Charity, Sylvia, and Cleopatra
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The 2026–27 Vermont Symphony Orchestra season opens with music inspired and created by powerful women—from Björk to Cleopatra, spanning 19th-century Vermont to the Persian Empire. The concert premieres a VSO commission by composer Clarice Assad, based on the historic Weybridge couple Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake, alongside selections from Giuseppi Verdi’s Aida and Hector Berlioz’ La mort de Cléopâtre . The dramatic and sweeping Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov brings this memora
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