SFCM Historical Performance presents: Serse
Opera Historical Performance
One of his last and most intriguing operas, Handel’s Serse is a comic work exploring love, lust for power, and sibling rivalry. Presented by SFCM Historical Performance, this fast-paced opera will be sung in Italian with English supertitles accompanied by the period instrument SFCM Baroque Ensemble, featuring students from the Voice program.
Program
George Frideric Handel: Serse
Departments
Historical Performance
Opera and Musical Theatre
Faculty
Corey Jamason
Elisabeth Reed
Marcie Stapp
About SFCM’s Historical Performance Department
Historical Performance at SFCM traverses all eras of music history, allowing for an environment that enables the study of period performance practice and produces contemporary performances that are relevant, vibrant, and provocative. In this program, which offers a professional studies diploma in historical performance and bachelor's and master's music degrees in harpsichord and organ and master's and professional studies diplomas in baroque violin, viola, cello historical plucked strings, and viola da gamba, you’ll develop and refine your skills in historical styles. Historical Performance opportunities are open to all SFCM students, and our acclaimed Baroque Ensemble performs regularly throughout the year.
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