneas” and “The Rape of Lucretia.” R.B. Schlather directs.
Performance Date: April 5 & 7, 2024
Mathew Aucoin and Peter Sellar’s “Music for New Bodies” will feature five vocal soloists, students of the Shepherd School as well as DACAMERA Young Artists.
Performance Date: April 20, 2024
Harmonia Stellarum Houston will present Monteverdi’s “A Caecilian Vespers.”
Performance Date: April 21, 2024
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