The 2026–27 Vermont Symphony Orchestra season opens with music inspired and created by powerful women—from Björk to Cleopatra, spanning 19th-century Vermont to the Persian Empire.

The concert premieres a VSO commission by composer Clarice Assad, based on the historic Weybridge couple Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake, alongside selections from Giuseppi Verdi’s Aida and Hector Berlioz’ La mort de Cléopâtre. The dramatic and sweeping Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov brings this memorable program to a vivid close.

Please note: educator discounts are available. Contact us at community@vermonthumanities.org for more details.

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Program

Andrew Crust, conductor
Danielle Buonaiuto, soprano
Nikola Printz, mezzo-soprano

Björk/Dorn: Overture from “Dancer in the Dark”

Clarice Assad: Summerland

Giuseppe Verdi: Aida
Preludio

Hector Berlioz: La mort de Cléopâtre (Death of Cleopatra)
Méditation

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade