Ward’s recital on Sunday, Feb. 24 is dedicated to the memory of his influential teacher, Max Deen Larsen.
Coffee Cantata’s plot is based on themes from Italian Commedia dell’Arte. When a father is concerned with his daughter’s scandalous habit of drinking coffee, he forbids her to marry unless she’ll change her ways. The daughter still finds a way to sneak cups of coffee into her marriage. Scenes from “Spamalot” and Lalo’s “Le Roid d’Ys” will also be featured.