The Washington Post Magazine - USA (2022-03-13)

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Yourseats

arewaiting.

Mason Artist-in-Residence

SW!NGOUT

Saturday,Mar.19at8p.m.

Watchthe pros and then swing

danceonstage afterthe show!

EdgarMeyer andthe

Scottish Ensemble

Sunday, Mar. 27 at 4p.m.

Abassvirtuosoperforms Bach

andmore

Camille A. Brown

&Dancers

Saturday,Apr.2at8p.m.

Award-winning contemporary

dance

Virginia Opera

TheMarriageof Figaro

Saturday,Apr.9at 8p.m.

Sunday, Apr. 10 at 2p.m.

Mozart’s belovedcomic opera!

cfa.gmu.edu

FEATURING

Ticketsonsalenow!

Locatedonthe Fairfaxcampusof

George Mason University.

Forinformationonhealth and safety

protocols,visit cfa.gmu.edu/vaccination.

FilmfansareinforatreatonMay6,

7and8withtheworldpremiereof

theshortfilm“Bleat,”bycelebrated

GreekdirectorYorgosLanthimos(“The

Favourite”).ShotontheGreekisland

ofTinosin2020,it starsEmmaStone

andDamienBonnardwithlivemusic

accompaniment.OnJuly8,10, 12 and

13 youcanenjoytheworldpremiereof

GNO-commissioned“Inland”byAngelos

Tr iantafyllouwithalibrettobypoet

GiannisAsteris.

TheGNO’svisionistobeoneofEurope’s

mostinnovativeoperahouseswitha

uniqueartisticidentitythatengages

globaltalentandinspireslargeand

diverseaudiences.

TheGNOwasfoundedin1939,and

todayisledbyartisticdirectorGiorgos

Koumendakisandsupportedbythe

StavrosNiarchosFoundation(SNF).

For moreinformation,pleasevisit

nationalopera.gr/en/.Ticketsare

availableat nationalopera.gr/en/

tickets.

Joan MitchellRetrospectiveatthe

BaltimoreMuseumof Art

FromnowthroughAugust14,the

BaltimoreMuseumofArt(BMA)

presentsJoanMitchell,thelong-awaited

retrospectiveoftheinternationally

renownedartistwhoattainedcritical

acclaimandsuccessinthemale-dominated

artcirclesof1950sNewYork,thenspent

nearlyfourdecadesinFrancecreating

breathtakingabstractpaintingsthatevoke

landscapes,memories,poetryandmusic.

Thiscomprehensiveexhibitionfeatures

70 worksspanningtheartist’scareer,

includingrarelyseenearlypaintingsand

drawings,vibrantgesturalpaintingsthat

establishedherreputationinNewYork,

andenormousmulti-panelmasterpieces

fromherlateryearsthatimmerseviewers

intheirsymphoniccolor.

Numerousloansfrompublicandprivate

collectionsintheU.S.andEuropeinclude

STAVROS NIARCHOSFOUNDATIONCULTURALCENTER CREDIT:

©SNFCC

YIORGIS

YEROLYMBOS

PHOTO BY EMMA STONEYORGOS LANTHIMOS

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