
Lyric soprano Maria Valdes, “a star in the making,” opens this program as soloist in Samuel Barber’s haunting masterpiece, Knoxville Summer of 1915.
Added soloists, three choirs and the full orchestra then join her in Carl Orff’s exuberant cantata Carmina Burana, based on medieval poems and songs celebrating the sensual life and deploring fate… bringing the Symphony’s season to a rousing close.
Program:
- Samuel Barber: Knoxville Summer of 1915
- Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Performances:
- Sat., June 3, 2023 @ 8pm
- Sun., June 4, 2023 @ 2:30pm
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The San Jose Youth Symphony’s Philharmonic Orchestra, under the artistic leadership of Music Director and Conductor Yair Samet, presents its 2022-23 Season Finale Concert.
This premier orchestra, made up of the most advanced students in the San Jose Youth Symphony, will open the concert with Elgar’s Wand of Youth Suites, which feature his earliest musical works composed for a family play — spirited and lively, and full of childlike charm.
The orchestra will also perform Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, an intricate theme and variations, that is meant to teach children about all the different instruments of the orchestra, as a narrator takes the audience through this instrumental journey. The performance culminates in a musical work of extreme power as all the instruments join in and play together.
The San Jose Youth Symphony (SJYS) is one of the oldest and finest youth orchestras on the West Coast of the U.S. Founded over seven decades ago as part of the former San Jose Symphony, SJYS has a rich tradition of musical performance and education. The musicians of SJYS, all school-age youth, are chosen from more than 650 applicants through our annual auditions. The SJYS comprises 12 distinct performing ensembles: two full orchestras, a Chamber orchestra, two flute choirs, two string ensembles, as well as winds, harp, saxophone, percussion and jazz ensembles.
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Fantasy Dance School is proud to present their 20th Anniversary Gala Performance of Dance.
For over 20 years, Fantasy Dance School has provided various dance classes to the Bay Area — including Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Folk, Contemporary, Ballroom, Hip-Hop, Tap, children’s choreography — while being a home fostering creativity, artistry and collaboration for all.
Fantasy Dance School will take you on a trip down memory lane to revisit some of their 20+ performances over the years that have made them the strong school they are today.
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Celebrate 17 years of amazing dance as Nor Cal Dance Arts presents its 2023 Recital Showcase at the historic California Theater.
This show features youth and teen dancers plus some special dance company guests.
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From the Event Organizers: “Come watch Silicon Valley’s largest dance studio display their talent and passion in their annual recital. Performances from children ages 2-17 and adults will be proudly presented for friends, family and the community as we celebrate all these dance students have accomplished in the 2022-2023 season.”
Performances:
- Sat., June 17, 2023 @ 10am, 3pm
- Sun., June 18, 2023 @ 10am, 3pm
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The Dance Hall’s Annual June Showcase is an evening full of entertainment from performers age 4-Adults, starring the national winning dance company Hip Hop Craze.
Hip Hop Craze is The Dance Hall’s competitive dance company which was established is 2002 by director Tiffany Maaske-Miller at the young age of 17.
After watching her dancers grow such a passion for dancing, Tiffany decided to open a home for her competitive dancers so they had the opportunity to practice anytime they wanted and to inspire more people in her community to take hip hop dance classes.
The Dance Hall opened in 2012 in Morgan Hill, CA. Every year in June since then, The Dance Hall‘s students get to perform and share their love for dance at The Dance Hall’s Annual June Showcase produced by Tiffany and her all-female and incredibly talented staff! This year the theme is Icons.
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Each year, The Dance Affair presents a professional performance to showcase dances from each class. Each class prepares and practices to present their dances onstage for family and friends.
This presentation is a culmination of the students’ hard work and dedication.
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Envivoymas and MT Live present La Clase, a comedy that explores toxic masculinity, deception, abandonment and revenge with humor.
Told from the perspective of its two protagonists, it generates thousands of laughs along the way until reaching an unexpected ending.
