As previously announced, Lincoln Center Festival 2011, which runs from July 5-August 14, will offer 116 performances by ensembles and artists from some 20 countries, and will include 6 World, North American, U.S., and New York premieres unfolding in seven venues on and off the Lincoln Center campus.
In addition to the performances (which are highlighted below on and in a chronological listing which follows) a film screening and a number of talks and panel discussions have been added to the schedule.
SUMMARY OF LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL 2011 PERFORMANCES:
Lincoln Center, in a co-presentation with Park Avenue Armory and in association with The Ohio State University, will present the Royal Shakespeare Company performing five Shakespeare plays-As You Like It, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet and The Winter's Tale-in a six-week residency at Park Avenue Armory July 6-August 14
U.S. premiere of A Magic Flute, Director Peter Brook's adaptation of Mozart's opera, his final creation as Artistic Director of Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord July 5-17
David Michalek's large-scale, outdoor video installation, Portraits in Dramatic Time, will have free showings each evening from 8:45 p.m.-11:45 p.m. on Josie Robertson Plaza. July 5-31
In a co-presentation with the Metropolitan Opera, the renowned Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet dances eight performances at the Met Opera House, with three programs: the U.S. premieres of Anna Karenina and The Little Humpbacked Horse choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky to music by Rodion Shchedrin; and a double-bill of Alberto Alonso's Carmen Suite, to Shchedrin's arrangement of Bizet's score, and George Balanchine's Symphony in C, also with music by Bizet. Featuring the Mariinsky Orchestra. July 11-16
The Cleveland Orchestra and its music director Franz Welser-Möst make their first appearance at the Festival with a focus on the music of Anton Bruckner. Bruckner: (R)evolution brings his Symphonies Nos. 5, 7, 8 (the original 1887 version), and No. 9, juxtaposed with works by John Adams, including his Violin Concerto played by Leila Josefowicz, to Avery Fisher Hall. July 13, 14, 16, 17,
Merce Fair, a day-long immersion in performances, workshops, video and art installations, celebrates the artistry of choreographer Merce Cunningham July 16
Influential Brazilian singer-songwriter Tom Zé makes a rare U.S. concert appearance July 19
Amon Miyamoto directs the U.S. Premiere of The Temple of the Golden Pavilion based on Yukio Mishima's novel of the same name July 21-24
The Druid Theatre Company performs Seán O'Casey's classic anti-war drama The Silver Tassie, directed by Tony Award-winner Garry Hynes July 24-31
Royal Danish Opera offers the U.S. Premiere of Poul Ruders' opera Selma Jezková based on Lars von Trier's original screenplay for the film Dancer in the Dark; and Royal Danish Orchestra performs an orchestral concert and an evening of chamber music July 28-30
TICKETS
Tickets for all Festival performances are on sale online at LCFestival.org, by calling CenterCharge, 212-721-6500, and at the Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall Box Offices. Tickets for the Mariinsky Ballet may also be purchased at the Metropolitan Opera Box Office, 64th Street and Broadway, on the Metropolitan Opera website (www.metoperafamily.org) or by calling 212-362-6000. For tickets and reservations for talks and discussions, please refer to each host organization's information in the Chronological listing that follows.
FILM SCREENING, TALKS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS
An Evening with Director Amon Miyamoto at Japan Society
On June 23 at 6:30 p.m., The Japan Society hosts a talk between acclaimed Japanese director Amon Miyamoto, director of The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, and Nigel Redden, Director of Lincoln Center Festival. The two will discuss the Yukio Mishima book of the same name which inspired the play, and illuminate various aspects of the creation of this powerful theatrical work. Tickets are priced at $16 and $12. For more information visit: www.JapanSociety.org
Panel Discussions on Royal Shakespeare Company at The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC and WQXR will present The Greene Space Talks Shakespeare, a conversation series exploring various aspects of the RSC's unprecedented residency in New York co-presented by Lincoln Center Festival and Park Avenue Armory in association with The Ohio State University. All are Free; on-line reservation required; for more information and a reservation go to: TheGreeneSpace.org. The panel discussions will also be available via live video webcast on the following websites: www.thegreenespace.org; LincolnCenterFestival.org; www.rsc.org/uk; www.armoryonpark.org; and www.new-york-magazine.com.
