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2008
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| Sept. 5, 7, 11, & 13 |
Fiordiligi (Così fan
tutte) |
Capitol Opera
Sacramento/ Davis
Veterans Memorial Theatre
203
East Fourteenth St.
Davis, CA
Admission:
General...$15.00/Students & Seniors...$12.00
For tickets, call:
916.944.2149
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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
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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
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May
4,
3 p.m.
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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 |
C.S. Organization
Hall at the University
2601 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA
Call 510-848-1729
for information
Free-will donation
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April 25,
7:30 p.m.
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Mimì
(La Bohème)
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Verismo Opera
Sebastapol
Center for the Arts
6780 Depot St.
Sebastapol
For tickets, call
707-829-4797
or 707-864-0630
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April
13,
2:30 p.m.
&
April 18,
7:30 p.m.
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Mimì
(La Bohème)
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Verismo
Opera
Unity Church of the Valley
350 N. Orchard Ave.
Vacaville, CA
For tickets, call
707-864-0630
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Jan.
4,
7:30 p.m.
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Guest
soprano soloist
13th Annual Messiah Sing-along
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66
Stephens Dr
Orinda, CA
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2007
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Dec. 23,
3 p.m.
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Athena Trio
(Nanette McGuinness,
mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich
& pianist Kathryn Cathcart)
Arias, Duets, and Seasonal
Favorites
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Crocker
Art Museum
Capistrano
Hall
CSU Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Free to Crocker Museum
members; $8 for nonmembers
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Dec. 16,
3 p.m.
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Soprano soloist
Annual Messiah Sing-along
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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
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Oct.19 -
Nov. 10
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Foreign Woman (The Consul)
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Cinnabar Opera
Theater
3333 Petaluma Blvd. N
Petaluma, CA
$35 general admission
$32 for seniors and students
707.763.8920
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Sept. 29
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Opera in the Nave
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St.
Michael & All Angels Church
2925
Bonifacio, Concord, CA
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Sept. 16,
2:30 p.m.
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Santa Clara Art & Wine
Festival
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Mission City Opera
Central Park, 909 Kiely Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA
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May 18
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Chamber
Music by composers
William
Ludtke & David Garner
with
I
Gatti
Freschi (trio), Martha Stoddard (flute), Willliam Ludtke (piano)
& Kristin Pankonin (piano)
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Giorgi Gallery
Tickets:
.$15.00/ $12.00
2911 Claremont Ave., Berkeley, CA
Reservations & advance sales: (510) 848-1228
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April 25-27
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Countess Almaviva (Le
Nozze di Figaro)
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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
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April 16
7 p.m.
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Athena Trio
(Nanette
McGuinness,
mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich
& pianist Kathryn Cathcart)
in
An Evening of Operatic Arias and Duets
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Rossmoor Music Series
Gateway
Center, Rossmoor
Walnut Creek, CA
Admission: $10
Tickets available for
purchase at the door for non-subscription
audience members
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April 14
8 p.m.
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Athena Trio
(Nanette McGuinness,
mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich
& pianist Kathryn Cathcart)
in
From Opera to Broadway: An Evening
of Arias and Duets
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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)
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Mission City Opera
Center for the Performing Arts
3250 Monroe Street
Santa
Clara, CA
408.749.7607
info@missioncityopera.orgo
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| June 16-18 |
Madam
Bubble/ Voice from Heaven
(The Pilgrim's
Progress,
by Vaughan
Williams) |
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May 19-20
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Featured
Guest Soloist
in
Opera Night,a
40th Anniversary
Celebration
Selections from
Scott Joplin's Treemonisha
Beethoven's Fidelio,
Mozart's The Magic Flute
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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
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Athena Trio
"From Broadway to Opera"
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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
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| 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
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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.
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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
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| Dec. 17-18 |
Soprano
soloist
Haydn: Missa in angustiis (Lord
Nelson
Mass)
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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
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| 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
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Nov.
19-20
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Featured Guest Soloist,
Purcell:
Ode on St. Cecilia's Day
(highlights)
Handel:
Samson & Ode for St.
Cecilia's
Day (highlights)
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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
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Lady with a Cake
Box
(Postcard from
Morocco by
Argento)
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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
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Oct. 1
|
Fourth
Annual Opera on the Lawn
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St. Michael'sSt.
Michael & All Angels Church
2925
Bonifacio, Concord, CA
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Sept. 16
Sept. 24
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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
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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
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2911
Claremont Ave.
Berkeley, CA
For
reservations & advance sales: (510) 848-1228
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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
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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
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March 26
|
Music at the
Giorgi Gallery
A Benefit for the Giorgi Gallery Concert Series
Music by Bach, Mozart, Poulenc, Barber, and Weill
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Giorgi Gallery
2911 Claremont Ave.
Berkeley, CA
For
reservations & advance sales: (510) 848-1228
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Feb. 20
|
French duets by Delibes,
Faure,
Gounod, & Franck
with
mezzo-soprano Virginia Chen
& pianist Melinda Coffey
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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
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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
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Westlake
Christian Terrace
Oakland, CA
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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.
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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
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Holiday
Fireside Concerts
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Pacific
Repertory Opera
.
Avila
Valley Estates
San Luis Obispo, CA
Tickets and
information: 805-541-5369
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Oct. 25
|
International
Opera Singers' Competition, Semi-Finals |
Center for Contemporary Opera
New York
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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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