Boston Lyric Opera's The Seasons
The Baroque Era’s best-known music and Vivaldi arias punctuate a new story and libretto this week. The world premiere of Vivaldi and Ruhl's The Seasons, with Anthony Roth Costanzo, comes to the Emerson Paramount Center on Mar. 12-16. This new weather-centric Baroque opera marries Vivaldi's best-known concerti (and his other music) with a fresh and timely libretto by award-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl. A nod to global climate issues, the storyline follows a group of contemporary artists embarking on a rural retreat to reconnect with nature and hone their crafts. They paint, write, farm, and even fall in love, but extreme weather upends their plans, altering their lives forever. The Boston Lyric Opera co-production with AMOC* and SCENE is co-presented with Boston's ArtsEmerson.