Springfield Symphony Maestro Kevin Rhodes (photo courtesy Kevin Rhodes)
WESTFIELD – The Massachusetts-based American conductor Kevin Rhodes will return to the Vienna State Opera Ballet for his 23rd season, after conducting the season finales of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in Massachusetts, and the Traverse Symphony Orchestra in Michigan,where he serves as Music Director and Conductor, and the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra in Boston, where he is Principal Conductor.
On June 8, 9, and 12. Maestro Rhodes conducts The Vienna State Opera Ballet’s program of British choreography, which includesConcerto, with choreography by Kenneth MacMillan to music by Shostakovich; Wayne McGregor’s Eden with music by Steve Reich, and Frederick Ashton’s Marguerite and Armand, choreographed for Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn to the music of Lizst. For program details: https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/en/season-tickets/detail/event/967926866-macmillan-mcgregor-ashton/
On June 29, Maestro Rhodes conducts the annual Nureyev Gala, which will commemorate what would have been the international ballet dancer and choreographer’s 80th birthday. For details: https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/en/season-tickets/detail/event/968030631-nurejew-gala-2018/
Earlier this season, Maestro Rhodes conducted a return engagement of the ballet Raymonda with its Glazunov score, and a program that includes two ballets by New York City ballet legend, George Balanchine: Theme and Variations with music by Tchaikovsky and theStravinsky Violin Concerto. The program also includes John Neumeier’s Bach Suite III, and Jerome Robbins’ comic ballet The Concert, with music by Chopin.
In November, Maestro Rhodes returns to Vienna to conduct a new production of Sylvia, choreographed by Manuel Legris, and featuring music by Leo Delibes. For further information on Sylvia: https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/en/season-tickets/detail/event/973666816-sylvia/
