Heloise & Abelard
Friday, May 16, 2008, 8 PM Town Hall, 8th Avenue & Seneca Street, Seattle
A fresh look at these most famous 12th-century lovers, a bright young French woman and her Breton teacher-philosopher, often at odds with the authorities. The program, with script by Judith Suther, will include excerpts from the letters they exchanged, songs Abelard wrote for Heloise's convent and two of his laments, as well as secular songs, and settings of Abelard's poems by director Margriet Tindemans. Soloists Anne Azéma and Eric Mentzel in the title roles, and instrumentalists Ronnee Fullerton and Bill McJohn, join the choir.
