Arkansas Symphony Orchestra performs Prokofiev’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’ this weekend

ARKANSAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: PROKOFIEV’S ’ROMEO & JULIET’
SATURDAY 1/28-SUNDAY 1/29. Robinson Middle. 7:30 p.m. Sat.; 3 p.m. Solar. $19-$77.

Along with picks from “Romeo & Juliet,” a ballet by Prokofiev, the two-performance-only program features a 1903 Gabriel Pierné piece that revolves round a dreamy and demanding characteristic from ASO’s principal harpist, Alisa Coffey, a performer who has been known as “reliably magic” by Arkansas Instances’ personal Stephanie Smittle. Additionally on the invoice is Beethoven’s “Leonore Overture No. 3,” which brings to life the story of a lady who clothes in a male disguise to avoid wasting her husband from wrongful imprisonment. The visitor maestra is Akiko Fujimoto, the primary feminine conductor for the Mid-Texas Symphony, who appeared with ASO in April 2022, not too long ago sufficient that she in all probability nonetheless remembers a lot of the performers by identify.

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