Aspen Music Festival: Aspen Festival Orchestra: Renée Fleming, soprano

When

Where

Benedict Music Tent, 960 N 3rd St, Aspen, CO 81611

Event Description

"Headlined by star soprano Renée Fleming, this gorgeous and sensuous program charts the romantic journeys of two famous pairs of lovers. Pulitzer-Prize-winner Kevin Puts’s The Brightness of Light is an expansion of Letters to Georgia, written for and premiered by Fleming. Also on the program are selections from Prokofiev’s soaring Romeo and Juliet ballet score. Be swept away by musical romance as the Aspen Festival Orchestra makes its season debut."

KEVIN PUTS: The Brightness of Light
PROKOFIEV: Scenes from Romeo and Juliet, op. 64

With Robert Spano, conductor; Renée Fleming, soprano; and Rod Gilfry, baritone.