![]() ![]() Fall 409 -Darius leads his warband to join Alaric, leader of the Visigoths.Who wears a gray wolf-skin over his shoulders, is his true father and teacher. The manĬasts away his Roman name Claudianus, and takes the name Gray's Son. Darius informs him of what he is and trains him. Reviving from a first death under the hooves of the Goths' cavalry. 365 -While attacking a Dacian farmstead, Darius notes the presence of a new immortal.Is discovered shortly afterward by Ahasuerus the Parthian and he takes the nameĭarius by which he will be later known. 95 -When his tribe is attacked by the Germanic horde, Darius dies as he leads his people in battle. (From the New Watcher Chronicles cd-rom and from the episode Band of Part of the culture of this tribe was that if a young man wanted to pay court to a woman, he had to firstĬompliment her father's horses. In a nomadic tent somewhere east of the Ural mountains, a boychild is adoptedīy Gothic nomads. His church was also used in that episodeĪs the site of Duncan's climactic battle with the demon Ahriman. They Also Serve, Deliverance, and he was mentioned often in Armageddon. His image based on his earlier appearances was used in The Hunters, The Watchers, Darius appeared in Band of Brothers, For Tomorrow We Die, In later episodes and his influence felt throughout the series. As a result, Darius appeared in only four episodes in the first season, although his image was used Unfortunately, the actor who portrayed Darius, Werner Stocker, died in May of 1993. Of the 1944 flashbacks planned for the unfinished novel Barricades and author notes about what was plannedįor both the 1848 flashback and the 1968 modern framework of the novel are also included. Some of themĪre referred to on the Watcher Guides included on the DVD's of the episodes. ![]() Some of the events in that book were ones that I have read were planned for the character in future episodes. Some information was also added from the Highlander novel, The Shadow of Obsession. Digital passes ($20 per household) are available for purchase at the Ars Lyrica website.Events in Highlander: The Series, with additional information from The New WatchersChroniclesĬD-ROM. 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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