Sarah Kirkland Snider’s first opera, based on the life of Hildegard of Bingen, will premiere in 2025. The fall Princeton Atelier course, “Hildegard: Creating an Opera,” brought composer Sarah Kirkland Snider and conductor Gabriel Crouch together with students to help develop the eight lead vocal roles of the opera and to create their own works based upon the musical language and vocal style of Hildegard, a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and as a medical writer and practitioner during the High Middle Ages. This final class presentation will showcase both student-created works and scenes from Snider’s opera, with a small ensemble conducted by Crouch and directed by Elkhanah Pulitzer with projection design by Deborah Johnson.
Join the Event
The Hildegard performance is free and open to University students, faculty & staff.
Directions
Get directions to McAlpin Recital Hall, located in Woolworth Building on the Princeton University campus.
Accessibility
McAlpin Recital Hall is an accessible venue. Guests in need of access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at least one week in advance at LewisCenter@princeton.edu.
