Besides his new show in San Diego, the popular theater producer is now the artistic director of two historic theaters in Florence
Hershey Felder stars in his new musical play “Rachmaninoff and the Tsar” playing Aug. 27-31 at the Balboa Theatre in San Diego. Later this month, theater actor-pianist-playwright Hershey Felder will return to San Diego’s Balboa Theatre to premiere his 12th play inspired by a composer — “Rachmaninoff and the Tsar.”
Felder, 55, premiered his new play earlier this month at the Broad Theatre in Santa Monica, just a few miles from where Rachmaninoff spent the final year of his life in Beverly Hills. He died in 1943 at the age of 69. The play will include Felder performing some of Rachmaninoff’s most famous music, including the Prelude in C sharp minor, the second piano concert and the famous 18th Variation of Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini .
A few years ago, the owner of Florence’s long-shuttered Teatro Nazionale — built in 1720 on the famous Piazza della Signoria — asked Felder to consult on the building’s renovation.
Felder said that even though running the theaters will keep him busy much of the year, he plans to continue touring the U.S. with his shows. He has also composed an Italian opera which premiered last summer in Fiesole, Italy, and will be reprised in Fiesole next month. Felder said a longtime friend once nicknamed him “hamster,” because he never slows down.
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