school of music

NICHOLE JIANG & DAVID KWIATKOWSKI - STAFF WRITERS Stage director John Giampietro, center, works to set the staging for a scene with Chautauqua Voice Program students during a rehearsal of “The Marriage of Figaro” Sunday,

Dolson, Bernatis, Robbins, Caballero The first four installments of the 2020 season’s Into the Music with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra series featured string players of all kinds — violinists, violists, cellists and a bassist, too

ILLUSTRATION BY MADELINE DEABLER/DIGITAL EDITOR Russian composer Nikolai Kapustin’s love was forbidden.  Amidst the politics of the Soviet Union he was born into in 1937, Joseph Stalin himself claimed the relationship was too outspoken, too

ILLUSTRATION BY MADELINE DEABLER/DIGITAL EDITOR Strung to the melodies of the world’s most well-known art songs are stories of war and peace; love and loss. In this week’s Voice Program recital, the poetry behind a