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2011
2010
2009
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Feb. 19, 8 p.m.
|
Soprano Soloist
in
Mahler's Fourth Symphony/ Canteloube Chants
d'Auvergne, Book I
with the
Palo Alto Philharmonic,
Thomas Shoebotham, conducting |
Tickets: $10/5
Cubberley Theatre
4000
Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA
|
Jan. 21, 8 p.m.
|
Ilia (Idomeneo)
|
Capitol Opera Sacramento/
Davis
Dixon Theater for the Performing Arts
555 College Ave., Dixon, CA
|
Nov. 19,
8 p.m./
Nov. 21
3 p.m.
|
Soprano Soloist
in
Mozart Vesperae Solemnes
&
Rossini Stabat Mater
with the
S.F. City Chorus,
Larry Marrietta, conducting
|
Nov. 19: First Congreational Church
2345 Channing, Berkeley
Nov. 21: San Francisco
|
June 17 & 19,
8 p.m.
|
Cabaret Opera's
Tenth Annual
Fresh Voices: Festival of New Works: X in the Soul of Europe and Beyond
as
Sophie in The
Bloody Chamber by Daniel
Felsenfeld/Elizabeth Gold
with
Jo Vincent Parks and Indre Viskontas
&
God in the WORLD PREMIERE of
Job:
A Masque by Mark Alburger
with
Marilyn Pratt, Crystal Philippi,
Heather Klein, Sarita Cannon, and Kate Bautch
|
Live Oak
Theater
1301 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA
Advance tickets:
$20 / $15
Tickets at door: $25/ $20
Tickets online
or 415-289-6877
or
email
|
June 7,
1:00 p.m.
|
Berkeley Early Music Fringe
Festival
The Vinaccesi Ensemble:
Nanette McGuinness, soprano, Jonathan Smucker, tenor, Amy Brodo,,
Baroque
cello, Sarge Gerbode, Archlute, & Jonathan Davis, harpsichord
Music by Benedetto Vinaccesi, Cavalli, Caldara, Barbara Strozzi,
Legrenzi, and Monteverdi |
Trinity Chapel
2320 Dana St.
Berkeley, CA
For tickets: 510-549-3864
Tickets: $15
general/
$12 SFEMS members/
$10 senior/student
disabled
No one turned away
for lack of funds
|
June 4,
8:00 p.m |
Escape from the Opera House!
4th Annual Opera House Meets the Big House
Benefit Concert
Proceeds go to the Life After
Exoneration Program (LAEPP) and
Unrepresented Death
Row Prisoner Project (UDRPP)
|
First Congreational Church
2345 Channing
Corner of Dana & Durant
Tickets:
$15 adults/ $10 students and children
|
April 26, 12:30 p.m.
|
In
Dieser Zeit by David Garner
with
Kristin Pankonin
|
Hillside
Club,
2286 Cedar St., Berkeley
Admission Free
|
March
10, 7 p.m.
|
Servino's
Opera Night
with
Maestro Robert Ashens
soprano Angela Eden Moser
boy soprano Ryan Lee Nelson
and special appearances by
tenor Ben Bongers
baritone Jeremy Silvers
|
Servino
Ristorante
Reservations:
415.435.2676
9 Main Street
Tiburon, CA
|
March 4-6,
12-14
Fri.: 8 p.m
Sat.: 8 p.m.
Sun.: 7 p.m. |
Noah, Dinah
in
San Francisco Cabaret
Opera's
SEX
AND THE BIBLE: THE OPERA (Pt I )
WORLD PREMIERE
by
Composer/librettist Mark Alburger
with Kimberly Anderman, Robert Benda, Elizabeth
Finkler, Maria Mikheyenko, Marilyn Pratt, and Indre Viskontas
A 75-minute cabaret opera based on the Old
Testament by way of Las Vegas
|
Community Music Center
544 Capp Street, San Francisco
Tickets
$25 cabaret table per person (Must be purchased in advanced.)
