The VTSU Castleton University Chorale is excited to collaborate with the Rutland Area Chorus (RAC), guest soloists Joshua Collier (tenor) and David Rugger (baritone) and Festival Orchestra to present Giacomo Puccini's magnificent Messa di Gloria. Directed by Dr. Sherrill Blodget.
The concert will be at Castleton's Casella Theater, Sat 4 May, 7:00pm.
Free for all students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Adult tickets are $10, children and senior tickets are $5.
Tickets at the door or call the Box Office: 802 468-1119
There will be a second performance of the Messa di Gloria at Grace United Church in Rutland (8 Court Street) on Sunday 5 May, 5:00pm. Free will offering. 802 775-4301
Puccini is justly celebrated as one of the greatest opera composers, renowned particularly for La Boheme, Tosca and Madam Butterfly. He composed the Messa di Gloria is as his graduation piece from the Institute Musicale Pacini in Northern Italy when he was twenty. Set for choir, orchestra and tenor and bass soloists, the mass was Puccini's largest and final sacred work. His combination of the sacred text with rich harmonies and burgeoning operatic style are beautiful, exciting, and dramatic, offering a glimpse into his future as an opera composer. Join us for this magnificent and uplifting music!