CIM Opera Theater: Hippolyte et Aricie

Wednesday, February 27 – Friday, March 1

7:30pm | Kulas Hall

Saturday, March 2

3pm | Kulas Hall

CIM Opera Theater 

In collaboration with CWRU Baroque Ensembles

Ellen Hargis, guest director

Harry Davidson, conductor

CWRU Baroque Orchestra

RAMEAU   Hippolyte et Aricie

Rameau’s sumptuous opera Hippolyte et Aricie takes us into a magical world of heroes and lovers, goddesses and monsters, forest creatures, sailors and hunters. Its rich orchestration and thrilling vocal writing tells a compelling story (based on Racine’s Phèdre) of the young lovers Hippolyte and Aricie, kept apart by their devotion to the goddess Diana, and by Phèdre’s illicit love for her stepson. Co-produced by CIM and CWRU, the opera is staged in period style with baroque dance and a baroque orchestra.

All performances include projected English text.

Tickets: $20 adults

$15 seniors and groups of 10+

$10 students

cim.edu/events or 216.795.3211

These performances are presented in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Joint Music Program between CIM and CWRU.

Funded in part by a grant from the John P. Murphy Foundation.