$15 general admission
$10 seniors/ students
Four ways to buy:
Online purchase at
SF Cabaret Opera
Email San
Francisco Cabaret Opera
415-289-6877
Or at the door
Parking:
Mission-Bartlett Garage,
3255 21st
St..
|
Dec. 13,
2:30 p.m.
|
Christmas Concert
Including the premiere of William Ludtke's Christmas Cantata
&
Mozart Vesperae Solemnes
with
Kathleen Moss, mezzo-soprano,
Paul Murray bass-baritone,
Michael Jones, violin
Stephen Levintow, violin/ viola
David Auerbach, keyboard
St. Andrew's Choir and Handbell Quartet
William Ludtke, conductor
|
First Church of Christ Scientist
2619 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA
|
Sept. 27,
3 p.m. |
Salon Concert
Lieder by
Schoenberg,
Berg, Webern, Marx & Poulenc; duets by Dvorak & Saint-Saens
with
Meghan McQuillin, mezzo-soprano &
Kristin Pankonin, piano |
Concerts at the Org
2601 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA
Call 510-848-1729
for information
Free-will donation
|
Sept. 26
7:30 p.m. |
Opera in the Nave |
Michael
&
All Angels Church
2925 Bonifacio, Concord
|
Sept. 12
noon
|
Arts Walk Santa Clara
|
Santa Clara Central Park Pavilion
|
July 1,
6:30 p.m.
|
Concert in the Park
Famous Arias & Duets by Mozart, Verdi, Bizet, and others
with
Martin Bell, Norm DuVol, Diane Squires, Sharon Kaye, Daniel Galpin,
Sharon
Maswell-Yamamoto, and many more!
|
Mission City Opera
Central Park
Arbor Pavillion
909 Kiely Blvd.,
Santa Clara, CA
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| May 22-3 |
Sex and Delilah
by Mark Alburger
With Maria Maryshenko, Kristen Brown, Steven Hoffmann & Alexander
Katsman
Also
Open, a song
cycle
by Jean Ahn
with Alexander Katsman
|
Fresh Voices IX
Festival of New and Used Operas – Part II
Evenings in Hell - Or Is It Heaven?
Community Music Center
544 Capp St., SF
(415) 289-6877
harriet@goathall.org
San
Francisco
Cabaret Opera
|
May
3
7 p.m.
|
Vinaccesi
Ensemble
with
Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
Amy Brodo, viola da gamba
Sarge Gerbode, archlute
Jonathan Davis, harpsichord
|
Music
at
First Pres
First Presbyterian
Church
of Alameda
2001 Santa Clara Ave (at
Chestnut)
Alameda, CA 94501
www.AlamedaChurch.com
(510) 522-1477
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April 13
7:30 p.m.
|
Athena
Trio
(Nanette McGuinness,
mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich
& pianist Kathryn Cathcart)
in
An Evening of Operatic Arias and Duets |
Rossmoor
Music Series
Gateway Center, Rossmoor
Walnut Creek, CA
Admission: $10
Tickets available
for purchase
at the door for non-subscription
audience members |
April 4
2 p.m.
|
Micaela (Carmen)
|
Verismo Opera
The Sequioas
Admission $15/ $12
501 Portola Rd, Portola Valley
(707) 864-0630
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March 28
7:30 p.m.
|
Micaela
(Carmen)
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Verismo
Opera
Pacifica Performances
Admission $20/$
15/
$12
1220 Linda Mar Blvd, Pacifica
(650) 355-1882
info@pacificperformances.org
Pacifica Performances
|
March
23, 12:30 p.m.
|
Jugendstil Lieder by Marx &
Schoenberg
|
Etude Club of Berkeley
|
Feb. 15,
3 p.m.
|
Salon Concert
with
Michael Jones, violin &
William Ludtke, piano |
Concerts at the Org
2601 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA
Call 510-848-1729
for information
Free-will donation
|
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2008
|
Dec. 14,
2:30 p.m.
|
Christmas Concert
with
Kathleen Moss, mezzo-soprano, Paul Murray bass-baritone, Michael Jones,
violin,
Stephen Levintow, viola, Patti Tenbrook, cello,
and William Ludtke, organ
|
First Church of Christ Scientist
2619 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA |
Sept. 27
7:30 p.m.
|
Opera in the Nave
(Wine & Cheese
Reception
at 6:30 p.m.)
|
Michael
&
All Angels Church
2925 Bonifacio, Concord, CA
Tickets $10/
$20 with reception
|
Sept. 12
7:30 p.m.
