Clark Art Airs Production of 'The Magic Flute'

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast production of The Magic Flute airs at the Clark Art Institute on Saturday, Dec. 30 at 12:55 pm in the latest installment of the 2023–24 season of The Met: Live in HD. 
 
The award-winning series of live, high-definition cinema simulcasts features the full live performance along with backstage interviews and commentary. The Clark broadcasts the opera in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center.
 
According to a press release:
 
The Met's family-friendly production of Mozart's dazzling fairy tale returns. Patrick Furrer and Gareth Morrell share conducting duties, leading a standout cast in Julie Taymor's magical staging. Tenors Piotr Buszewski and Joshua Blue share the role of Tamino, the brave prince on a quest to win the clever princess Pamina, sung by sopranos Janai Brugger and Liv Redpath. The cast also features famed tenor Rolando Villazón reprising his uproarious portrayal as the luckless bird catcher Papageno, alternating with baritone Alexander Birch Elliott, and soprano Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night, alongside basses Brindley Sherratt and James Creswell as Sarastro.
 
Please note, this is an encore presentation of "The Magic Flute."
 
Tickets $25 ($22 members, $18 students, $5 children 15 and under). Advance registration encouraged; capacity is limited. To purchase tickets, visit clarkart.edu/events or call the box office at 413 458 0524. No refunds. 

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Williams Alum Kirshe Leads U.S. Rugby to Olympic Semi-Finals

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Williams College alum Kristi Kirshe and the U.S. women's rugby sevens team are one win away from securing a medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France.
 
On Monday afternoon (EDT), the Eagles came from behind to beat Great Britain, 17-7, in the Olympic quarter-finals.
 
And Kirshe was key in the win.
 
Great Britain, which eliminated the Americans at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, took a 7-0 lead early and led, 7-5, at half-time.
 
But Kirshe scored a try off the second-half restart to give the Eagles a 10-7 lead, and the conversion made it 12-7.
 
Then, Kirshe assited on Sammy Sullivan's try to stretch the lead to 10 points.
 
NBC commentator Rupert Cox called it, "the performance of [Kirshe's] life in an Olympic quarter-final."
 
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