♦ Seminar at CUNY , Tuesday, March 9, 2010

♦ Theatrical Concert, Thursday, March 18, 2010

♦ THEATRICAL CONCERT

WILDE: De Profundis: The Exiles of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) belongs to that class of artists for whom no introduction is needed. His name has entered our collective imagination and his aphorisms have become an indelible feature of the English language. Wilde's multifaceted personality, his biting wit, and the brilliance of his artistic genius added sparkle and glamour to late Victorian society. Wilde's personal life, brought into the glare of public scrutiny during his trial for homosexuality, intruded mercilessly on society's appreciation of his genius. Humiliated, degraded, exiled from society, and sentenced to two years of forced labor, Wilde became a thoroughly different person after his imprisonment. A concert focusing on Oscar Wilde’s trials and imprisonment, his heartrending accounts of life in Reading Gaol, and his exquisite poetic and prose writings will feature music by Ernest Chausson, including the majestic Concerto for violin, piano, and string quartet. Chausson’s works, many of which were contemporaneous with Wilde’s ordeal, are part of the cultural expression of a country in which Wilde felt more at home than in England.

Written by James Melo
Directed by Donald T. Sanders
Production and Costume Design by Vanessa James

Eve Wolf & Max Barros, ERC Artistic Directors
James Melo, ERC musicologist

Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th St.
New York, NY
Thursday   March 18    8:00 pm     7:00 pm pre-concert lecture
$45 General Admission     $15 Students (with ID)
Handicapped Accessible

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♦ FREE SEMINAR

Sad Narcissus: Musical Aestheticism and the Trials of Oscar Wilde
Tuesday    Mar 9    5:30 - 7:30 pm
CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Skylight Room, 9th floor

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