Overview Direct from Broadway, MEAN GIRLS is the hilarious hit musical from an award-winning creative team, including book writer Tina Fey (30 Rock), composer Jeff Richmond (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), lyricist Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde) and director Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon). Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared […]
Overview Tony winner. Emmy winner. Star of the original production of Wicked. Kristin Chenoweth joins Pacific Symphony for this spectacular concert of classic songs of love and empowerment. Entertainment Weekly raves: “her set-list spans so many different genres, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.” Kristin Chenowith will be performing on both the first and second […]
Overview Experience pianist Conrad Tao’s phenomenal artistry in Mozart’s eloquent Piano Concerto No. 24. Not yet 30, the Detroit Free Pressproclaims Tao “owns a place among the world’s virtuosos.” Guest conductor Michal Nesterowicz leads music of his countryman, the late Polish film and concert composer, Wojciech Kilar. The evening ends with Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 […]
This spring, these award-winning sisters are bringing their joint cabaret show to the Center for an evening of delightful music. As a dynamic duo of incredible talent, both Ann and Liz are gearing up for a wonderful cabaret show that combines humor, harmonies, and showtunes!
Celebrating iconic musical moments from favorite films released over the last decade, this melodic journey explores Disney Animation’s latest stories through unforgettable film clips and scores performed live by a symphony orchestra. This thrilling performance includes music from Moana (2016), Academy Award-winning Frozen (2013), Academy Award-winning Big Hero 6 (2014), and Tangled (2010). Come dressed […]
Overview Formed by members of Amsterdam's famed Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO), Camerata RCO most notably performs chamber music in multiple formations from duet to small chamber orchestra. Their special focus on Classical and Romantic repertoire for winds and strings sets them apart from the rest, and their active relationships with living composers allow them to […]
Pre-concert lecture by Classical California KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen at 7pm Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique appears with renowned period instrument orchestra Concerto Köln in a program celebrating female protagonists. Juxtaposing a series of Handel heroines against their counterparts in operas by Handel’s contemporaries, Carl Heinrich Graun and Riccardo Broschi, De Bique will sing arias from […]
FEATURED PERFORMERS Daniel Hope, violin Zurich Chamber Orchestra PROGRAM Aaron COPLAND:"Hoe-Down" from Rodeo Duke ELLINGTON:"Come Sunday" from Black, Brown, and Beige Florence PRICE: Adoration Kurt WEILL: American Song Suite Samuel BARBER: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 Aaron COPLAND:"At the River" from Old American Songs Phillip GLASS: Echorus George GERSHWIN (arr. Paul Bateman): Song Suite Pre-concert lecture at 7pm by KUSC's Jennifer Miller Hammel Violin […]
Overview Experienced Jazz veterans The Cookers are touring with their newest album, “Look Out!” With each member having four decades of experience in the jazz world, this powerhouse group brings the most sophisticated musicianship the Center has yet to see. Formed in 2007, The Cookers’ musicians still follow their own musical pursuits, each contributing a […]
Overview Pacific Symphony in collaboration with Farhang Foundation welcomes Grammy-nominated musician and composer Kayhan Kalhor to the stage for our annual Nowruz celebration. Kalhor is an internationally acclaimed virtuoso on the kamancheh (spiked fiddle), who has been instrumental in popularizing Persian music around the world. A native of Iran, born in the Kurdish city of […]
Overview Pacific Symphony in collaboration with Farhang Foundation welcomes Grammy-nominated musician and composer Kayhan Kalhor to the stage for our annual Nowruz celebration. Kalhor is an internationally acclaimed virtuoso on the kamancheh (spiked fiddle), who has been instrumental in popularizing Persian music around the world. A native of Iran, born in the Kurdish city of […]
Overview Formed by members of Amsterdam's famed Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO), Camerata RCO most notably performs chamber music in multiple formations from duet to small chamber orchestra. Their special focus on Classical and Romantic repertoire for winds and strings sets them apart from the rest, and their active relationships with living composers allow them to […]
Nothing could be sweeter than the U.S. Premiere of Like Water for Chocolate for American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. This full-length ballet created by the brilliant choreographer Christopher Wheeldon brings the famous novel by Laura Esquivel to mouth-watering life. Like Water for Chocolate tells the story of Tita, a […]
One of the most vibrant musical partnerships before the public today, classical music superstar Yo-Yo Ma and his longtime collaborator pianist Kathryn Stott make a special Orange County appearance together.
