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PAST PERFORMANCES: SYNOPSIS & SCENES
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JUNE 2022
samson
Samson
Michael Meraw, Stage Director | Stephanie Beatrice, Music Director
September 28,29,30 2023 | 1st Church of in Cambridge
SAMSON
THE STORYSamson, the once-mighty warrior and hero of the Israelites, blinded by his enemies and betrayed by Delilah, must find his way back from darkness to light.
SCENES
Venus & Adonis Anchor
JUNE 2022
Venus & Adonis
a mournful Masque in 3 parts
John Blow's
David R. Gammons, Stage Director | Stephanie Beatrice, Music Director
June 17, 18, 19, 2022 | Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
VENUS & ADONIS​
THE STORYThe playful Cupid accidentally pierces his mother Venus with one of his arrows. The next person Venus sees is the handsome youth Adonis, with whom she immediately falls in love. Adonis is a hunter, and she decides that in order to be with him, she will take on the form of the goddess of the hunt, Artemis. Venus warns Adonis of the danger of hunting the wild boar, but he does not heed the warning, and is gored to death by the boar.
SCENES
NOVEMBER 2021
David R. Gammons, Stage Director | Stephanie Beatrice, Music Director
November 19, 20, 21, 2021 | Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, N. Easton, MA
SAVITIRI
THE STORYSavitri hears Death calling to claim her husband Satyavan. Savitri welcomes Death with kindness and wisdom. Moved by her compassion, Death acknowledges defeat, and restores Satyavan to life.
Savitri Anchor
Silla Anchor
MAY 2019
G. F Handel's
Ingrid Oslund, Stage Director | Juliet Cunningham, Music Director
May 17-19, 2019 | Warehouse XI, Union Square Somerville, MA
SILLA
THE STORYThe Cambridge Chamber Ensemble (CCE) presents an ancient Roman epic fittingly set in our modern political times. Lucio Cornelio Silla, a triumphant Roman general, made short work of his enemies and declared himself Perpetual Dictator of Rome. He quashed civic liberties and forced his attentions on the wives and lovers of his subordinates. Not all were willing to bow to his ruthless intent. Handel’s opera drives with passion toward its powerful conclusion.