Bernard Herrmann In Context: Bernard Herrmann PAID U.S. Postage Non-Profit Org. Non-Profit Permit No. 4942 No. Permit Film Festival Minnesota Opera, the Walker and Minneapolis, MN Take-Up Productions bring fresh insights to Wuthering Heights and Herrmann’s artistry in general through the screening of two classics preserved in the National Citizen Kane Film Registry. Walker Art Center Wednesday, April 6, 7:30 p.m. Wuthering Heights Directed by Orson Welles and part of the Walker Art Center Walker’s Ruben/Bentson Film and Video Wednesday, March 30, 7:30 p.m. Herrmann: Study Collection, Citizen Kane is widely Eight Themes in the Key of Suspense Directed by William Wyler, Wuthering lauded as the greatest movie ever made. Heights is the Academy Award–winning Herrmann composed the score while the Friday, April 1 – Sunday, May 1, see times below 1939 film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s film was being shot, watching each reel as Beginning Friday, April 1, Minnesota Opera and Take-Up Productions will present a thrilling haunting novel, starring Laurence Olivier director Orson Welles completed it. five-week festival of films featuring scores by Bernard Herrmann. Swap your Wuthering Heights and Merle Oberon. Join Walker film curator opera ticket stub for a free small popcorn at any screening in the Herrmann series! Sheryl Mousley and Eric Simonson, the Walker Art Center opera’s stage director and dramaturg, for 1750 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis Riverview Theater, 3800 42nd Ave. S., Minneapolis a post-screening discussion on the novel’s The Trylon, 3258 Minnehaha Ave., Minneapolis adaptations in film, television and opera. Admission: $8 ($6 Walker members, Opera subscribers and students) Admission: $8/ticket Co-presented by Minnesota Opera, Purchase online at walkerart.org or call Call 612-424-5468 or purchase online at take-up.org/series/40/ Walker Art Center and Take-Up Productions. 612-375-7600

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Fahrenheit 451 Cape Fear Sisters The Man Who Knew Too Much The Trylon The Trylon The Trylon The Trylon Fri., Apr. 8: 7:00 & 9:15, Sat., Apr. 9: 7:00 & 9:15 Fri., Apr. 15: 7:00 & 8:50, Sat., Apr. 16: 7:00 & Fri., Apr. 22: 7:00 & 8:50, Sat., Apr. 23: 7:00 & Fri., Apr, 1: 7:00 & 9:20, Sat., Apr. 2: 7:00 & 9:20 Sun., Apr. 10: 4:45 & 7:00 8:50, Sun., Apr. 17: 5:10 & 7:00 8:50, Sun., Apr. 24: 5:10 & 7:00 55401 Sun., Apr. 3: 4:40 & 7:00 (1966, François Truffaut, 35mm, 112m) When (1991, Martin Scorsese, 35mm, 128m) Scorsese (1973, Brian DePalma, 93m) Brian DePalma (1956, Alfred Hitchcock, 35mm, 120m) Hitchcock Herrmann asked why he was chosen instead so loved Herrmann’s original score, that he was so impressed with Herrmann’s work that he once said that to fully appreciate the suspense of Truffaut’s usual composers, the director used it whole in the title sequence and asked played the themes to Psycho, Vertigo and Marnie in this remake of his 1934 British film, the Based on the novel by Emily Brontë famously replied, “They’ll give me music of the composer Elmer Bernstein to adapt the rest while going over the rough-cuts, prompting the audience would have to be able to read music. twentieth century, but you’ll give me music of for the movie as a whole. The modern version’s composer to shout “You’re no Hitchcock!” North First Street North First April 16, 17, 19, 21 and 23, 2011 Indeed, the score – penned by Herrmann – is the twenty first!” Despite avoiding electronic intensity is certainly heightened by the master’s Indeed. But DePalma’s DePalma, and this twisted pivotal to the nail-biting finale in this tale of music, Herrmann did just that, creating a haunt- anxious music. examination of murderous twin sisters was the 620 MN Minneapolis, American tourists crossing paths with ing accompaniment to this fascinating dystopia. perfect match for Herrmann’s intense score. international assassins. Community Events