Shakespeare on the Air
June 22 at 7 p.m.
The Greene Space's innovative radio theater initiative, A New Theater of Sound, welcomes Rocco Sisto, actor and founding member of Shakespeare and Company theater group. Sisto will serve as both host and star of the evening, performing excerpts from the Shakespearean canon interwoven with lively conversation and rarely heard archival audio of Shakespeare on the radio. This evening is presented in collaboration with the Yorinks Theater Group.
The Greene Space Talks Shakespeare: Collaborations
June 30 at 7 p.m.
From July 6 through August 14, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) will perform five of Shakespeare's plays in repertory co-presented by Lincoln Center Festival and Park Avenue Armory in association with The Ohio State University. The RSC's theater technicians are re-creating, in the Armory's Wade Thompson Drill Hall, a full-scale replica of the newly transformed thrust stage auditorium at the Royal Shakespeare where the Company performs in Stratford-upon-Avon. Panelists Michael Boyd, Artistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company; Nigel Redden, Lincoln Center Festival Director; Rebecca Robertson, President and Executive Producer of Park Avenue Armory; and David O. Frantz, Professor Emeritus of English, the Ohio State University will come together to speak with WNYC host Leonard Lopate about what it means to transport an entire company and theater across the Atlantic and what this partnership means for the City of New York and the Shakespeare theatrical canon. Additionally, The Greene Space at WNYC and WQXR will premiere a short video documentary that takes audience behind the scenes of this extraordinary theatrical undertaking.
The Greene Space Talks Shakespeare: Design
July 6 at 7 p.m.
RSC resident designer Tom Piper, theater consultant, Andy Hayles, from Charcoalblue, architect Rab Bennetts, Bennetts Associates, and actor Noma Dumezweni (who plays Paulina in The Winter's Tale and Calphurnia in Julius Caesar) will talk to host Wendy Goodman about collaborating on the design for the RSC's newly transformed Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon and how this provided the inspiration behind the specially constructed Scarlet & Gray Stage at the Armory. They'll also explore design on a thrust stage and how it feels to play in a one-room space, shared with the audience.
At 8 p.m. that night, WNYC 93.9 FM will broadcast a radio documentary, hosted by WQXR host Elliott Forrest, exploring the RSC and its historic visit to New York City.
The Greene Space Talks Shakespeare: Stand Up For Shakespeare
July 13 at 7 p.m.
Lincoln Center Festival with Park Avenue Armory, in association with The Ohio State University, are presenting the RSC's 2011 Education Program, which provides opportunities for children ages 8+ to enjoy Shakespeare in performance, as well as providing teachers and teaching artists with the skills to get children and young people up on their feet and exploring the plays actively, as the actors do. Stand Up For Shakespeare is a conversation about Shakespeare and education with Michael LoMonico, among others, moderated by WQXR host Elliott Forrest. Other panelists include RSC Associate Director of Hamlet Michael Fentiman, ensemble actor David Rubins, RSC Director of Education Jacqui O'Hanlon, NYC elementary teacher Noelle Gentile from Robert Fulton Public School, accompanied by three of her pupils and Russell Granet, arts education consultant to Park Avenue Armory.
The Greene Space Talks Shakespeare: The Actors
July 21 at 7 p.m.
Forbes Masson, Katy Stephens, Jonjo O'Neill, Ansu Kabia, and other members of the ensemble will convene with host Scott Brown, Theater Critic of New York Magazine, for a dynamic and candid conversation about their involvement in the RSC's New York repertory residency. There are a total of 42 actors in the repertory ensemble.
Free Film Screening - Rodion Shchedrin's The Enchanted Wanderer
