Maestro Ryan Brown

For our final session of From Score to Modern Premiere, Ryan is joined by Will Crutchfield, who recently reconstructed Florestan’s aria for Opera Lafayette’s 2020 premiere of Beethoven’s Leonore (1805). Mr. Crutchfield will discuss how he discovered the music of Donizetti’s Élisabeth, ou la fille de l'exilé at Covent Garden in 1984, and then reconstructed the work and organized and conducted its premiere in subsequent decades.

About From Score to Modern Premiere Salon Series:

In its 25-year history, Opera Lafayette has built a reputation for returning to the stage operatic works lost to the passage of time. Each discussion introduces works that were popular in their day, influenced the composers of today’s musical canon, and maintain contemporary relevance. There are many steps Opera Lafayette must take when preparing a modern premiere beyond the planning required for the performance of a work in the current repertoire.  This series looks at the process of recreating and preserving works not yet heard by contemporary ears, including several of Opera Lafayette's twelve modern premieres.