Music and Film

MUSIC & FILM

All programs are in the Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium • Reservations required For reservations, call (561) 655-7226 or visit the Gallery or Dixon box offices

Russian Master Makes Four Arts Debut

Daniil Trifonov, piano

* NEW DATE AND TIME *

Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 3 p.m. Performance is currently full, no tickets are available, check www.fourarts.org for updates

The Four Arts opens its live performance season by featuring one of the most remarkable pianists of his generation, Daniil Trifonov. The Russian makes his Florida solo recital debut with an allBach program that includes Brahms’ arrangement of Bach’s towering Chaconne for solo violin, the monumental Art of Fugue, and Myra Hess’ transcription of Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.

The Times of London calls Trifonov “without question the most astounding pianist of our age.” He recently added a Grammy Award to his already considerable string of honors, winning Best Instrumental Solo Album of 2018 with Transcendental, a Liszt collection. Trifonov served as 2019-20 Artist-in-Residence of the New York Philharmonic.

attended Moscow’s Gnessin School of Music, before pursuing piano and composition at the Cleveland Institute of Music. His honors include First Prize in Tel Aviv’s Rubinstein Competition, Third Prize in Warsaw’s Chopin Competition, and First Prize and Grand Prix in Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Competition.

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2020-21 Piano Series

Daniil Trifonov is the first of several stellar pianists who are scheduled to grace The Four Arts’ stage this season. Here are the others: Born in Nizhny Novgorod in 1991, Trifonov

January 31: Olga Kern with Dalí Quartet February 3: Olga Kern with Palm Beach Symphony February 7, 10 and 14: Wu Han co-directs the Beyer Artist-in-Residence Around Dvořák festival February 28: Garrick Ohlsson March 14: Drew Petersen March 31: Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

The following programs have been cancelled this season due to travel complications involving COVID-19.

Live Performance cancellations

November 18: Spanish Brass January 10: Antonio Meneses, cello, and Paul Galbraith, guitar January 17: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Branford Marsalis, saxophone January 24: Les Violons du Roy and Jeremy Denk, piano February 24: Apollon Musagète Quartet

Tosca

Giacomo Puccini

Saturday, November 7, 2020 at 1 p.m. 2 hours, 20 minutes with one intermission

Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva stars as opera's ultimate diva in Puccini’s thriller of Napoleonic Rome, seen in Sir David McVicar’s bold 2018 staging. Emmanuel Villaume conducts.

Rigoletto

Giuseppe Verdi

Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 1 p.m. 2 hours, 31 minutes with one intermission

Director Michael Mayer reimagines Verdi’s towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960 — an ideal setting for this eternal conflict of depravity and innocence. Tenor Piotr Beczała is the womanizing Duke, with baritone Željko Lučić as his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto.

Rigoletto photo by KEN HOWARD

Metropolitan Opera 2020-21 schedule updates

The Met has cancelled all live performances in their upcoming season due to the global health crisis. Three replacement encore screenings have been added to The Four Arts schedule in lieu of the following live cancellations:

CANCELLATIONS

Jan. 16: Die Zauberflöte Jan. 30: Roméo et Juliette March 27: Don Giovanni April 17: Dead Man Walking April 24: Die Frau ohne Schatten REPLACEMENTS Jan. 16: The Magic Flute (version sung in English) Jan. 30: Renée Fleming and Jonas Kaufmann in Recital March 27: Le Nozze di Figaro

Tickets are $25 or $15 for students with valid ID

All screenings have been previously recorded

Il Trovatore

Giuseppe Verdi

Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 1 p.m. 3 hours with one intermission

A remarkable cast shines in Verdi’s showcase of Italianate singing. Soprano Anna Netrebko is the young noblewoman Leonora, with tenor Yonghoon Lee as the outlaw Manrico and late baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky as the menacing Count di Luna.

Don Pasquale

Gaetano Donizetti

Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 1 p.m. 2 hours, 22 minutes with one intermission

Anna Netrebko is Norina, the young widow beloved by Ernesto (Matthew Polenzani), who is about to be disinherited by his miserly uncle, Don Pasquale (John Del Carlo). It takes the clever scheming of Dr. Malatesta (Mariusz Kwiecień) to set things right and to teach the old curmudgeon a lesson.

Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 2 p.m. 2 hours, 45 minutes with one intermission Written by Noël Coward Directed by Matthew Warchus

As a star actor prepares to embark on an overseas tour, his colorful life is in danger of spiraling out of control. Engulfed by an identity crisis, he endures a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic, and soul-searching in a giddy and surprisingly modern reflection on fame, desire, and loneliness.

Giselle

Sunday, November 15, 2020 at 2 p.m. 2 hours, 30 minutes with one intermission Composer Adolphe Adam Choreography Alexei Ratmansky

Enjoy one of the oldest and greatest works of classical dance. The young peasant girl Giselle dies of a broken heart when she learns that the man she loves has betrayed her. She joins the Wilis, vengeful spirits of jilted brides who condemn him to dance until he dies of exhaustion.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Holiday Ballet: The Nutcracker

Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 2 p.m. 1 hour, 28 minutes with no intermission through the lives of five women who, as young girls,

Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography Kirill Simonov

Experience the classic holiday favorite direct from the Mariinsky Theatre in Kirov, the location of its world premiere in St. Petersburg in 1892. Conductor Maestro Valery Gergiev has revived this ballet company as well as spearheaded the modernization of the theatre to its original beauty, showcasing some of

Documentary: #Anne Frank Parallel Stories

Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 2 p.m. 1 hour, 30 minutes with no intermission

A powerful retelling of Anne Frank’s life through the pages of her extraordinary diary guided by Academy-Award winning actress Helen Mirren, and Tchaikovsky’s most beautiful and beloved music.

were deported to concentration camps but survived the Holocaust. The documentary takes audiences into Anne’s room within her family’s hiding place before being deported, and through read excerpts of her diary intertwined with the experiences of the survivors who lived to tell their own parallel stories.

Tickets are $25 or $15 for students with valid ID • Reservations required For tickets, call (561) 655-7226 or visit the Gallery or Dixon box offices

Raphael Revealed

Saturday, December 5, 2020 at 2 p.m. 1 hour, 30 minutes with no intermission Tickets are $15 Directed by Phil Grabsky

Raphael shaped the course of Western culture like few artists before or since. Marking the 500th anniversary of his death, the greatest exhibition ever held of his works took place in Rome, looking at Raphael’s celebrated paintings and drawings as well as his work in architecture, poetry, and design for sculpture, tapestry, and prints.

FILM SERIES

Tickets are $10 No charge for Four Arts members Reservations required

For tickets, call (561) 655-7226 or visit the Gallery or Dixon box offices

Some screenings may be full

Honeyland

Friday, October 30, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. only Released 2019 Not rated 1 hour, 29 minutes In various languages with English subtitles

The Invisible Guest

Friday, November 6, 2020 at 2 & 5:30 p.m. Released 2016 Not rated 1 hour, 46 minutes In Spanish with English subtitles

Raphael, Alba Madonna, 1510 NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Friday, December 4, 2020 at 2 & 5:30 p.m. Released 2017 Rated R

1 hour, 45 minutes

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

Friday, December 18, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. only Released 2015 Not rated 1 hour, 36 minutes Directed by Lisa Vreeland

What They Had

Friday, January 8, 2021 at 2 & 5:30 p.m. Released 2019 Rated R 1 hour, 41 minutes