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Learn MoreMezzo soprano Sophie Michaux and Concerto Incognito audition for the Doge of Venice (Richard Snee) in “Christmas Revels 2017: A Venetian Celebration of the Winter Solstice,” at the Sanders Theatre at Harvard University in Cambridge. [Courtesy Photo/Roger Ide] CAMBRIDGE – This year’s edition of The Christmas Revels veers off to…
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Prague, capitol of the Czech Republic, is a city teeming year-round with quirky traditions. Possibly the most mystical urban center in Europe, it was home to a huge team of royal alchemists and astrologers employed by the occult-obsessed Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II in the late 16th century, and…
Commedia dell’arte players Noni Lewis, Billy Meleady, and Mark Jaster in “The Christmas Revels.” Photo: Roger Ide The Boston Globe, December 10, 2017 CAMBRIDGE — “Who let the Doge out?” is the tag for the 47th annual “Christmas Revels,” a broad hint that Cambridge’s traveling celebration…
It’s the blend, says Patrick Swanson, “the interesting mix of high art and low art. The Revels is always doing that — a sophisticated piece, and then some street theater. We keep entertaining both 8-year-olds and 80-year-olds in the same show.” Swanson, who has been artistic director at…
This autumn, instead of rehearsing with the Christmas Revels Chorus, I’m in Europe researching my next book (I’m an alto by avocation, a novelist by trade). By coincidence, part of this novel is concerned with the Master of the Revels. Nope, not Paddy Swanson. Not even Jack Langstaff….
Today is the longest day of the year and I turn to David Parr Artistic Director of California Revels for another excellent article on the solstice and related geophysical ephemera. This gem is reprinted from their newsletter in June 2009. Happy Summer Solstice! Paddy…
The Revels Immigration Residency for Elementary Schools “Revels is here! Revels is here!” echoes down the hallways of the Bedford Elementary school each morning as we arrive to lead and run our week long Immigration Residency. The Revels Immigration Residency came into conception when I was thinking about…
In the fall of 2014, I had the privilege of touring as a singer with Northern Harmony, a 16-voice ensemble made up of Village Harmony alumni and leaders. We spent 10 weeks together all told. The group was comprised of singers from across the U.S. and Canada. In…
Hand in hand with fairy grace Will we sing, and bless this place These lines spoken by Oberon at the end of A Midsummer Night’s Dream got my attention – the simplicity of the rhyme, the clarity of the job to be done and the dignity of the blessing. They…