In this comedy, not everything is what it seems.
Advisory: Due to some mature material, parental guidance is suggested. (The movie rating equivalent would be PG-13.)
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The Witch of all Witches is ready to cast her next great spell! Two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner and Broadway breakout star Jinkx Monsoon presents her biggest concert tour to date with “Everything at Stake.”
For the first time ever, Jinkx and her musical main squeeze Major Scales is touring North America with a full rock band performing a decade worth of covers and original music from her critically-acclaimed albums (The Ginger Snapped, The Inevitable Album), along with new songs from her upcoming 3-part album The Virgo Odyssey.
Known for her electric and eclectic performance style, Jinkx weaves together tales from her enigmatic life in a show where music, comedy, witchy magic and camp-fantasy collide. At a time where literally everything is at stake, get ready for a spellbinding, bombastic, and revolutionary experience straight from the heart of this “internationally tolerated” superstar.
Ages 18+, only. (ID required.)
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Opera San José opens its ambitious 40th anniversary season with Gounod’s classic adaptation. This romantic love story arrives at the California Theatre in a new production created by Shawna Lucey, her first collaboration since the visionary director became Opera San José’s fourth General Director.
Its impassioned French music, famous melodies and timeless story inaugurates a new season, featuring new residents and guests making role debuts. Music Director Joseph Marcheso conducts the Opera San José Orchestra.
Performances:
- Sat., September 9, 2023 @ 7:30pm
- Sun., September 10, 2023 @ 2pm
- Fri., September 15, 2023 @ 7:30pm
- Sun., September 17, 2023 @ 2pm
- Fri., September 22, 2023 @ 7:30pm
- Sun., September 24, 2023 @ 2pm
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This quintessential comedy features some of the most iconic music in the world and has introduced millions of people of all ages to the joy of opera, yet it remains a perennial favorite for the most hardened operagoer.
The story of the barber Figaro and his machinations in smoothing the course of true love returns to the California Theatre, led by Music Director Joseph Marcheso, with a splendid ensemble cast and a whimsical new production.
Performances:
- Sat., November 11, 2023 @ 7:30pm
- Sun., November 12, 2023 @ 2pm
- Fri., November 17, 2023 @ 7:30pm
- Sun., November 19, 2023 @ 2pm
- Fri., November 24, 2023 @ 7:30pm
- Sun., November 26, 2023 @ 2pm
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Verdi’s classic tale of honor, revenge, fathers and daughters is never out of the repertory for long. An instant success from the night of its premiere, it has been moving audiences around the world for generations.
Armed with a gripping story, a shocking twist and an iconic score, Rigoletto is an indestructible, eternal testament to the sacrifices we make for our job, our family and our honor.
Performances:
- Sat., February 17, 2024 @ 7:30pm
- Sun., February 18, 2024 @ 2pm
- Fri., February 23, 2024 @ 7:30pm
- Sun., February 25, 2024 @ 2pm
- Fri., March 1, 2024 @ 7:30pm
- Sun., March 3, 2024 @ 2pm
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Opera San José is thrilled to present the long-awaited Bay Area premiere of Mexican composer Daniel Catan’s masterpiece Florencia en el Amazonas, OSJ’s first Spanish-language work.
Crystal Manich, after her celebrated West Side Story production. returns as director.
Set on a steamboat voyaging down the enchanted Amazon rainforest, the glamorous Florencia and the other passengers go on a life-changing adventure. Charged with the magical realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the opera blurs the boundaries of the real and the fantastic to explore and reveal longing, grief and love. Music Director Joseph Marcheso conducts.
Performances:
- Sat., April 20, 2024 @ 7:30pm
- Sun., April 21, 2024 @ 2pm
- Fri., April 26, 2024 @ 7:30pm
- Sun., April 28, 2024 @ 2pm
- Fri., May 3, 2024 @ 7:30pm
- Sun., May 5, 2024 @ 2pm
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