Retired U of A pianist Paula Fan's recital is more of a play about the storied relationship between composer Richard Strauss and his temperamental soprano bride.
Cathalena E. Burch The 15th annual Music + Festival at the University of Arizona this weekend will take audiences into one of classical music’s most fiery love stories and introduce us to one of the country's most beloved and prolific composers.
People are also reading… Later Saturday, the first of five concerts at this year’s festival will be a recital that is more play than concert. When he returned to the stage moments later, the orchestra players wanted to know how he would discipline his temperamental diva. Simple, he responded: “I am going to marry her.”“The Diva and the Direktor” shines a spotlight on how the two polar opposites — the mild-mannered composer and the fiery soprano — became the center of each other’s lives.
4:30 p.m.: Large Ensemble Concert featuring Arizona Symphony Orchestra, UA Wind Ensemble and the Arizona Choir, in Crowder Hall; $15.
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