An Evening with Kai Bird: Sarasate and John Adams | Adella

SARASATE Fantasy on “The Magic Flute” JOHN ADAMS “Batter my heart” from “Doctor Atomic” Rewatch Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Kai Bird’s keynote lecture as part of the second annual Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival, which explored the theme of “Power”. The event kicks off with a panel discussion with Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, President & CEO André Gremillet, and Festival Curator Elena Dubinets. It also features musical performances of Sarasate’s Fantasy on “The Magic Flute” (with Cleveland Orchestra Associate Concertmaster Jung-Min Amy Lee and pianist Christina Dahl) as well John Adams’s ""Batter my heart"" from “Doctor Atomic” (with bass-baritone Dashon Burton and pianist Miloš Repický). Kai Bird, speaker Michael E. Hill, EdD, President of Chautauqua Institution, moderator Franz Welser-Möst, music director André Gremillet, president & CEO Elena Dubinets, festival curator Jung-Min Amy Lee, violin Dashon Burton, bass-baritone Christina Dahl, piano Miloš Repický, piano