|
Benefit
Concert
|
Capitol Opera Sacramento/
Davis
Dixon Theater for the Performing Arts
555 College Ave., Dixon, CA
|
June 6,
12 p.m. |
A Baroque Journey of Love &
Loss
at
the
Berkeley Early Music Fringe Festival
The Vinaccesi Ensemble:
Nanette McGuinness, soprano, Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano, Paul Hale,
Baroque
cello, Sarge Gerbode, Archlute, & Bruce Wetmore, virginal
Music by Benedetto Vinaccesi, Cavalli, Strozzi, Rossi, and Monteverdi
|
Trinity Chapel
2320 Dana St.
Berkeley, CA
For tickets: 510-549-3864
Tickets: $15
general/
$12 SFEMS members/
$10 senior/student disabled
No one turned away
for lack of funds
|
May
4,
3 p.m.
|
Jugendstil & Fin de
siècle
Chamber music by
Debussy,
Berg, Webern, Joseph Marx,, and others.
with
Meghan McQuillin, mezzo-soprano,
William Ludtke, piano, Michael Jones,
violin, and Stephen Levintow, viola |
CSO Hall
2601 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA
Call 510-848-1729
for information
Free-will donation
|
April 25,
7:30 p.m.
|
Mimì (La Bohème)
|
Verismo Opera
Sebastapol
Center
for the Arts
6780 Depot St.
Sebastapol
For tickets, call
707-829-4797
or 707-864-0630
|
April 13,
2:30 p.m.
&
April 18,
7:30 p.m.
|
Mimì
(La Bohème)
|
Verismo Opera
Unity Church of the Valley
350 N. Orchard Ave.
Vacaville, CA
For tickets, call
707-864-0630
|
Jan. 4,
7:30 p.m.
|
Guest soprano soloist
13th Annual
Messiah
Sing-along
|
66 Stephens Dr
Orinda, CA
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2007
|
Dec. 23,
3 p.m.
|
Athena Trio
(Nanette McGuinness,
mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich
& pianist Kathryn Cathcart)
Arias, Duets, and Seasonal
Favorites
|
Crocker
Art Museum
Capistrano
Hall
CSU Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Free to Crocker Museum
members; $8 for nonmembers
|
Dec. 16,
3 p.m.
|
Soprano soloist
Annual Messiah Sing-along
|
West Marin Festival
Singers & Orch.,
Carol Negro,
conducting
w
The
Dance Palace Center
503 B Street
Point Reyes
Station,
CA
$8 general, $5
seniors,
$4 kids and
teens/
$15 general,
$12 seniors/ students,
kids free
|
Oct.19 -
Nov.
10
|
Foreign Woman (The Consul)
|
Cinnabar Opera
Theater
3333 Petaluma Blvd. N
Petaluma, CA
$35 general admission
$32 for seniors and students
707.763.8920
|
Sept. 29
|
Opera in the Nave
|
St.
Michael
& All Angels Church
2925
Bonifacio,
Concord, CA
|
Sept. 16,
2:30 p.m.
|
Santa Clara Art & Wine
Festival
|
Mission City Opera
Central Park, 909 Kiely Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA
|
May 18
|
Chamber
Music by composers
William
Ludtke & David Garner
with
I
Gatti Freschi (trio), Martha Stoddard (flute), Willliam Ludtke
(piano) &
Kristin Pankonin (piano)
|
Giorgi Gallery
Tickets:
.$15.00/
$12.00
2911 Claremont Ave., Berkeley, CA
Reservations & advance sales: (510) 848-1228
|
April 25-27
|
Countess Almaviva (Le
Nozze
di Figaro)
|
Capitol Opera
Sacramento/
Davis
April 25-27: Veterans Memorial Theatre
203
East Fourteenth St.
Davis, CA
Admission: General...$15.00/Students
&
Seniors...$12.00
For tickets, call:
916.944.2149
|
April 16
7 p.m.
|
Athena Trio
(Nanette
McGuinness,
mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich
& pianist Kathryn Cathcart)
in
An Evening of Operatic Arias and Duets
|
Rossmoor Music Series
Gateway
Center, Rossmoor
Walnut Creek, CA
Admission: $10
Tickets available for
purchase
at the door for non-subscription audience members
|
April 14
8 p.m.
|
Athena Trio
(Nanette McGuinness,
mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich
& pianist Kathryn Cathcart)
in
From Opera to Broadway: An Evening
of
Arias and Duets
|
Trinity
Chamber
Concerts
Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St.
