BILL CUNLIFFE and IMAGINACIÓN featuring CORAL MACFARLAND THUET
Part of the Jazz in North Park Series
Wednesday • August 4 • 7:00 PM
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Grammy-winning pianist Bill Cunliffe has developed into one of the premiere players on the West Coast jazz scene. Awarded a 2010 Grammy for his charts on the Resonance Record’s “Tribute to Oscar Peterson” CD from last year, Cunliffe is known for his adventurous piano playing and his capacity to work in a wide array of musical styles. Joining Cunliffe and his Imaginación septet will be jazz and Latin singer Coral MacFarland Thuet, who sings in Spanish, English and Portuguese with a repertoire of music from Latin America. This will be a wonderful evening of Afro-Cuban jazz.
SINGLE TICKETS: Adults $27, Students (Day of Show) $15
3 Show Package $66 |
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RISING STARS SHOWCASE PERFORMANCE and
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE JR.
Presented by Lyric Opera Summer Academy
Thursday • July 29 • 7:00 PM
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Join this year’s Lyric Opera Summer Academy students as they get a chance to show off their talent and recently learned techniques in the Rising Stars Showcase Performance and Schoolhouse Rock Live Jr., a program sure to please any audience!
FREE ADMISSION No tickets will be distributed through the BNPT Box Office
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HOLLY HOFMANN AND FOUR WOMEN ONLY
Part of the Jazz in North Park Series
Wednesday • September 1 • 7:00 PM
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Gathering from across the country, Four Women Only is a stellar quintet of players brought together by a common love of jazz. Led by Holly Hofmann on flute, Four Women Only includes Mary Fettig on alto sax, Mimi Foxon guitar, Kristin Korb on bass and Sylvia Cuenca on drums. All of these artists are top players on their instruments, each with an extensive background in jazz performance and improvisation. This is a rare opportunity to hear this talented group of players in Southern California.
SINGLE TICKETS: Adults $27, Students (Day of Show) $15
3 Show Package $66 |
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MUSIC AND MIRTH AT THE MOVIES
PART 2
Saturday • September 11, 2010 • 7:00 PM
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Lyric at the Birch, in concert with the Harold Lloyd Trust, proudly announce the return of internationally renowned film accompanist
Dr. Philip Carli, performing live music for the four-star, all-time classic movie masterpiece, THE KID BROTHER.
This beautifully restored film portrays Harold Lloyd as a shy and mild-mannered hero, too bashful to speak to a pretty girl, and too slight and timid to take on the brawny bullies that dog his life. It is a delightful showcase of Harold Lloyd’s amazing balance of humor, sentiment, and action, as well as his famous athletic agility. Once seen, the climax of this film masterpiece will never be forgotten.
Also included in this evening’s festivities will be two entertaining short subjects and a classic cartoon.
Tickets: General Admission $12 • Students/Seniors $10 • Children $8
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GIGI
September 24, 25, 26, 30 , October 1, 2, 3, 2010
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays • 7:30 PM
Sundays • 2:30 PM
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Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
“Based on a novel by Colette”
As produced by Edwin Lester for the Los Angeles and
San Francisco Civic Light Opera Association and by
Saint Subber for Broadway
Gigi, is based on a novel and 1958 hit musical film of the same name. Gigi, a free-spirited teenaged girl living in Paris at the turn of the 20th century, is being groomed as a courtesan in her family's tradition, but meets the bon vivant bachelor Gaston Lachaille, whom she captivates as she is transformed into a charmingly poised young lady.
Thursday date: September 30 • 7:30 PM
Friday dates: September 24, October 1 • 7:30 PM
Saturday dates: September 25, October 2 • 7:30 PM
Sunday dates: September 26, October 3 • 2:30 PM
Tickets: $32, $37, $42, $47, $52
Children 5 - 17 half adult ticket price
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GIGI SYNOPSIS
Act I: As the show opens, Honoré Lachaille explains that in turn-of-the-century Paris, marriage is not the only option. Gaston Lachaille, Honoré's nephew, is a rich bon vivant much like his uncle. But Gaston is bored with the high life and his series of mistresses. The one thing he truly enjoys is spending time with one of his uncle's old friends, Madame Alvarez, whom he calls Mamita, and especially her granddaughter, the precocious, carefree Gilberte or "Gigi".
Madame Alvarez sends Gigi to her Aunt Alicia's to be groomed as a famous courtesan in their family's tradition, and learn etiquette and charm. Gigi is initially a very poor student, as she does not understand the reasons behind her education and finds Parisians' obsession with making love inexplicable. She does, however, enjoy spending time with Gaston, whom she regards as an elder brother.
When Alicia discovers that Gaston took Gigi and Madame Alvarez on holiday, she is incensed that her sister could do such a thing without consulting her, and insists that Gigi's education must increase dramatically if she is to catch a prize such as Gaston. Mamita is shocked, but sees the advantages it could bring Gigi and so goes along with the plan - though neither tell Gigi of their scheming. Gigi is miserable in her lessons, but puts up with them as a necessary evil, though she still seems awkward and bumbling to her perfectionist aunt.
Act II: A short time later, Gaston visits and is shocked to see Gigi in a rather alluring white gown. He tells her she looks ridiculous and storms out, but returns later and apologizes, wishing to make it up by taking her to dinner. Mamita refuses, telling Gaston that with his reputation, a young girl seen in his company might be labelled in such a way as could damage her future. Gaston is enraged yet again, storms out, and wanders the streets of Paris in a fury.
