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PAVILION
CELEBRATING LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT 100
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MARIN ALSOP,
conductor
CHICAGO SYMPHONY CHORUS
DUAIN WOLFE,
director
WYATT PARR,
boy soprano
†
TAMARA WILSON,
soprano
MICHELLE DEYOUNG,
mezzo-soprano
PAUL APPLEBY,
tenor
RYAN SPEEDO GREEN,
bass-baritone
BERNSTEIN
Chichester Psalms
I.
II. [
attacca
]
III.
Wyatt Parr; Soloists from the Chicago Symphony Chorus
–Intermission–
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9
Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
Molto vivace
Adagio molto e cantabile
Presto—Allegro assai (based on Schiller’s “Ode to Joy”)
Tamara Wilson; Michelle DeYoung; Paul Appleby; Ryan Speedo Green
†
Ravinia debut
Supertitles by Franceso Milioto
Ravinia expresses its appreciation for the generous support of
Featured Sponsor
The Negaunee Foundation
and
The Bernstein & Beethoven Consortium
.
The Chicago Symphony Chorus’s appearance is made possible in part by the
Jim and Kay Mabie Guest Artist Fund
.
The Bernstein & Beethoven Consortium comprises two anonymous donors,
Earl Abramson and Sheila Schlaggar, Carol and Douglas Cohen, David and Annette Dezelan,
Kelly and John Grier, Klaff Family Foundation, Mesirow Financial, Ellen Rudnick and Paul Earle,
Denise M. and Joseph T. Seminetta, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Thomas.
ALAN CUMMING
A graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of
Music and Drama, Alan Cumming began his
acting career in television and comedy, but
quickly made his big break in theater as Slu-
pianek in
Conquest of the South Pole
at Edin-
burgh’s Traverse Theatre. The production was
reprised at the Royal Court in London’s West
End, and Cumming earned an Olivier Award
nomination for Most Promising Newcomer. He
then began working with such theater compa-
nies as the Royal Shakespeare Company, Na-
tional Theatre Studio, and the Royal National
Theatre, with which he won an Olivier Award
for his portrayal of The Madman in
Accidental
Death of an Anarchist
. Cumming has also por-
trayed Valere in
La Bête
; the title roles of
Romeo
and Juliet
and
Hamlet
, the latter earning him a
TMA Award for Best Actor and a Shakespeare
Globe nomination; and the Master of Ceremo-
nies in
Cabaret
, the vehicle of his Broadway
debut that also earned him Tony, Outer Critics’
Circle, Drama Desk, andTheatre World Awards.
His other Broadway credits have included
De-
sign for Living
and
The Threepenny Opera
, and
he has appeared off-Broadway in
Elle
and
The
Seagull
. In the lead role of
The Bacchae
, Cum-
ming earned the Herald Arcangel Award for his
performance with the National Theatre of Scot-
land at the Edinburgh Festival, remaining with
the production through stops at London’s Lyr-
ic Theatre and New York’s Lincoln Center. He
has also maintained an active career on screen,
making his film debut in Ian Sellar’s
Prague
and
shortly thereafter appearing in such Hollywood
productions as
Goldeneye
and
Romy and Mi-
chele’s High School Reunion
, later adding
X2:
X-Men United
and the
Spy Kids
trilogy to his
credits. He hosts PBS’s
Masterpiece Mystery!
and
stars in CBS’s
Instinct
, having also had recurring
roles on such shows as
The L Word
,
The Good
Wife
,
The Runaway
, and
Web Therapy
. Tonight
Alan Cumming is making his first return to Ra-
vinia following his 2015 debut.
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