Berkeley, CA
Suggested
donation: $12 General/$8 Senior/ Disabled/ Student
For advance tickets call:
(510)
549-3864
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2006
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Sept. 22-24
Sept. 29-30
Oct. 1 |
The First Lady (The
Magic Flute)
|
Mission City Opera
Center for the Performing Arts
3250 Monroe Street
Santa
Clara,
CA
408.749.7607
info@missioncityopera.orgo
|
| June 16-18 |
Madam Bubble/ Voice from Heaven
(The Pilgrim's
Progress,
by Vaughan
Williams) |
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May 19-20
|
Featured
Guest Soloist
in
Opera Night,a
40th
Anniversary Celebration
Selections from
Scott Joplin's Treemonisha
Beethoven's Fidelio,
Mozart's The Magic Flute
|
Contra Costa Chorale
John
Montanero,
cond.
May 20: First Unitarian Church of Berkeley
1 Lawson Road, Kensington
May 21: Lafayette Orinda Presbyterian Church
49 Knox Drive, Lafayette
Tickets & Information:
510-527-2026
General
admission
$15/ Students, seniors, disabled $10
Children under 16 free
|
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Feb.12,
3 p.m
|
Athena Trio
"From Broadway to Opera"
|
Sundays at the J
2071
Tice Valley
Blvd
Walnut
Creek
Tickets:
925-938-7800
x 239 or x 244
$22 for JCC members/ $27
general
public
|
| Feb. 10 |
Athena Trio
"From Broadway to Opera" |
Giorgi Gallery
2911
Claremont
Ave., Berkeley, CA
Tickets:
.$15.00/
$12.0
Reservations & advance sales: (510) 848-1228
|
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Jan. 17
|
Athena
Trio
(Nanette McGuinness, soprano
mezzo-soprano VirginaChen
& pianist Katherine Cathcart)
Duets,
songs
& Arias
from the 19th and 20th century by
by
Poulenc,
Saint-Saens, Fauré, Debussy, & other French composers.
|
Noontime Concerts
part of the annual French Music Festival
Old St. Mary's Church, 660
California,
San
Francisco,
CA
Tickets: $5 donation
(415) 777-3211
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2005
|
| Dec. 17-18 |
Soprano soloist
Haydn: Missa in angustiis (Lord
Nelson Mass)
|
Semyon
Lohss, cond.
&
Solano Choral Society,
Helen Intintoli, cond.
Dec. 17:
Fairfield
Center for the Creative Arts
1035 Texas
Street
Fairfield, CA 94533
(707)
428-7714
Dec.18:
Vacaville
Performing Arts Theatre
1010 Ulatis
Drive
Vacaville, CA 95687
(707) 449-6217
Directions
Tickets
General admission $20/ Seniors $17/ Students $8
|
| Dec.
3 |
A
Christmas Concert
with
Michael Jones, violin
William Ludtke, organ
Carols
& seasonal favorites by Bach
& Handel |
First
Church of Christ Scientist
2619 Dwight
Way,
Berkeley
Admission free to the community
|
Nov.
19-20
|
Featured Guest Soloist,
Purcell:
Ode on St. Cecilia's Day
(highlights)
Handel:
Samson & Ode for St.
Cecilia's
Day
(highlights)
|
John
Montanero,
cond.
&
New
Millenium
Strings
Laurien Jones, cond.
Nov. 19: Lafayette/Orinda
Presbyterian Church,
49 Knox Drive, Orinda
Nov. 20: Unitarian
Universalist
Church of Berkeley
1 Lawson Road,
Kensington
Tickets & Information:
510-524-1861
General admission $15/
Students,
seniors, disabled $10
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Oct. 21-3
|
Lady with a Cake
Box
(Postcard from
Morocco
by Argento)
|
City
College of San Francisco
Michael Shahani,
music
director
David Parr, stage
director
Diego Rivera Theatre
SF City College
Phelan at Judson
Tickets & Information:
415-452-5185
General Admission $15/ Students, Seniors
$10
|
Oct. 1
|
Fourth
Annual Opera on the Lawn
|
St. Michael'sSt.
