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2, also on the program, as is the gorgeous “Melody for Symphony Orchestra” by the late Myroslav Skoryk - known as a “Hero of Ukraine” - which is so popular in his county that it is widely considered its second national anthem. Ukrainian folk themes abound in Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s joyous Symphony No. In the lineup are Zoltán Kodály’s “Dances of Galánta,” wherein the composer commemorates his Hungarian heritage and the town of his birth and Anna Clyne’s “DANCE,” a concerto inspired by a 13th century Rumi poem that will feature the superb Israeli American cellist Inbal Segev as soloist. “Intersections” program in the Lesher Center’s Hofmann Theatre, repeated at 4 p.m Sunday and themed around exploring the connections between identity and tradition, with an emphasis on folk music that will include a couple of nods to Ukrainian culture. (Photo courtesy Grant Legan)ĭonato marks a decade: As California Symphony music director Donato Cabrera enters his 10th year with the Walnut Creek-based orchestra, he has prepared an entire season of works the ensemble will be performing for the first time in its history. Israeli American cellist Inbal Segev is the soloist for Anna Clyne’s “DANCES” when the California Symphony opens its new season in Walnut Creek.

Information on the entire weekend of events is available at or (415) 864-3330.

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The annual free concert, conducted by Eun Sun Kim, will present many of the company’s fall season artists in a program of arias, duets and ensembles by composers Mozart, Leoncavallo, Bellini, Verdi, Wagner, Sondheim and Queen, among others. in the Robin Williams Meadow in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. But the biggest bargain of them all is the company’s happy, post-pandemic return to Opera in the Park Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

matinee offered as a livestream at $27.50. The production, tickets priced at $26-$450, will run through Oct. The drama of love and political intrigue in antiquity, set in Rome and Alexandria, stars bass-baritone Gerald Finley as Antony, Egyptian-born soprano Amina Edris channeling her ancient countrywoman as Cleopatra and tenor Paul Appleby as Caesar. That big centennial splash is followed by Saturday night’s world-premiere performance of Pulitzer Prize-winning Berkeley composer John Adams’ highly anticipated “Antony and Cleopatra,” adapted from the Shakespeare play and directed by Elkhanah Pulitzer. Tickets for the live performance are $30-$300 and include a glass of sparkling wine in the lobby, but the concert will be livestreamed as well for just $27.50. concert features Nadine Sierra, Pene Pati, Lucas Meachem and Michael Fabiano singing, without intermission, arias from “Don Carlo,” “Turandot” and “La Boheme” as well as a few pop favorites. But the big newsmaker is San Francisco Opera, which marks the opening of its 100th season Friday night with a return to the traditional, glittery Opera Ball followed by a star-studded concert at War Memorial Opera House conducted by music director Eun Sun Kim.

The superb cast includes soprano Maya Kherani as Susanna and baritones Efraín Solis and Eugene Brancoveanu as Figaro and Count Almaviva respectively. Opera San Jose opens its season Saturday night in the California Theatre with a lavish new production of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro,” reimagined as a comedy of sexual politics and class conflict taking place in colonial India, where the British hold sway. (Photo courtesy Maria Del Rio)Ī grand weekend for singing: It’s a huge weekend coming up for opera fans in the Bay Area, and the opportunities to indulge abound. Egyptian-born soprano Amina Edris stars as Cleopatra in the world premiere of John Adams’ “Antony and Cleopatra” at SF Opera.

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