Based on the New Testament stories of Lazarus and Jesus’ Passion, plus contemporary Latin American poetry, John Adams’ The Gospel According to the Other Mary takes a fresh approach to the combination of materials that Adams pioneered so successfully in El Nino. It will be presented in a concert version, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, and return the following season in a fully staged edition.
Thu MAY 31 8pm
Fri JUN 1 8pm
Sat JUN 2 2pm
Sun JUN 3 2pm
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
TBD contralto
Russell Thomas, tenor
Daniel Bubeck, countertenor
Brian Cummings, countertenor
Steven Rickards, countertenor
Los Angeles Master Chorale,
Grant Gershon, music director
Program:
Adams: The Gospel According to the Other Mary (world premiere; LA Phil commission)
Other exciting 2011/12 season projects:
• The Mahler Project - Gustavo Dudamel leads Mahler’s 9 completed symphonies
• Mozart/Da Ponte Trilogy
• Shostakovich’s lost opera, Orango
