CCMONSTAGE OPERA
An Opera by Philip Glass
Libretto by Mary Zimmerman
With Philip Glass and Arnold Weinstein
Music by Philip Glass
March 31-April 3, 2022, Patricia Corbett Theater
*CCM Student
Galileo Galilei will last 90 minutes with no intermission
By Greg Eldridge
This performance is dedicated to the memory of those we’ve lost during the pandemic. It is also dedicated to those who, especially now, are struggling to resist violence, occupation, and oppression.
Philip Glass, working alongside librettists Mary Zimmerman and Arnold Weinstein, has created in this work a powerful meditation on love and betrayal, and the never-ending tension between religion and scientific inquiry. The opera uses the life of Galileo (told in flashes that move backwards in time from his last breath to his first) to explore the cyclical nature of relationships, and what it costs to stand up for the truth in a time when dogma seeks to stamp out any voice of dissent. An allegory, sadly, that is far too applicable to our own time
The music of Philip Glass is both haunting and deeply, powerfully emotional, and the significance of this work demands a true collaboration across all the fields of artistic endeavour. Our production brings together some of the finest artists from across all of CCM's world-renowned disciplines. Postgraduate Artist Diploma singers join Masters of Music and Doctoral candidates alongside the accomplished instrumentalists of CCM's orchestral program to perform this mesmerizing and fiendishly difficult music. Adding to the central theme of Art as a means of resisting Ignorance, they are joined by members of CCM's undergraduate Dance course with choreography by a student of this prestigious program. To fully create the world of this allegorical story, students involved in the disciplines of lighting design and video projection have joined forces with a student-designed hair and make-up aesthetic to create a piece that combines the very best of CCM's creative disciplines. With a student-led stage management team supporting a production that draws on the skill of the indefatigable Technical Design and Production students, this promises to be a showcase of the full breadth of CCM's incredible student talent.
Aik Khai Pung, conductor
Vaughn Richardson, assistant conductor (conductor on April 3)
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May 20, 2024
The United States Coast Guard Band brings its "Heartland Harmonies" concert tour to UC's College-Conservatory of Music on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The free concert is presented in Corbett Auditorium as part of the band's tour through the American South and Midwest regions for public performances and educational outreach.
April 26, 2024
UC's College-Conservatory of Music is proud to present alumni and distinguished service awards to outstanding members of our community at the end of each academic year. The 2024 awards are presented to four accomplished alumni and one dedicated patron in a private virtual event on April 23.
April 22, 2024
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music is thrilled to congratulate alums Titilayo Ayangade (BM Cello, ’14) and Jaime Sharp (MM Voice, ’22) on their recent wins of two MPower Artist Grants from the Sphinx Organization. Available only to alumni of the Sphinx Organization, these competitive grants are intended to “empower artists’ careers.”
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Louise Dieterle Nippert Trust
Scholarship and Resident Artist Sponsor
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship Sponsor
The Corbett Endowment at CCM
Dance Department Sponsor
All-Steinway School Sponsor
Louise H. & David S. Ingalls Foundation, Inc.
Community Partners
The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation, Ritter & Randolph, LLC, Corporate Counsel
Visiting Artists & Thinking About Music Sponsor
ArtsWave: Funding Arts, Fueling Community
CCMpower: Friends and Alumni Fueling the Future of the Arts
The Strader Fund at the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
CCMONSTAGE ONLINE Broadcast Sponsors
Dr. & Mrs. Carl G. Fischer
Musical Theatre Department Sponsor
Genevieve Smith
Opera Production Sponsor
Rafael and Kimberly de Acha
Opera D’Arte Sponsor
An Anonymous Donor
Estate of Mr. William A. Friedlander
Mrs. William A. Friedlander
Dr. Randolph L. Wadsworth
Judith Schonbach Landgren and Peter Landgren
Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Santen
Elizabeth C.B. & Paul G. Sittenfeld+
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Stegman
Dr. & Mrs. Theodore W. Striker+
Mrs. Harry M. Hoffheimer
Ariel Quartet Sponsors
Jan Rogers
Willard and Jean Mulford Charitable Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation
Choral Studies Sponsors
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn
Orchestral Sponsor
Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation
Starling Pre-Collegiate Sponsor
Starling Strings Sponsor
Dr. Timothy E. and Janet L. Johnson
Thom Miles and Roberta Gary
Organ Department Sponsors
Louis and Susan Meisel
Piano Department Sponsor
Richard E. Thornburgh
Edward Donovan and Cheryl Carter
Jeff Thomas Catering
The Castleberry Family
KMK Law
Sandra & Stephen Joffe
Paula Boggs Muething & Brian Muething
Patti Myers & Alan Flaherty
Trish & Rick Bryan
Prestige AV & Creative Services
Graeter’s Ice Cream
Rhinegeist Brewery
CCMpower
The CCM Harmony Fund: Challenging Hate & Prejudice through the Performing Arts
Event Sponsors
Buddy Rogers Music
LINKS Sponsor
Sponsors listed as of August 30, 2021
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The purpose of these performances is educational, and they are part of a University of Cincinnati academic program.