Michelle Dorrance is “the most exciting and original choreographer in tap today" (The New York Times). Dorrance Dance is the award-winning tap dance company founded in 2011 by Artistic Director and MacArthur Genius Michelle Dorrance. Dorrance Dance has an unconquerable respect for the complex history and powerful legacy of this uniquely American art form, while […]
Once and forever, Gloria Gaynor remains the reigning queen of disco! 45 years beyond her anthem “I Will Survive,” and she has, and is stronger than ever. Hear the two-time Grammy winner sing her hottest hits in a full symphonic treatment from Pacific Symphony. This concert has so much energy, the legs on your seats […]
After 47 years of performing as a group, Emerson String Quartet launches their farewell tour to commemorate their music and time spent together as an internationally acclaimed ensemble. Our audiences have looked forward to their concerts time and time again, and for their final concert here, these four performers are closing out their time performing […]
You Can’t Stop the Beat! Hairspray, Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon is back on tour! Join 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad in 1960’s Baltimore as she sets out to dance her way onto TV’s most popular show. Can a girl with big dreams (and even bigger hair) change the world? Featuring the beloved score of hit […]
A lecherous Duke, who lives to take his pleasure. His twisted court jester, who lives to take his revenge. Carl St.Clair conducts this season’s semi-staged opera production: Verdi’s Rigoletto, the composer’s masterpiece of duplicity and deception. A full theatrical experience in the splendor of the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. PROGRAM Doors open at […]
Special Guest Mykal Kilgore You know and love this contemporary composer, director, orchestrator, and lyricist, and we’re thrilled to welcome Jason Robert Brown to Samueli Theater for his Segerstrom Center debut! As a composer, his notable works include The Bridges of Madison County, The Last Five Years, Honeymoon in Vegas, and Parade. Brown won three Tony Awards […]
The extraordinary celebrity of the pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque... immersing themselves in an increasingly youthful repertoire. —The Guardian Formed in 2018, Dream House Quartet fuses decades of musical mastery of classical and contemporary forms, featuring the luminaries Katia and Marielle Labèque on dueling pianos along with acclaimed composer-guitarists Bryce Dessner (The National) and David […]
Jenn, Michelle and Joey look back at the summer of 1972, when their Korean American family piled into the Buick for an All-American road trip—spontaneously orchestrated by their father. From Milwaukee to Los Angeles and back again, they hit the open plains, stocked with kimchi, banchan and lemon drops, rickety Coleman camper in tow. But […]
Meet Roya, our fabulous hostess, as she welcomes you into her home to celebrate Nowruz, the Iranian New Year. She’s preparing a feast, but the main attraction is Roya sharing her great American journey from Tehran to “Tehran-geles,” California. Get ready for the time of your life with this hilarious and deeply personal tribute to […]
Violin virtuoso Leila Josefowicz plays Thomas Adès’ "Concentric Paths" Violin Concerto, and one of the most sought-after young conductors, Elim Chan, leads the LA Phil in Tchaikovsky's popular Fifth Symphony as well as the Orange County premiere of a new work by the talented Clarice Assad.
Inspired by the charm and beauty of Italy, each work on this program reveals a different perspective on the “Bel Paese” (“beautiful county”). Stravinsky and Musgrave both provide expressive, poetic and lyrical story-telling based on colorful commedia dell’arte characters. Tchaikovsky was based in Rome when he wrote his Piano Trio in A minor, which he […]
May 5-6. Since their first live production of classic rock music with orchestra in 1995, Windborne Productions, Inc. have gone on to create several memorable tribute shows. The Music of the Rolling Stones features Mick Adams on lead vocals. Pacific Symphony, backed by a full rock band, presents “The Music of the Rolling Stones.” A […]
May 6. Dance and sing to iconic hits from ABBA, including “Mamma Mia,” “S.O.S,” “Money, Money, Money,” “The Winner Takes It All,” “Waterloo,” “Gimme, Gimme, Gimme,” and “Dancing Queen.” Starts 7:30 p.m.
May 11-13. A three-part celebration starting with the music that defined the Roaring Twenties. First, listen to music of the era in the concert hall, such as George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris. Then, foxtrot on the Plaza to the JT & Friends band, and finally, enjoy the landmark 1927 silent […]
May 12-14. The LA Dance Project, founded by Benjamin Millepied, works to inspire, create, educate and change perspectives through the accessible and transformative power of dance in Los Angeles and around the world. Time varies, check website.
May 14. The joy of George Gershwin will fill the concert hall as Carl St. Clair explores those fascinating rhythms, including Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris and other works from the Jazz Age. Who could ask for anything more? Starts at 3 p.m.
