DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN, CHAIRMAN • MICHAEL M. KAISER, PRESIDENT

THEATERThe Kennedy Center/La Jolla Playhouse production of Side Show

Sister Act n Elf n Flashdance The MusicalPeter and the Starcatcher n Disney’s The Lion KingAn Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin

Million Dollar Quartet

Barbara Cook’s Spotlight with Lucie Arnaz, Brian d’Arcy James, Megan Hilty, Patina Miller, and Tommy Tune

INTERNATIONAL THEATER FESTIVAL 2014

Featuring companies from Canada, Chile, China, France, Israel, Kuwait, Mexico, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Bristol Old Vic, England/Handspring Puppet Company, South Africa: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, Canada: Penny PlainSulayman Al-Bassam Theatre, Kuwait: The Petrol Station

Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, France: The SuitThéâtre de l’Atelier, France: Savannah Bay

Nalaga’at Theater Deaf-Blind Acting Ensemble, Israel: Not By Bread Alone

ZINNIAS: The Life of Clementine HunterThe National Theatre of China: The Green Snake

Tapioca Inn, Mexico: IncendiosLa Mafia Teatro, Chile: La Muerte y La Doncella

NATioNAl SympHoNy oRcHESTRA

NSO Season Opening Concert with Yo-Yo Ma

NEw MovES: Symphony + Dance

NSO Hechinger Commission: Roger Reynolds, george wASHINGToN

R. Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier in Concert with Renée Fleming

Beyond the Score® ConcertsAppearances by Joshua Bell, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos,

James Conlon, Sol Gabetta, Thomas Hampson, Stephen Hough, Steven Isserlis, Neeme Järvi, Leila Josefowicz, Jennifer Koh,

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Gil Shaham, and Osmo Vänskä

NSO Pops: Wayne Shorter & Esperanza SpaldingCirque de la Symphonie n The Midtown Men

Happy Holidays! with Brian Stokes MitchellMichael Cavanaugh in The Songs of Elton John & More

Rajaton’s ABBA Tribute Concert n Matthew Morrison

RENÉE FLEMING: AMERICAN VOICES

A three-day festival of master sessions, performances, and seminars celebrating the diverse styles of American vocal performance, curated by

acclaimed American soprano Renée Fleming. Featured artists include: Renée Fleming n Lawrence Brownlee n Kim Burrell

Kurt Elling n Norm Lewis n Dianne Reeves n Sutton Foster

BAllETMariinsky Ballet n Bolshoi Ballet

New York City Ballet n American Ballet Theatre50th Anniversary Performances by

Boston Ballet and Pennsylvania BalletThe Suzanne Farrell Ballet n The Joffrey Ballet’s The Nutcracker

coNTEmpoRARy DANcEMatthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty—New Adventures

Susan Marshall & Company n Hubbard Street Dance ChicagoAlvin Ailey American Dance Theater n Ballet Hispanico

Compagnie Käfig / CCN Cretiel & Val De MarneWayne McGregor | Random Dance

FAmily pRoGRAmmiNGKENNEDY CENTER COMMISSIONS

Elephant and Piggie’s we Are in a Play!orphie and the Book of Heroes

Rain Art Productions: Man of the HouseVisible Fictions of Scotland: Robin Hood

NSO Family Concerts

New visions/New voices

WASHiNGToN NATioNAl opERATristan and Isolde with Deborah Voigt

New WNO Production: The Force of DestinyMoby-Dick n The Elixir of Love n The Magic Flute

WNO Commission Holiday Family Opera: The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me

Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program n opera in the outfieldAmerican Opera Initiative

VOICES OF OUR NATION:CELEBRATING THE CHORAL TRADITION

A weeklong series of free concerts celebrating dozens of choruses from across the nation presented in cooperation with Chorus America

JAzzJason Moran, Artistic Advisor

Blue Note at 75 n Terence BlanchardFifty Years: The Life, Passion, and Music of Arturo Sandoval

19th Annual Mary Lou williams Jazz Festival n John PizzarelliJavon Jackson: Celebrating Coltrane n Ann Hampton Callaway

Ramsey Lewis n Kathleen Battle n Robert GlasperOscar Peñas n Jason Moran & The Bandwagon n Cecil Taylor

ONE MIC: HIp-HOp CULTURE WORLDWIDE

Celebrating the unifying power of hip-hop across disciplines and nations

NSO Pops: ILLMATIC with Nas n K’NAANThe Real Ambassadors 2014 n Revive Big Band n Calle 13

Jonzi D n Marc Bamuthi Joseph: red, black & GREEN: a blues

FoRTAS cHAmBER muSic coNcERTS

Emerson String Quartet n Enso String Quartet n CantusMatthias Goerne and Christoph Eschenbach n Time for Three

Augustin Hadelich, Joyce Yang, and Pablo Sáinz VillegasMarc-André Hamelin with the Pacifica Quartet n Takács QuartetKalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio n The Nash Ensemble of London

Last Stand Quartet n The Kennedy Center Chamber PlayersEvgeny Kissin and Maxim Vengerov

2014 KENNEDy cENTER iNTERNATioNAl

ARTS lEADERS FoRumA two-day summit of influential artists and arts leaders

discussing critical issues facing global arts groups

VSAVSA Playwright Discovery Program

VSA International Young Soloists ProgramSensory-Friendly Programs

millENNium STAGEFree Performances Daily at 6 p.m.

The Kennedy Center also presents Shear Madness and hosts performances by Washington Performing Arts Society and The Washington Ballet.

MAJOR SEASON SPONSORS

David and Alice RubensteinAdrienne Arsht

Mrs. Eugene B. CaseyThe Boeing Company

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationJane and Calvin Cafritz

Daniel and Gayle D’AnielloFred Eychaner

General Dynamics CorporationHRH Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. KogodThe J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation

Jacqueline B. MarsRoger and Vicki Sant

Charles E. Smith Family FoundationClarice Smith

Constance Milstein de la Haye St. Hilaire & Jehan-Christophe de la Haye St. Hilaire

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

2 0 1 3 – 2 0 1 4 S E A S O N H I g H L I g H T S

CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, MUSIC DIRECTOR • STEVEN REINEKE, PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR

WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA u VSA

For more information, call (202) 467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org/newseasonPhotos: Moby-Dick, photo by Cory Weaver for San Francisco Opera; Yo-Yo Ma, photo by Michael O’Neill; Disney’s The Lion King, photo by Joan Marcus © Disney; Renée Fleming, photo by Andrew Eccles/Decca; Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, photo by Mikah Smillie; Nas; Mariinsky Ballet’s Yekaterina Kondaurova and Danila Korsuntsev in Swan Lake, photo by Natasha Razina

FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR • PHILIPPE AUgUIN, MUSIC DIRECTOR

Renée Fleming

Mariinsky Ballet

Nas

Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty

Yo-Yo Ma

Moby-Dick

Disney’s The Lion King