Michael
& All Angels Church
2925
Bonifacio,
Concord, CA
|
Sept. 16
Sept. 24
|
KATRINA
RELIEF BENEFIT CONCERTS
with pianist Kristin Pankonin,
sopranos Hope Briggs, Kristin Clayton,
Marnie Breckenridge, Nanette
McGuinness, Christa
Pfeiffer, Krista Wigle, Beth Amisano, and
Maryam Mahvi, mezzo-soprano
Raeeka
Shehabi-Yagmai, tenors J. Raymond Meyers & Brian Staufenbiel,
and baritone Mike Taylor
|
Sept. 16: St. Matthews
Lutheran Church
16th St. and Dolores, SF
Sept. 24: Danville
Congregational Church
989 San Ramon Valley
Rd., Danville
All proceeds will go to the American Red Cross.
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May 13
|
Athena Trio
(Nanette
McGuinness,
mezzo-soprano Virginia Chen,
& pianist Kathryn Cathcart)
Ooh,
la,
la!: songs,
duets & arias
by
Poulenc, Debussy, Saint-Saens,
Massenet,
Britten, & Weill
|
2911
Claremont
Ave.
Berkeley, CA
For
reservations
& advance sales: (510) 848-1228
|
April 17
|
Athena Trio
(Nanette
McGuinness,
mezzo-soprano Virginia Chen,
& pianist Kathryn Cathcart)
Ooh,
la,
la!: songs,
duets & arias
by
Poulenc, Debussy, Saint-Saens,
Massenet,
Britten, & Weill
|
Oakland Lyric Opera
Sunday
Afternoon Musicale & Tea
co-sponsored by the Chapel of the Chimes
Julia
Morgan
Chapel of the Chimes
4499
Piedmont
Ave., Oakland
$20; Seniors $18 (includes tea reception)
For
reservations
& to charge tickets
by phone:
(510) 836-6772
The
Chapel
of the Chimes is the building on the left before
the entrance to the cemetery, at the end of Piedmont Ave.
Parking lot (FREE) across the street
|
March 26
|
Music at the Giorgi Gallery
A Benefit for the Giorgi Gallery Concert Series
Music by Bach, Mozart, Poulenc, Barber, and Weill
|
Giorgi Gallery
2911 Claremont Ave.
Berkeley, CA
For
reservations
& advance sales: (510) 848-1228
|
Feb. 20
|
French duets by Delibes, Faure,
Gounod, & Franck
with
mezzo-soprano Virginia Chen
& pianist Melinda Coffey
|
Sunday
Concerts
Church in the Forest
Forest Lake Road, Pebble
Beach,
CA |
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2004 |
Aug. 12
|
Athena
Ensemble
(with
pianist Kathryn Cathcart)
From Verdi to Weill:
Arias & Songs by Verdi, Bellini,
Villa-Lobos, Poulenc, & Weill
|
Rossmoor Concerts
Walnut Creek, CA
|
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July 15
|
ATHENA
Ensemble, with pianist Kathryn Cathcart
From Verdi to Weill
Arias &
Songs
by Verdi, Bellini,
Villa-Lobos,
Poulenc, & Weill
|
Westlake
Christian
Terrace
Oakland, CA
|
Sept. 25
|
Third Annual Opera on the
Lawn
|
St.
Michael
& All Angels Church,
2925 Bonifacio, Concord, CA |
Oct. 24
|
A
Musical
Kerry Potpourri
Support John Kerry & John
Edwards.
Join soprano
Nanette
McGuinness, mezzo-soprano
Virginia Chen,
tenor Jonathan Smucker,
baritone Patrick
Leveque,
guitarist Richard
Flores, pianist
William
Ludtke and other artists for a
program of
arias, songs, and classical music.
|
Refreshments
by Alice Huberman
Seating
is limited: reservations required $100/ person.
Contact Claire Wahrhaftig,
music4kerry@yahoo.com
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| 2003 |
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Dec. 12-13
|
Holiday Fireside Concerts
|
Pacific
Repertory Opera
.
Avila Valley Estates
San Luis Obispo, CA
Tickets and
information:
805-541-5369
|
Oct. 25
|
International Opera
Singers'
Competition, Semi-Finals |
Center for
Contemporary
Opera
New York
|
Sept. 27
|
Second Annual Opera on the
Lawn
|
St. Michael & All Angels Church
2925
Bonifacio, Concord, CA |
Oct. 12
|
Old and New Music
with
Philip Gelb, shakuhachi,
&
William Ludtke, piano
Music by Barber, Ludtke, Copland, Puccini, and Mozart
|
Berkeley Art Center
1275 Walnut St.
Berkeley, CA
Admission $10/$8.00/
members
& children under 12 , free
Information: 510-644-6893
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