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The following reflects listings on the Lister Calendar as of press time, but we're always adding more.
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Fri 4/29
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4pm -- Manhattan Beach
German Opera Tales
8pm -- Costa Mesa
Les Violons du Roy
with Ian Bostridge
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Sat 4/30
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9:30am -- Santa Monica
CA Lawyers for the Arts:
Musical Artist Manager and Booking Agent Agreements
10am -- Various
Met in HD: 'Il Trovatore'
2pm -- Hawaiian Gardens German Opera Tales
2pm -- Valley Glen
Guild Opera Company
Performance Showcase
3pm -- Santa Monica
LA Opera's Young Artists
25 Recitals for 25 Seasons
4pm -- Culver City
Vox Femina
Intercultural Conversations
6:30pm -- Beverly Hills
OperaWorks gala
The Met on Broadway
8pm -- Santa Monica
The Verdi Chorus
Women of Passion
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Sun 5/1
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2pm -- Yorba Linda
Ruth Sieber Johnson,
& Ann Patrick Green
2pm -- Long Beach
Long Beach Opera
Coincidences:
Home, Sweet Home!
3pm -- Laguna Beach
Auria Trio
4pm -- Santa Monica
The Verdi Chorus
Women of Passion
5:30pm -- Long Beach
LA Opera's Young Artists
25 Recitals for 25 Seasons
7pm -- Westwood
From Death to Hope
7pm -- Los Angeles
LA Jewish Choral Festival
7:30pm -- Pacific Palisades
Palisades Symphony
Vivaldi, Mozart & Bach
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Mon 5/2
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7:30pm -- Westwood
From Death to Hope
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Wed 5/4
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7pm -- USC
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Chicks
with guts
Well behaved women rarely make history. --Eleanor Roosevelt These ain't no pale, wilting flowers: Joan of Arc, for instance, was a warrior, a visionary, and one of the most beloved characters in French history. In her short life of only nineteen years, this humble 15th-century peasant girl led major victories against the English in the Hundred Years' War and helped to place Charles VII on the throne, bringing relief to France after many decades of devastating fighting against the English, a mad monarch and much political infighting. She was eventually captured, sold to the English and burned at the stake for her troubles (and, most important, for the crime of being an audacious woman), but whatever can be said, she lived her life with passion, conviction and tremendous courage.  This is only one of the fabulous females celebrated in song by The Verdi Chorus this weekend. With selections from Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco, Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Kálmán's Gräfin Mariza (Countess Maritza), director Anne Marie Ketchum leads choir, soloists and pianist Laraine Stivers-Madden as they delve into the characters that make 'well behaved' far less desirable.
An impressive line-up of featured soloists includes soprano Monica Schober, tenor (and Lister) Robert MacNeil, and baritone Joseph Lodato. If you can, spring for reserved seats, as you won't want to miss a thing. Women of Passion The Verdi Chorus First United Methodist Church 1008 11th Street, Santa Monica April 30, 2011 | 7:30 PM
May 1, 2011 | 4:00 PM
Tickets $10-40:
Call (800) 838-3006 or purchase online here
Verdi Chorus website Map & Directions Event listing
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Vocal Focus from CCMN
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Southern California Vocal Events
LAURI D. GOLDENHERSH's Weekly Highlights
Two pairs of concerts, presumably matched unintentionally, show great themes in different ways this week:
First, two concerts focus on the accomplishments of musical women, with 'Women of Passion' from the VERDI CHORUS and 'Intercultural Conversations' by VOX FEMINA. Saturday at 4pm, Vox's free concert honors women of a variety of different cultures, celebrating diversity and great music. At 7:30pm, the operatically inclined will be drawn to the Verdians' selections showing strong female characters from opera works. (This program will be repeated on Sunday.) Since one is free and the two events don't overlap, it's like a twofer: take advantage, and attend both!
To download a flyer about 'Intercultural Conversations', click here. For more info about the Verdi Chorus, including ticketing, click here:
Then, two Los Angeles events on Sunday commemorate Jewish music, in honor of Yom HaShoah, the annual day of Holocaust remembrance. Both events are free:
The Los Angeles Jewish Choral Festival takes place at 7pm at Leo Baeck Temple, featuring a combined choir of several groups, appearances by conductors DR. NOREEN GREEN and DR. MICHAEL ISAACSON.
For more information, click here.
Sinai Temple also hosts a special event with 'From Death to Hope', a new musical based on VIKTOR FRANKL's landmark book, 'Man's Search for Meaning'. This show is also offered on Monday night.
For info and instructions on how to RSVP, click here.
Other goodies? You won't want to miss IAN BOSTRIDGE in Orange County on Friday, OPERAWORKS' 'The Met on Broadway' funder on Saturday, LONG BEACH OPERA's next 'Coincidence', or a whole slew of fabulous soloists with the PALISADES SYMPHONY on Sunday. Other offerings this week are simply fascinating for their innovative spirit: Check out 'Finding Paradise Lost' at USC on Wednesday the 4th, or 'Mystique' at San Pedro's Warner Grand Theatre, in celebration of Cinco de Mayo (Thursday). Check the calendar for these options and more.
As always, thank you for supporting live singing!
Lauri D. Goldenhersh lauri@laurislist.com There's never enough room -- for details about these and many other vocal events, see the Calendar at LaurisList.com. Our calendar is now the largest centralized resource for vocal events in the area.
Visit the calendar by clicking http://bit.ly/ListerCalendar and send a message to the email address above to learn how to keep us posted about your upcoming events!
_________________________________ This weekly column has been cross-posted from the Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter, the indispensable email periodical serving more than 5000 readers in Southern California. To view the latest issue, click here. To subscribe, send email to editor Jim Eninger. |
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