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Peltokoski, Thayer and Mozart – San Diego Symphony

California Center for the Arts, Escondido 340 N Escondido Blvd, Escondido, CA, United States

The 22-year old Filipino-Finnish conducting sensation Tarmo Peltokoski leads the Orchestra in Sibelius’ awe-inspiring anthem and ode to Finland, the gorgeous Symphony No. 2. Concertmaster Jeff Thayer is the soloist for Mozart’s third violin concerto. ARTISTS AND REPERTOIRE Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor Jeff Thayer, violin Kaija Saariaho: Ciel d’hiver (Winter Sky) W.A. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. […]

Ray Chen Plays Mendelssohn – Walt Disney Hall

Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Violinist Ray Chen gives his take on the beloved Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Matthias Pintscher. This performance is generously supported by Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts. Program MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto BRAHMS (orch. Schoenberg): Piano Quartet No. 1

Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents Songs We Love

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

“Songs We Love” explores the first 50 years of jazz song and highlights the highly influential years of jazz history: the 1920s–1950s. Three guest vocalists join this all-star group to sing through some legendary jazz tunes and pay tribute to icons of the past. Famous singers to be explored include Ma Rainey, Billie Holiday, Ella […]

Appropriate – South Coast Repertory

South Coast Repertory 655 Town Center Drive, PO Box 2197, Costa Mesa, CA 92628-2197, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Arkansas, present day. The estranged members of the Lafayette family gather at their late father’s crumbling plantation to prepare for the estate sale. But decades of resentment have a way of bubbling to the surface, and a shocking discovery in the piles of clutter sends them spiraling as they confront repressed histories, regrets and each […]

The Marriage of Figaro – L.A Opera

Los Angeles Opera 135 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Music Director James Conlon conducts Mozart’s greatest comedy—a story about love and lust. Can Figaro outwit the Count who has a wandering eye for his love and save his upcoming nuptials? Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Conducted by James Conlon Address: 135 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: (213) 972-8001 Times Vary per […]

Romeo & Juliet – Pacific Symphony

Pacific Symphony 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, United States

Theirs was a love forbidden, and a love immortal. Experience Prokofiev’s intoxicating, impassioned “Romeo and Juliet,” as Carl St.Clair leads you through the greatest moments from Prokofiev’s sensuous ballet.  (Here’s some inside trivia — Prokofiev originally intended a happy ending!) Concert Timings: February 5, 2023, 3:00 pm Doors open at 2 p.m. There is no […]

Fran Lebowitz – Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Fran Lebowitz stands out as one of our most insightful social commentators. Her essays and interviews offer her views on current events and the media – as well as pet peeves including tourists, baggage-claim areas, after-shave lotion, adults who roller skate, children who speak French, or anyone who is unduly tan. A fascinating character in […]

LA Phil New Music Group with Paolo Bortolameolli

Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

This program features multiple world premieres from award-winning female composers: pianist/organist Courtney Bryan, violinist Erika Vega and the musical “Thomas Edison” Katherine Balch. “A pianist and composer of panoramic interests” (The New York Times), Courtney Bryan is a pianist, organist, and composer whose music is in conversation with jazz, experimental music, gospel, spirituals, and hymns. […]

The Rite of Spring & common ground[s]

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 135 N Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The late Pina Bausch’s seminal work The Rite of Spring, one of dance theatre’s most significant works, takes the stage at The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion this February! Co-produced by the incredible Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sables, and Sadler’s Wells, The Rite of Spring examines the notion of unyielding ritual when the sacrifice […]

Patti LuPone Don’t Monkey with Broadway

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Spend an evening with a true Broadway legend as three-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone returns to Segerstrom Center with her acclaimed one-woman show. In Don’t Monkey with Broadway, LuPone explores - through indelible interpretations of classic Broadway show tunes by the likes of Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Jule Styne, Stephen Schwartz, Charles Strouse, Leonard […]

Valentine’s Day with The Righteous Brothers – Pacific Symphony

Pacific Symphony 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, United States

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame duo The Righteous Brothers topped the charts for four decades. Now, Bill Medley joins forces with one of the most versatile vocalists in America, Bucky Heard, to bring The Righteous Brothers back to the stage.  The Righteous Brothers  concert experience features a string of their biggest top-ten hits, including […]

The Puccini Duo: Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi – San Diego Civic Theatre

San Diego Civic Theatre 1100 3rd Ave, San Diego, CA, United States

The Puccini Duo, brings to life two great Puccini one-act operas. Suor Angelica tells the story of a woman (Marina Costa-Jackson) who bears a child out of wedlock and is sent to a convent for penance. The comic-opera Gianni Schicchi begins with the death of wealthy Florentine Buoso Donati, and his distraught family who are upset about being […]

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