May 16-21. There’s never been a better time to experience Chicago, Broadway’s razzle-dazzle smash. This triumphant hit musical is the recipient of six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards, a Grammy, thousands of standing ovations and now the #1 longest-running American Musical in Broadway history. Times vary per date.
Pacific Chorale proudly presents Price’s rediscovered Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, alongside Joseph Haydn’s stirring and majestic Nelson Mass. Starts at 5 p.m.
ANGELICA SCHUYLER IN THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST OF HAMILTON Renée Elise Goldsberry graced The Good Wife and One Life to Live on television. Broadway cheered her in Rent, The Color Purple and Hamilton, and gave her a Tony and a Grammy. Hear her golden voice fill Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in a collection of showstoppers as only she can sing them. […]
The much-awaited OC Parks Summer Concert Series and Sunset Cinema film series is back, presented by the County of Orange and OC Parks. Embrace the enchantment of summer evenings at your beloved regional parks, where you can relish in complimentary concerts and captivating movie screenings, all in a delightful, family-friendly ambiance. The June film lineup […]
From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the mic to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an exuberant celebration of 21st century girl power! Times vary per show.
Miserere by Renaissance composer Gregorio Allegri was so popular the Vatican forbade it to be published. Pacific Chorale director Robert Istad conducts the Miserere, then Carl St. Clair leads Richard Strauss’ transcendent tone poem followed by the world premiere of Fiat Lux by Scotland’s Sir James MacMillan. June 15, 2023, 8:00 pm June 16, 2023, […]
Two-time Tony Award winner and Broadway's "last leading man" (New York Times) performs a medley of contemporary music as well as fan favorites from the American songbook and Broadway for one-night-only.
Veronica Swift has garnered an impressive repertoire whilst still being relatively early in her professional career, and now, she’s returning to the Center with more of her incredible music.
Unfolding an unparalleled comeback narrative, this fresh musical chronicles the life of a woman who audaciously shattered the barriers of racism, sexism, and ageism, ultimately earning the title of the global Queen of Rock n' Roll. TINA – The Tina Turner Musical is a tribute to resilience and a testament to victory against all odds. […]
After a three-year break, Dariush made a grand return to the esteemed Segerstrom Hall in Orange County. Accompanied by a team of skilled musicians, 'The Legend' delivered unforgettable hits and classics from his illustrious career, promising an evening that attendees would cherish for years to come.
This uproarious musical comedy charts the journey of two unlikely missionaries dispatched to a distant land to share their message. Having garnered packed audiences in London, Broadway, and throughout North America, The Book of Mormon has established itself as a global phenomenon. Be advised, it contains strong language.
Seasoned instructor/choreographer Dev returns to the Julianne and George Argyros Plaza with a brand-new series of line dances for a night of upbeat fun designed for all ages and abilities.
Co-presented by American Dance Movement, the Segerstrom Center for the Performing Arts comes together as a community on the Argyros Plaza for the sixth annual National Dance Day. The American Dance Movement’s mission is to build healthy communities through dance.
The Sound of Music Chapter of The Guilds of the Center is thrilled to present a special benefit performance featuring the talented Marleena Barber, a member of their community. Marleena will captivate the audience with her critically acclaimed one-woman cabaret show, detailing her experiences growing up with Albinism, which caused legal blindness. The narrative explores […]
Complexions was founded by Master Choreographer Dwight Rhoden and the legendary Desmond Richardson with a singular approach to reinventing dance through a groundbreaking mix of methods, styles and cultures. With a breathtaking mix of dance styles and athletic intensity, Complexions represents one of the most recognized, diverse, inclusive, and respected performing arts brands in the […]
Cameron Mackintosh presents Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's Tony Award-winning musical, "Les Misérables," which remains one of the world's most beloved musicals. Celebrated as a modern rendition of a timeless classic, this production has garnered praise for its contemporary staging and powerful storytelling. Set in 19th century France, the narrative revolves around themes of love, […]
Grammy Award-winning artist Eighth Blackbird opens for Pacific Symphony’s Opening Night is anchored by Strauss’s A Hero’s Life.
Grammy Award-winning artist Eighth Blackbird opens for Pacific Symphony’s Opening Night is anchored by Strauss’s A Hero’s Life.
The Grammy-winning trumpeter and the Grammy-winning string quartet pay tribute to the legendary composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter.
Music Director Carl St. Clair guides audiences through one of Strauss’s most ambitious compositions depicting the hero’s journey.
