Seattle Symphony and Mark Morris Dance

Gerard Schwarz,conductor
Christine Brandes, soprano
Lisa Saffer, soprano
John McVeigh, tenor
James Maddalena, baritone
Mark Morris Dance Group

In celebration of a new partnership, the Seattle Theatre Group and Seattle Symphony are proud to present Mark Morris' seminal masterwork, the groundbreaking, evening-length L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato at the historic Paramount Theatre. Gerard Schwarz conducts Handel's pastoral ode set to the poetry of John Milton, L'Allegro has been described as a work of "utopian grandeur" and "a masterpiece of craft, invention and feeling."