North by Northwest Psycho Vertigo Taxi Driver The Riverview The Riverview The Riverview The Trylon Mon., Apr. 4: 7:00 Mon., Apr. 11: 7:00 Mon., Apr. 18: 7:00 Fri., Apr. 29: 7:00 & 9:20, Sat., Apr. 30: 7:00 & (1959, Alfred Hitchcock, 35mm, 131m) Herrmann (1960, Alfred Hitchcock, 35mm, 109m) Hitchcock (1958, Alfred Hitchcock, 35mm, 128m) Perhaps 9:20, Sun., May. 1: 4:40 & 7:00 suggested the director work with his pal, wanted Janet Leigh carved apart without a the most beautiful score of this series, and (1976, Martin Scorsese, 35mm, 113m) Differing screenwriter Ernest Lehman, who wanted to hint of music – only the sound effect of knives the one most performed by orchestras around from his usual work, Herrmann relied on heavy the world, Vertigo is both Hitchcock’s and Her- saxophone and jazz-influenced themes to help Community Events make “the ultimate Hitchcock film.” All three plunging into flesh (created by stabbing turkeys of major revival Minnesota Opera’s Celebrating were at the top of their game in North by stuffed with marbles). Herrmann convinced him rmann’s masterpiece. Hitch was so impressed evoke Travis Bickle’s increasing isolation from an Northwest fusing the best elements of suspense, otherwise, and music accompanying the shower with the music that he actually expanded indifferent and cruel world. When the composer romance, and even moments of splendid humor, sequence – with those screaming strings – some of the scenes to accommodate it. died shortly after recording the score, Scorsese all buoyed by Herrmann’s delightful music. became the most famous theme in movie insisted that Taxi Driver would be dedicated to history, forever mimicked and parodied, but Herrmann’s memory. never duplicated. Community Events Only 5 performances! Saturday, Apr. 16, 7:30 p.m. Herrmann Sunday, Apr. 17, 2:00 p.m. Wuthering Heights: Adult Education Class Tuesday, Apr. 19, 7:30 p.m. Is This Love? Thursday, Apr. 21, 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 4, 7 – 9 p.m. Saturday, Apr. 23, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota Opera Center Rimon Artist Salon Psycho. Monday, March 28, 7 – 9 p.m. 620 N. 1st St., Minneapolis Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave. S. Bernard Unable to bridge the chasm of social class, Minneapolis Noted film expert Bruce Crawford will Herrmann: Heathcliff and Catherine are consumed by a discuss Bernard Herrmann’s life and love that can never be, and its legacy haunts Explore literature’s most Music Goes to career, from CBS Radio to Carnegie Hall to the windswept Yorkshire moors. The music Vertigo. heartrending and complicated Hollywood, and his lasting impact on our of Hollywood legend Bernard Herrmann relationship. MinnPost’s Book the Movies Based on the novel by Emily Brontë culture. Wuthering Heights was considered expertly underscores the passion, prejudice Club Club host Sally Williams (with a side trip to the opera) by Herrmann himself as the masterwork and mystery of Emily Brontë’s classic novel. will moderate a lively discus- of his life. He was intensely protective of Sunday, April 10, 2 p.m. sion focusing on Heathcliff Citizen Kane. the piece, which took him several years to Minnesota Opera Center, 620 N. 1st St., Rising American soprano Kelly and Catherine’s romantic and Sally Williams complete. Herrmann did not allow any cuts Minneapolis Kaduce returns as Catherine family dynamics, patterns of or revisions, and this kept the opera from opposite Lee Poulis, who repetition and how each generation plays Join moderator Phillip Gainsley and You know his unforgettable film scores. being performed until after his death. makes his company debut out the unresolved issues of the previous Minnesota composer Adam Wernick in a Herrmann’s music, in whatever form, is as Heathcliff. ones. The distinguished panel includes lively discussion about one of Hollywood’s distinct and memorable and Now experience his only opera. Diana Postlethwaite, Chair of the St. Olaf legendary composers and the art of Kelly Kaduce his opera is no exception. Understand every