Princeton University Sinfonia Presents: A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera Princeton University Sinfonia Ruth Ochs, conductorPrinceton Opera Company Charlie Ku ’26, piano Join Sinfonia and Princeton Opera Company for an evening of Opera, conducted by Ruth Ochs. Click here for livestreamTicketing$16 General | $6 Student*Passport to the Arts Eligible*Ticket prices are inclusive of all fees.Faculty and Staff only: In addition to two (2) free tickets, all university Faculty and Staff can also purchase additional tickets at a price point of $6 per ticket. TicketsProgramComposerRepertoireBeethovenPiano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor” (first movement)MozartCosì fan tutte ensembles VerdiOverture to NabuccoDonizetti L’elisir d’amore, “Chiedi al rio” SullivanPatience, “Long Years Ago” RossiniLa Cenerentola, Act 1 Finale MascagniCavalleria rusticana, “Intermezzo” Mozart (Olin Zimmet’s arrangement)Gran Partita Adagio for the Sinfonia Clarinet Ensemble About Princeton University SinfoniaThe PRINCETON UNIVERSITY SINFONIA is a full symphony orchestra that unites eager, music-loving Princeton University undergraduate and graduate students, as well as community friends, to explore diverse symphonic repertory from four centuries. Its members are passionate musicians with diverse interests and backgrounds who come together for the rich rewards of making music together and for others. Find out more about Sinfonia and ways that you might support our ongoing musical mission at: sinfonia.princeton.eduDR. RUTH OCHS is a passionate and sought-after conductor, scholar and educator based in central New Jersey. Since 2002 she has been conducting at Princeton University in various capacities. Soon after beginning graduate studies in the Department of Music at Princeton, she took on the directorship of the Princeton University Sinfonia and quickly steered its growth from a chamber orchestra into a full-size symphonic orchestra performing repertory from the baroque to the most recent. In 2019, she led Sinfonia in a fully-staged version Mozart’s Die Gärtnerin aus Liebe (David Kellett, director) with a cast of student singers. Under Dr. Ochs ’ leadership, Sinfonia regularly premieres new compositions by Princeton University undergraduate composers and features student and faculty soloists. Off the podium, her work in the classroom and introducing concert programs puts into action her belief that performers and audiences alike benefit from a deeper understanding of the materials and makers of music.Passionate about nourishing and inspiring community and youth musicians, Dr. Ochs also shares her time with musical initiatives in central New Jersey. She is now in her twentieth season as music director of the Westminster Community Orchestra, with whom she has led successful opera gala performances, collaborations with youth ensembles from the Westminster Conservatory of Music, and popular holiday concerts. Musical outreach lies close to her heart, and she has taken small ensembles of Princeton University musicians to perform in Mercer County elementary schools. In 2019 she received the Princeton University Pace Center for Civic Engagement’ s Community Engagement Award. Ruth Ochs holds degrees in music, orchestral conducting, and music history, from Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Princeton University, respectively. As a Fulbright Scholar, she studied at Humboldt Universität in Berlin, Germany, and, as a student of the Polish language, she studied at the Uniwersytet Jagielloński in Kraków, Poland. She is currently Senior Lecturer in Princeton University’s Department of Music.

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