Carmina Burana

Choreography:
Nicolo Fonte

Music:
Carl Orff**

Costume Design:
Christine Darch

Scenic Design:
Michael Korsch

Lighting Design:
Michael Korsch

Chorus Master:
Steve Durtschi

Choral Specialist and Contractor:
Jane Fjeldsted

Carmina Burana is a co-production of
Ballet West
Cincinnati Ballet
Adam Sklute, Director
Victoria Morgan, Director

World Premiere:
November 13, 2017, Ballet West, Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah

Featuring the Ballet West Orchestra, conducted by: Music Director
Jared Oaks

**Used by arrangement with European American Distributors Company, sole U.S. and Canadian agent for Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz, Germany, publisher and copyright owner.

In tackling an iconic score, such as Carl Orff's 20th Century masterpiece Carmina Burana, one of my first considerations was scale - how to match the massiveness of this powerful music. I had always envisioned an integrative production where both music and dance share equal parts. A world of visual beauty set in the lyricism and audacity of this scenic cantata, I liken my version to a medieval etching blasted with 21st Century speed. -Nicolo Fonte

This program lasts approximately 1 hour 45 minutes, with one intermission