F O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S E

Queens Symphony Orchestra

presents

Tales from Far Away Lands

part of the Masterworks Concert Series

Constantine Kitsopoulos, Music Director/Conductor

Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 7 pm

Queensborough Community College Performing Arts Center

(56^th Avenue & Springfield Blvd., Bayside)

Be transported to the Orient, Italy, and Russia this Mother’s Day Weekend while listening to Tales from Far Away Lands, conducted by our new Music Director Constantine Kitsopoulos. This international evening will include Ottorino Respighi’s Trittico Botticelliano, Bun Ching Lam’s Saudades de Macao, Giacomo Puccini’s moving Intermezzo from “Madame Butterfly,” and Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakoff’s Suite from “The Golden Cockerel.” This amazing combination of cultures and musical styles is sure to create a memorable concert experience for you and your loved ones.

As an added bonus, each full price ticket buyer is entered in a raffle that evening to win the Sealy Radcliffborough Plush Set courtesy of 1-800-MATTRESS. This luxurious plush mattress made by the #1 manufacturer of bedding in the world – Sealy – is a supportive sleep system containing 782 orthopedically designed coils. This prize is sure to give anyone a great night’s sleep! (winner to be chosen & announced at concert – must be present to win)

Maestro Constantine Kitsopoulos, in his inaugural season as QSO Music Director, is only the third Music Director in the Queens Symphony’s 54-year history. He previously held posts as Music Director with Les Miserables and Dracula on Broadway. He has conducted classically throughout the United States and internationally, including the Hong Kong Municipal Opera, Detroit Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Madison

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Symphony, Annapolis Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, and Dicapo Opera Theatre. He

is the Artistic Director of the Metropolitan Greek Chorale and recently founded the Chatham Opera Company. As Music Director and Principal Conductor of Baz Lurhmann’s Broadway production of Puccini’s La Boheme, The Oakland Tribune stated: “…but the star of this lively version of Puccini’s opera, at least to a classical music

lover, is conductor Constantine Kitsopoulos.” He will return to Broadway this spring as musical director and conductor of the premiere of Coram Boy. QSO is delighted to have Maestro Kitsopoulos at the baton. For additional information on our new Music Director, please visit his website at www.kitsopoulos.com.

Now in its 54^th season as the only professional orchestra in Queens, QSO continues its mission of bringing the best in classical, chamber, pops, and arts-in-education to the residents of this international borough. For further information about QSO and its programs, please visit www.queenssymphony.org.

Ticket prices: Adults $25 (orchestra) / $20 (balcony); Students/Seniors $18.50; Children (12 & under) $10; Groups of 10 or more: 20% off. Concert tickets can be purchased in advance by calling the QSO office at 718-326-4455, ext. 20.

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Queens Symphony Orchestra

70-31 84^th Street, Bldg. 38

Glendale, NY 11385

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