Memphis Symphony and Opera Memphis bring ‘Carmina Burana’ to vivid life
The Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Opera Memphis presented “Carmina Burana” on Oct. 28 at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts. (Courtesy Jamie Harmon)
The poems that inspired the music cover a wide range of topics ... the fickleness of fortune and wealth, the ephemeral nature of life, the joy of the return of spring and the pleasures and perils of drinking, gluttony, gambling and lust.
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Dr. Žak Ozmo is an internationally recognized pioneer in the field of Neuroaesthetics and the CEO of the Ozmo Institute for Neuroaesthetics. He is currently serving on the faculty of the UT Health Science Center’s Departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology and Radiation Oncology and is a member of the UTHSC Neuroscience Institute.
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