18 March 2010, 8:00 pm (pre-concert lecture at 7:00)

A theatrical concert presented by the Ensemble for the Romantic Century. The brilliance of his artistic genius did not save Wilde from the wrath of English society when he was arrested, tried, and imprisoned for his homosexuality. The concert focuses on Oscar Wilde’s trials and imprisonment, his heartrending accounts of life in Reading Gaol, and his exquisite poetic and prose writings. Wilde’s writings are interwoven with chamber music by Chausson, Satie, Franck, Elgar, and Vaughan Williams, including Chausson’s magnificent Concerto for violin, piano, and string quartet.

Written by James Melo
Directed by Donald T. Sanders
Production design by Vanessa James
Lighting design by Beverly Emmons

Simon Fortin as Oscar Wilde
Robert Ian Mackenzie as Lord Queensberry and Prosecutor
Escher String Quartet
Stephanie Chase, violin
Max Barros, piano

Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th St., New York, NY
General admission tickets: $46, $16 Students (with ID)
TICKETS (Thalia Box Office): 212 864-5400

ERC is in residence as a musicological affiliate to the Barry S. Brook Center for Music Research and Documentation at the CUNY Graduate Center.