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Die Meistersinger and Beethoven's 7th

Sun, Oct 29

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Matt Ross Community Center

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Die Meistersinger and Beethoven's 7th
Die Meistersinger and Beethoven's 7th

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Oct 29, 2023, 3:00 PM

Matt Ross Community Center, 8101 Marty St, Overland Park, KS 66204, USA

About the event

Join us for a momentous start to the symphonic series of our 50th season featuring celebratory and jubilant pieces of music from some of history's greatest composers. The concert will kick off with the Overtures to Wagner's opera, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, and Rossini's opera, La gazza ladra. Die Meistersinger revolves around the many craftsmen and merchants of Nurnberg, who also happen to be gifted singers. The overture to the opera has always been a symphonic favorite for good reason. The piece is filled with flowing lyricism and a light-hearted tone echoing the joyous nature of the singing craftsmen of Nurnberg. Rossini's La gazza ladra tells of a maid who is nearly condemned for stealing a silver spoon. But, at the last second, it's revealed that the thief was actually a magpie that had been hiding items in the church tower. Though the opera has heavy and dramatic themes, the…

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