Carmina Burana
City Ballet's 31st season closes with two City Ballet favorites. Mozart Concerto is classical ballet at its finest. And the music and choir of Carmina Burana are matched with a powerful Black Tuesday tale that only a high-drama ballet can tell.
Mozart Concerto
Mozart’s Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra is distinguished for being technically and elegantly challenging for both the solo instruments. The same can be said about Elizabeth Wistrich’s classical choreography in this exquisite tutu ballet.
Choreography
Elizabeth Wistrich (1989)
Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra
in C major, K. 299/297c (1778)
Carmina Burana
Medieval poetry transformed into a powerful composition for orchestra and chorus. That music married with the tragic story of James J. Riordan during the great stock market crash in 1929.
Choreography
Geoffrey Gonzalez (2018)
Music
Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana (1936). The performance takes place in the Concert Hall.