Uma Thurman will appear alongside Ren茅e Fleming in the upcoming world premiere of the late Andr茅 Previn and Tom Stoppard鈥檚 Penelope, to be presented at Tanglewood Music Festival July 24.
The premiere was announced in November last year, months before Previn鈥檚 death in February; the work will now be presented in dedication to him. As Previn鈥檚 manuscript was left unfinished, his longtime editor and copyist David Fetherolf created a full working score so that the performance could go on as scheduled.
Thurman, who made her Broadway debut in The Parisian Woman, will take on the newly created narrator role in the piece, inspired by Homer鈥檚 Odyssey. After Penelope, she鈥檒l stay in the Berkshires to appear in Ibsen鈥檚 Ghosts at Williamstown Theatre Festival.
The performance will also feature the Emerson String Quartet and pianist Simone Dinnerstein. The piece, originally conceived as part of Tanglewood鈥檚 celebration of Previn鈥檚 90th birthday, was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ravinia Festival, Aspen Music Festival and School, and the Kennedy Center.
Fleming, who recently concluded a London bow in The Light in the Piazza (a show she will also headline in Los Angeles and Chicago), will also take the Tanglewood stage to sing the role of Georgia O鈥橩eeffe in the of Pulitzer Prize winner Kevin Puts鈥� The Brightness of Light.
