FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 1, 2024
MSO Announces March Concerts, “Legacy”
March 14-16, 2024 in Overture Hall
Madison, Wis. – The Madison Symphony Orchestra (MSO) presents “Legacy”, the March concerts featuring four compelling vocal powerhouses and the Madison Symphony Chorus. The program explores the lasting impact of two composers, Richard Strauss and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, through their final works. After opening with one of Strauss’ great tone poems Don Juan, soprano Amanda Majeski takes the stage with the orchestra for what Strauss himself called his Four Last Songs. Majeski, mezzo-soprano Kirsten Lippart, tenor Martin Luther Clark, bass Matt Boehler, and the Madison Symphony Chorus come together for Mozart’s Requiem, the work he wrote from his death bed and left unfinished. When he passed, his associate Franz Xaver Süssmayr completed the composition. Music Director John DeMain muses, “Mozart’s incomplete masterpiece offers us a work of incredible beauty at the end of his life.” The piece lives on as one of the most profoundly moving works ever created.
“Legacy” performances will take place on Friday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 16 at 2:30 p.m. in Overture Hall, 201 State Street.
Concert, Ticket and Event Details
The lobby opens 90 minutes prior to each concert. The Symphony recommends concert attendees arrive early for each performance to make sure they have time to pass through Overture Center’s security stations.
Single tickets begin at $15 and are on sale now through the Overture Center Box office. Tickets can be purchased online at overture.org, in-person or by phone by calling (608) 258-4141 during Box Office hours. Note that fees apply to online and phone orders. No fees for in-person purchase at the Overture Box Office, 201 State Street. More information can be found at https://madisonsymphony.org/event/legacy/
Health & Safety Precautions
Masks are optional but encouraged in the lobby, during all performances, and at the post-concert receptions. Proof of vaccination is no longer required to enter Overture Center. More information about the many safety protocols can be found at overture.org/health, and madisonsymphony.org/health.
Money Back Guarantee
The MSO will continue to offer a refund for tickets to any concert that cannot be performed for any reason. The MSO will adhere to all public health guidelines and cooperate with Overture Center for the Arts for the safety of its audiences, musicians and staff. Programs, dates, and artists subject to change.
About Amanda Majeski
Internationally renowned American soprano Amanda Majeski is rapidly garnering critical acclaim for a voice of “silvery beauty” (Musical America), with the Financial Times remarking that “Majeski’s well-rounded soprano … is so warm and glorious, the singing so outstanding, that she leaves no emotions unstirred.” An alumna of the Ryan Opera Center, she made her mainstage Lyric debut with only a few hours’ notice as Countess Almaviva conducted by Andrew Davis. Named “Best Breakout Star” by Chicago Magazine, she has since continued her relationship with Lyric audiences as Vitellia La clemenza di Tito, Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, the Marschallin Der Rosenkavalier and as Marta The Passenger, hailed as a “shattering, star-making performance” by the Chicago Classical Review.
About Kirsten Lippart
Kirsten Lippart is a lyric mezzo-soprano based in Madison, WI. Recent highlights include performances with Madison Opera as a Studio Artist for their 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 seasons, followed by a mini-recital as part of their Digital 2020-2021 Season. With a wide range and vocal flexibility, Kirsten has performed a variety of operatic and musical theatre roles.
About Martin Luther Clark
Clark is is praised by the Chicago Tribune for for bringing “an extra frisson of vocal and dramatic vitality to everything [he] sang.” In the 2023-24 season, he sings his first performances of the title role of Candide with Madison Opera as well as returns to the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Luis Griffith in Champion and joins Dallas Opera as the Orderly in the world premiere of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. He also sings Handel’s Messiah with the Florida Orchestra and South Dakota Symphony and Bruckner’s Te Deum with the Apollo Chorus and Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra. In the summer, he joins Wolf Trap Opera for the Brother in Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins and Jonathan Dale in Silent Night. His future engagements include debuts with Houston Grand Opera and Portland Opera. Last season he created the role of CJ in the world premiere of Will Liverman and DJ King Rico’s highly-anticipated new opera, The Factotum.
About Matt Boehler
Hailed by The New York Times as “a bass with an attitude and the goods to back it up,” Matt Boehler is a singer known in the worlds of opera and theater for his captivating, dynamic performances and his long-earned reputation as an inventive and truly collaborative artist. A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, he is now based in San Francisco. He trained as an actor at Viterbo College, an opera singer at Juilliard, and as a composer at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
About the Madison Symphony Orchestra
The Madison Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 99th season in 2024–2025. The MSO has grown to be one of America’s leading regional orchestras, providing Madison and south-central Wisconsin with cultural and educational opportunities to interact with great masterworks and top-tier guest artists from around the world. The 2024-2025 season commemorates the 20th anniversary of the opening of Overture Center for the Arts and the 20th anniversary of the MSO’s Overture Concert Organ. The MSO’s 100th anniversary season celebration will take place during the 2025-2026 season. Learn more at madisonsymphony.org.
The presenting sponsor for “Legacy” is Rosemarie and Fred Blancke. Major funding is provided by The Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club, Martha and Charles Casey, and the Skofronick Family Charitable Trust. Additional funding is provided by Rodney Schreiner and Mark Blank and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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