Sunday, February 21, 2010

COSI FAN TUTTE: MOZART’S OPERA OF LOVE, GAIETY, SATIRE AND UNMANAGEABLE PASSIONS


A PRESENTATION OF THE OPERA’S MUSIC AND MEANING
Rabbi Roger Klein

Wednesday, February 24 from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Cosi Fan Tutte, which the Cleveland Orchestra will perform on March 2, 4, 6, and 8, contains some of the most stunningly beautiful music in all of opera. It is also an opera that haunts the listener because, though the plot seems trivial and the characters superficial and silly, the unfolding of events, the shifting loyalties of the protagonists,and the ambiguous ending call into question the ideal of romantic love and human constancy.

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Rabbi Klein's lecture on Cosi Fan Tutte

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

SmART Sundays - Rabbi Klein's lectures on Mahler


Gustav Mahler, Judaism, and German Expressionism
Sunday, January 31, February 7, 13 & 21 • 10:00 a.m. - Noon
Taught by Rabbi Roger C. Klein

Discover the astonishing works of Gustav Mahler and the contemporary artistic movement known as German Expressionism. Participants will explore Mahler’s complex relationship to Judaism and discuss examples of his works with their stunning range of raw emotional content.

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Lecture 1 January 31, 2010


Lecture 2 February 7, 2010

Lecture 3 February 21, 2010