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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Žak Ozmo
Žak Ozmo is a cultural connoisseur, music director, scholar, and specialist in the clinical application of music. He feels privileged to write about the culture of our remarkable city. He is on the faculty at Rhodes College and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
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