Organization

Pianist

Juliet Cunningham

Jane Ye Hua

Stage director

J. Deschene

Conductor

Singer

Tenor

Chad Kranak

Luzio

Soprano

Ashley Becker

Isabella

Baritone

Junhan Choi

Friedrich

Ann Marie Iacoviello

Mariana

Tim Ayres-Kerr

Claudio

Angelica Grau

Dorella

Bass

Thaddeus Bell

Brighella

Max Rydqvist

Angelo

Grant Yosenick

Pontio Pilato

Jeannette Lee

Antonia

Jacob O'Shea

Danieli

Marina Harris

RaShaun Campbell

Cambridge Chamber Ensemble

Das Liebesverbot -  (The Ban on Love)

“Forbidden Love” is an operatic gem that even Wagner’s devoted followers know little about. Young Wagner, at 23, wrote it in the style of rousing, exuberant 19th century Italian comic opera, before he became “𝖂𝖆𝖌𝖓𝖊𝖗”! Composed in 1836 and based on Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, “Forbidden Love” explores the traditional clash between puritanical, restrained sexuality and all too human self-abandoned eroticism. Come and thrill to great arias and ensembles, rousing music, and hints of the Wagner to come.

Production booklet

Further reading