He then defeated both Kim, as well as Connor's friend Kastagir, leaving just the two of them. Vasilek was beheaded by the Kurgan in New Jersey before he learnt of Fasil's death in Madison Square Garden at the hands of the Highlander. During this time, the Kurgan was going by the alias "Victor Kruger." The last six Immortals at this time were himself, MacLeod, Sunda Kastagir, Iman Fasil, Osta Vasilek, and Yung Dol Kim. The Kurgan and Connor MacLeod would meet again in 1985, in New York City, where the Gathering was to take place. MacLeod returned shortly after, narrowly missing his enemy. After taking Ramirez's Quickening, the Kurgan raped Heather and departed. He battled Ramírez, who managed to slice Kurgan's throat (though not deep enough to behead him) before being impaled and decapitated himself all while Heather watched. MacLeod was away, but Ramírez and Heather MacLeod, Connor's wife, were there. However, the Kurgan discovered this, and tracked them down to MacLeod's home. The Kurgan promised he would finish it, screaming: "Another time, MacLeod!!" Five years later, another Immortal, Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez, sought out the now fully-Immortal MacLeod as the only hope of defeating the Kurgan. However, Connor's cousins Angus and Dougal (along with other members of his clan) beat the Kurgan back, rescuing Connor from certain beheading. Before Connor could strike, he was run through with the Kurgan's broadsword. In the midst of the battle, the Kurgan challenged MacLeod. In the year 1536, the Kurgan hired himself out to Clan Fraser in their battle with the MacLeod clan, in exchange for allowing him to be the one to kill Connor MacLeod. His tribe, the Kurgans, Juan Ramírez notes, were infamous for their cruelty, and were known to "toss children into pits full of starved dogs, and watch them fight meat" for amusement. He was born in what is now Russia on the border of the Caspian Sea. Digital passes ($20 per household) are available for purchase at the Ars Lyrica website.The Kurgan's true name is never stated. In-person tickets ($39 - 75) and student tickets ($25) are available for purchase at the Hobby Center website. Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts Artistic Director Matthew Dirst leads the ensemble from his seat at the harpsichord. The three singers will perform alongside an orchestra of many of the finest Baroque musicians in the country, described at Ars Lyrica’s season opener as “an embarrassment of local riches” (Houston Chronicle). Ars Lyrica Houston is thrilled to present contralto McKinley at the beginning of her blossoming career. Competitively selected as one of twelve Cafritz Young Artists at the Kennedy Center, she recently made her debut with the Washington National Opera in Strauss’s Elektra. Snouffer will be returning to sing with Ars Lyrica Houston after recent performances with Houston Grand Opera, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, and Opernhaus Zürich.Ĭontralto Cecelia McKinley is making a name for herself across the nation after graduating from Rice University last May. Houston opera lovers are very familiar with world-renowned soprano Lauren Snouffer, who has been described as being “effervescent in coloratura numbers” (New York Times). All three are amazingly gifted artists, and I can’t wait to see what they do with their respective roles in this highly amusing dramatic work from Handel’s Italian years.” Making their Ars Lyrica debuts on this program are two rising stars of the opera world: Key’mon Murrah and Cecelia McKinley. Speaking to the remarkable success of the three singers, Dirst continues, “Lauren Snouffer is a local favorite – a Rice and Houston Grand Opera studio grad who is now singing all over the world, in everything from Handel to contemporary opera and oratorio. Soprano Lauren Snouffer, countertenor Key’mon Murrah, and contralto Cecelia McKinley will present Handel’s 1707 comic cantata with gender roles reversed, bringing a new twist to the timeless story of a beautiful nymph and two love-struck shepherds.Īrtistic Director Matthew Dirst explains that “this gender reversal keeps with performance norms of such works during Handel’s time in Italy, where male singers frequently performed female roles and vice versa - though our atypical casting with Murrah as the nymph Clori may surprise some!”
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