National Symphony Orchestra: Debussy's La mer & Ravel’s Shéhérazade
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F Street NW, District of Columbia 20566
Debussy’s beloved tone poem inspired by the sea is just one of many highlights on this colorful all-French program led by veteran conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier. Renowned mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke joins the NSO for Ravel’s Shéhérazade, the composer’s enchanting song cycle about the heroine and narrator of The Arabian Nights.