Program
A new short opera featuring original orchestrations by Antoine Plante of:
Claude Debussy
String Quartet in G minor, Op 10
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F major
Tzigane
Pavane for a Dead Princess
Featured ARTISTS
Antoine Plante, Conductor
Denis Plante, Director
Alissa Anderson, Contralto
Scott Gibbs, Actor
Courtney Chilton, Actor
RUNNING TIME
1 hr 45 min, with intermission
PRE-CONCERT LECTURE
7:15pm, in Cullen Theater
A new impressionist opera that will captivate
Don’t miss this compelling new opera created from the music of Debussy and Ravel, inspired by Charles Baudelaire’s seminal volume Les Fleurs du mal. Dark and dramatic, this impressionist opera tells the story of a young woman ready to make every sacrifice to help her twin brother become a famous painter.
This concert is made possible in part by the Houston Endowment and the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.
The String Quartet
Jonathan Godfrey, Violin 1Oleg Sulyga, Violin 2
Stephen Goist, Viola
Beiliang Zhu, Cello
Violin I
Anabel DetrickKana Kimura
Joanna Becker
Violin II
Andrés GonzálezMaria Lin
Rachel Shepard
Viola
Matthew CarringtonYvonne Smith
Megan Wright
Cello
Courtenay Vandiver PereiraBass
Deborah DunhamContralto
Alissa AndersonActors
Scott GibbsCourtney Chilton
Creative Team
Denis Plante, Libretto, Orchestration, Design and DirectionAntoine Plante, Orchestration
Judy Frow, Stage Manager
Amanda Arnold, Production Manager
Colin Jenkins, Surtitles
Jeff Lane and Gene Smith, Set Construction
Andrew Schneider, Rehearsal Pianist and Transcriptions
Behind the Scenes on The Flowers of Evil
Learn more about Debussy & Ravel: The Flowers of Evil in this series of behind-the-scenes videos by Antoine Plante, Artistic Director, in which he discusses the inspiration, the sets, costumes, and more.