Gesualdo: Rebel or Rogue?
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Gesualdo: Rebel or Rogue?
February 6, 2012 – 6:00 am | No Comment

Carlo Gesualdo was a prince and landholder in Venosa in southeastern Italy. Around 1588 his wife began an affair with a gentleman in the vicinity. In 1590 Gesualdo, found the pair in bed together, stabbed them both, and hung their corpses in front of his castle for all to see. The story was retold repeatedly by poets of the day in a sixteenth-century equivalent of headline news. Was Gesualdo really a renegade as well as a murderer? Was he even a “modernist” of his time?

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Susie is celebrating the start of her 10th season at UMS, where she currently manages UMS’s Corporate Partnerships.

UMS’s Arts Roundup: October 8
October 8, 2010 – 10:28 am | No Comment
UMS’s Arts Roundup: October 8

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UMS’s Arts Roundup: September 17
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UMS’s Arts Roundup: September 17

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UMS’s Arts Roundup: September 10
September 10, 2010 – 9:34 am | No Comment
UMS’s Arts Roundup: September 10

This week’s news includes the announcement of the 2010 Kennedy Center Honorees; a preview of UMS’s opening production, Susurrus; and a new music program for Detroit students offered by MSU.

UMS’s Arts Roundup: September 3
September 3, 2010 – 9:30 am | No Comment
UMS’s Arts Roundup: September 3

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UMS’s Arts Roundup: August 27
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UMS’s Arts Roundup: August 27

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