It is during this rant that Gaston realises that he has fallen in love with Gigi. He returns to Mamita and strikes a business arrangement to take Gigi as his mistress, promising to provide the girl with luxury and kindness. He visits Gigi later, but she tells him she does not wish to become someone's mistress; she wants more for herself than to be passed between men, only desired until they grow tired of her and she moves on to another. Gaston is horrified at this portrayal of the life he wishes to give her, and leaves stunned. Later, however, Gigi contacts him; when Gaston returns, Gigi says she would "rather be miserable with [him] than without [him]."
Later that night, Gigi emerges from her room prepared to accept her fate and take up her role as Gaston's mistress. For the first time, she appears as a woman, not a young girl. Gaston is enchanted when he picks Gigi up and takes her to dinner at one of Paris' most patronized restaurants, Maxim's. Gigi's awkwardness is gone and she seems perfectly at ease. Nevertheless, patrons' stares make Gaston extremely uncomfortable as he realises Gigi's interpretation of things may have been accurate after all, and discovers his love for her makes the idea of her as his mistress, an unbearable one. Angered by Honoré's comments, Gaston leaves the party with Gigi in tow, taking her home without explanation. A weeping Gigi begs to know what she has done to offend him, but Gaston does not answer until he arrives at Mamita's and humbly asks for Gigi's hand in marriage.
The closing scene shows a happily married Gaston and Gigi strolling in the park together, as Honoré looks on approvingly.
CANNONBALL-COLTRANE PROJECT CD RELEASE CONCERT
Part of the Jazz in North Park Series
Wednesday • October 6 • 7:00 PM
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Led by bassist Luther Hughes, the Cannonball-Coltrane Project was formed as an homage to the 1959 Cannonball Adderley-John Coltrane landmark album, The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago. The band pays tribute to these jazz giants with arrangements and original compositions related to or inspired by Cannonball and/or Coltrane. Besides Hughes, the band includes Glenn Cashman on tenor, Bruce Babad on alto, Ed Czach on piano and Paul Kreibich on drums. “If Cannonball and Trane were here I’m sure they would have given (the band) two thumbs up,’’ says legendary guitarist Mundell Lowe about the Cannonball-Coltrane Project.
SINGLE TICKETS: Adults $27, Students (Day of Show) $15
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THE KEN PEPLOWSKI QUARTET
Part of the Jazz in North Park Series
Wednesday • November 3 • 7:00 PM
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Clarinetist Ken Peplowsk is not only as an outstanding clarinetist and saxophone player, he’s a charismatic entertainer who has been delighting audiences for more than 30 years with his warmth, wit and musicianship. Long held in high esteem by the world’s jazz community, Peplowski is the natural successor to a long-line of fine swing clarinet players that followed Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and Buddy DeFranco. But swing is only one facet of his musical personality. He’s comfortable with and has recorded and performed in bebop, avant-garde and mainstream settings. He will be joined on this date by an all-star rhythm section of pianist Mike Wofford, bassist Tom Warrington and drummer Joe LaBarbera.
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THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
November 12, 14, 18, 20, 21, 2010
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays • 7:30 PM
Sundays • 2:30 PM
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by Gioachino Rossini
Set in Seville in the late 18th Century, Rossini’s most famous opera is about a young Spanish nobleman, Count Almaviva, who is in love with the beauteous and rich Rosina, ward of the lecherous Doctor Bartolo, who plans his own marriage to her. Along comes the meddling Figaro, the town barber and suddenly there are all the ingredients for confusion and mayhem ...But will there be a happy ending?
Thursday date: November 18 • 7:30 PM
Friday date: November 12 • 7:30 PM
Saturday date: November 20 • 7:30 PM
Sunday dates: November 14, November 21 • 2:30 PM
Tickets: $32, $37, $42, $47, $52
Children 5 - 17 half adult ticket price
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THE GONDOLIERS
February 4, 6, 10, 12, 13 , 2011
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays • 7:30 PM
Sundays • 2:30 PM
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by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan
One of Gilbert & Sullivan’s best-loved operettas, “The Gondoliers” concerns the young bride of the heir to the throne of Barataria, who arrives in Venice to join her husband, but can’t find him, since he was entrusted to the care of a drunken gondolier who mixed up the prince with his own son. To complicate matters, the King of Barataria has just been killed. The two young gondoliers, both recently married to local girls, must now jointly rule the kingdom until it can be determined which is the rightful king.
Thursday date: February 10 • 7:30 PM
Friday date: February 4 • 7:30 PM
Saturday date: February 10 • 7:30 PM
Sunday dates: February 6, February 13 • 2:30 PM
Tickets: $32, $37, $42, $47, $52
Children 5 - 17 half adult ticket price
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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
March 25, 26, 27, 31 , April 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 2011
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays • 7:30 PM
Sundays • 2:30 PM
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Based on Sholem Aleichem stories by special permission of Arnold Perl
Book by JOSEPH STEIN
Music by JERRY BOCK
Lyrics by SHELDON HARNICK
Produced on the New York Stage by Harold Prince
Original New York Stage Production Directed and Choreographed by JEROME ROBBINS
This rousing musical, based on the stories of Shalom Aleichem, takes place in pre-revolutionary Russia and centers on the life of Tevye (Topol), a milkman who is trying to keep his family's traditions in place while marrying off his three older daughters as times are changing and Russia is on the brink of revolution. Tevye is trying to keep everyone, and everything, together even as the daughters want to make their own matches.
Thursday date: March 31 • 7:30 PM
Friday dates: March 25, April 8 • 7:30 PM
Saturday dates: March 26, April 2, April 9 • 7:30 PM
Sunday dates: March 27, April 3, April 10 • 2:30 PM
Tickets: $32, $37, $42, $47, $52
Children 5 - 17 half adult ticket price
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