UNLV Symphony Orchestra: Concert III. Red Earth

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UNLV Symphony Orchestra: Concert II

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La Boheme

One of the most popular and beloved operas of all time, La Bohème was composed in December 1895 by Giacomo Puccini. He became interested in the Scènes de Ia vie de Bohème, a novel by Henri Murger in the winter of 1892-3, before the premiere of Manon Lescaut. His intention to base an opera on Murger\u27s novel involved him in controversy with Leoncavallo, who claimed precedence on the novel in 1893 in his publisher\u27s periodical, II secolo. Leoncavallo asserted that he already had artists in mind and that this fact was well known by Puccini. This assertion was quickly rebutted by Puccini, writing the next day to II carriere della sera. His letter stated that he welcomed the chance to compete with his rival while allowing the public to judge the better composer

Chamber Orchestra

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UNLV Symphony Orchestra

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UNLV Symphony Orchestra Concert I.

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UNLV Symphony Orchestra

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UNLV Symphony Orchestra

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Alcina

Alcina was written at a time in Handel\u27s career in London when the company faced competition from a rival company and a resulting financial pinch. There was no loss in the master\u27s artistry, however. Premiered at the new theatre at Covent Garden in 1735, Alcina was sufficiently successful to be revived for the following two seasons. It inexplicably fell into an extended period of neglect thereafter, to be revived once again by Franco Zeffirelli for the young Joan Sutherland in 1957

UNLV Symphony Orchestra Concert II

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