Message from Co-Director
On our first day of rehearsal this year, I pointed out to the students the fact that they, students in America who come from all over the world, have the honor to perform a piece that was originally a French play that takes place in Spain, composed by an Austrian into an Italian Opera. This speaks wonders to the power of art and music and the place that it takes in our culture here at North Broward. Music is our common language and art transcends cultural barriers.
Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) is one of the Mozart’s musical gems and one of the great master works in classical music. It has been performed thousands of times a year, for the past 232 years. This past year alone, there were over 100 different productions performed by professional companies around the world. This is largely in part to the brilliant composition of Mozart, but also because Beaumarchais created characters that are incredibly relatable.
I hope that tonight you will come with us to this world of love, marriage, betrayal, mistaken identities, and friendships that stand the test of time. We all hope that Susanna and Figaro are to be married and the Count might just learn a lesson or two. Welcome to Seville!
“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov
Dan