word. English department and Brontë scholar; scoring for film and stage. Sung in English with English Sara Hoppe, co-owner and psychologist at Tour the Opera Center prior to captions projected above Grove Psychotherapy in Minneapolis and Admission: $8 Don’t miss Minnesota Opera’s highly anticipated new the class – meet at 6:15 p.m. the stage. stage director Eric Simonson. Minnesota in the lobby. A tour guide will Call 952-381-3449 production of Wuthering Heights, the quintessential Opera artists will present musical excerpts show you where costumes are from the opera. Co-presented by Minnesota Opera, Rimon: pairing of Emily Brontë’s gothic romance on the windswept BRUCE CRAWFORD built, sets are designed and rehearsals take place. The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council – an initiative LEE POULIS Yorkshire moors with a dazzling score by legendary Admission: Free and open to the public of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation and the Call 612-333-6669 or RSVP online at Admission: $25/person, $20/subscriber/ Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival Hollywood composer, Bernard Herrmann. mnopera.org/events donor/Tempo, $10/student with valid ID (high school/college) Co-presented by Minnesota Opera, Call 612-333-6669 or purchase online at All performances take place at Ordway Celebrating the first major revival of Bernard Herrmann’s MinnPost.com and the Loft Literary Center mnopera.org 345 Washington St., St. Paul Tickets $20 – $200. only opera and the centennial of the composer’s birth, An Afternoon with Rimon at the Opera Service charges may apply. Minnesota Opera invites you to discover the rich literary, Want to learn more? Tempo Event: Bruce Crawford’s radio documentary, Sunday, April 17, 1 p.m. musical and cinematic legacy of this extraordinary work. “Bernard Herrmann: A Celebration of Ordway, 345 Washington St., St. Paul HD Recording Ghosts in the Graveyard His Life and Music,” is available at Be a part of opera history! Minnesota Opera mnopera.org/herrmannaudio. Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish will be recording the April 19 and 21 performances Thursday, March 31, 7 p.m. Arts Council offers refresh- in HD for a national and international theatrical Wabasha Street Caves ments, a pre-show talk with release planned for November, 2011. Specific 215 Wabasha St. S., St. Paul the Opera’s new President and cinemas and times will be announced this summer. General Director, Allan Naplan, HD recording Gather up your courage and come along and tickets to the matinee made possible by with Tempo on a haunted tour of Saint Paul, Eric Simonson, Allan Naplan performance of Wuthering while Academy Award-winning director Eric acclaimed director of Heights on Sunday, April 17. Simonson and Minnesota Public Radio’s The Grapes of Wrath, Minnesota Opera is grateful to the following arts and cultural organizations and Classical Music Host John Birge discuss returns to direct Admission: $75 (includes matinee ticket) sponsors for their partnership in bringing these special events to the community: the supernatural elements of Wuthering Wuthering Heights. Call 612-333-6669 As opening night approaches, get Heights. Meet him at events on behind-the-scenes features, blog March 28, 30 and 31. Already have tickets to the Sunday posts and more – visit mnopera.org. Admission: $5 Tempo members/ matinee? Add the pre-show event to your $15 non-members order for just $25 by calling 612-333-6669. Call 612-333-6669 or purchase online at mnopera.org/events Rimon: The MN mnopera.org Jewish Arts Presented by Tempo, Minnesota Opera’s Council membership program for both opera newbies Nourishing Jewish life through the arts 612-333-6669 and buffs ages 21 – 39 Ticket Office: M – F, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. “Minnesota Opera deserves enormous credit for continuing Promotional partner to devote resources to the future of [opera], especially now.” Photo by Steve McHugh —Wall Street Journal