02 February 2010

This Month in Opera

Get your fix.
A lot of fundraisers this month.


February 3 @ 6:30 PM
Georges Bizet's Carmen

Metropolitan Opera, live in HD.
At select movie theatres, prices vary
Directed by Richard Eyre.
Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Staring Elīna Garanča and Roberto Alagna.


February 6 @ 1:00 PM
February 24 @ 6:30 PM
Giuseppe Verdi's Simon Boccanegra

Metropolitan Opera, live in HD.
At select movie theatres, prices vary
Directed by Giancarlo del Monaco.
Conducted by James Levine.
Staring Adrianne Pieczonka, Marcello Giordani, Plácido Domingo, and James Morris.


February 10 @ 8:00 PM
Recital: Baritone Darnell Ishmel
At Kerrytown Concert House
Tickets $10-$20
Byron Sean on the piano.
There will also be an art showcase concerning black baritones in honor of Black History Month. Proceeds will go to the Pascal J. Hall Memorial Scholarship Fund.


February 12 @ 7:30 PM
February 13 @ 7:30 PM
Leoncavallo's Pagliacci
Opera Grand Rapids
At DeVoss Hall of Grand Rapids
Tickets $20-$94.
Conducted by Robert Lyall
Starring John Horton Murray, Georgia Jarman, Mark Rucker, Jonathan Beyer, and Dean Kokanos.


February 13 @ 7:30 PM
April in Paris Opera Gala
Toledo Opera
At The Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle.
Tickets $35 - $80.
An evening of French Opera supporting Toledo Opera.


February 13 @ 8:00 PM
Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado
Opera a la Carte
At the Whiting of Flint.
Tickets $12-$46.



February 13 @ 8:00 PM
February 14 @ 3:00 PM
We're in the Money Cabaret
Arbor Opera Theatre
At the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor.
Tickets $25, $35 for VIP.
Support the Arbor Opera Company. Silent Auction on Sunday.


February 18 @ 6:00 PM
February 20 @ 1:00 PM
Georges Bizet's Carmen
Teatro alla Scala, World Opera in Cinema
At the Detroit Film Theatre at the DIA.
$20, $18 for seniors, students, and DIA members.
Conducted by Daniel Barenboim.
Staring Jonas Kaufmann, Erwin Schrott, Adriana Damata, and Anita Rachvelishvili.


February 20 @ 3:00 PM.
Henry Purcell's Dido and Æneas
Western Michigan University School of Music
At the Dalton Center Recital Hall.
There is a charge. I don't know what it is. The website has no information.


February 21 @ 4:00 PM
Concert: Swedish Radio Choir
University Music Society
At the Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor.
Tickets $10-$50.
Conducted by Ragnar Bohlin.

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