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New Boston Symphony Orchestra Season

Posted by Geoff Edgers April 4, 2008 09:15 AM

By Jeremy Eichler
Globe Staff / April 4, 2008
The Boston Symphony Orchestra continues its recent tradition of presenting opera in concert next season with three performances of Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra" conducted by music director James Levine. It is one of the most ambitious programs of the 128th season, details of which the orchestra announced today.

Levine will conduct a total of nine weeks of subscription concerts, down from 11 this year. In addition to Verdi, he will focus on Mozart, devoting his final two weeks of concerts to a survey of 12 Mozart symphonies, spread over three programs, beginning with No. 1 and ending with No. 41, the "Jupiter" Symphony.

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