Did
you know that it is believed Shakespeare was born and died on the same date? In
honor of his birthday and to mark the 400th anniversary since his
passing, let’s listen to a few Shakespeare-inspired works that we haven’t
already explored this month!
Edward
Elgar, Falstaff, based on Henry IV
Robert
Schumann, Overture to Julius Caesar, based
on Julius Caesar
Igor
Stravinsky, Songs
from William Shakespeare: “When Dasies Pied”, based
on Love's Labour's Lost
Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth,
based on Macbeth
Erich Korngold, Much Ado
About Nothing, based on Much Ado
About Nothing
Leonard Bernstein, West Side
Story, based on Romeo and Juliet
Jean Sibelius, The Tempest,
based on The Tempest
