Byzantium in Art and Music

Byzantium in Art and Music

 

The Getty Villa

Date: Saturday, May 31, 2014

Time: 9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

Location: Villa Auditorium

Admission: $60 (includes parking, coffee/pastries, and lunch). Call -- or use the "Get Tickets" button below.

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 Nino Machaidze as Thaïs. Photo: Guillermo Mendo, courtesy of LA Opera.

Explore the art and culture of Byzantium in a daylong program inspired by the exhibition Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections and LA Opera's production of Massenet's Thaïs, which is set during the Byzantine Empire. The program includes talks, tours of the exhibition, and musical performances by LA Opera artists.

 

Program fee $60 (includes coffee, pastries, and lunch). Complimentary parking.

 

Program Schedule

 

9:00 a.m.

Check in, coffee, and pastries

 

9:30 a.m.

Introduction

 

9:40–10:20 a.m.

Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections

Mary Louise Hart, Department of Antiquities, J. Paul Getty Museum

 

10:20–11:00 a.m.

Thaïs as Theater

Michael Hackett, Department of Theater, UCLA

 

11:00–11:10 a.m.

Break

 

11:10–11:50 a.m.

Singing the Songs of the Angels: Performing Faith in the Time of Thaïs

Holley Replogle-Wong, Department of Musicology, UCLA

 

11:50 a.m.–1:50 p.m.

Lunch and exhibition tours

 

1:50–3:30 p.m.

Performances led by LA Opera Music Director Jeremy Frank with musical artists Joshua Guerrero, D'Ana Lombard, and Kihun Yoon.

Introduction and commentary by Duff Murphy, host of KUSC's Opera Show.

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