Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center http://pac-1001.matthewzehner.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:49:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 en Met Opera: Live in HD http://pac-1001.matthewzehner.com/events/met-opera-live-in-hd/ http://pac-1001.matthewzehner.com/events/met-opera-live-in-hd/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:30:09 +0000 editor Events http://pac-1001.matthewzehner.com/uncategorized/met-opera-live-in-hd/ MET Opera: Live in HD

Don’t miss the groundbreaking series of live, high-definition performance transmissions that have made its way in to theaters around the world. The “Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD,” is a unique experience that is brought to you by ten high-definition cameras placed in various locations around the MET. The cameras capture the beauty and power of live performances and bring you exclusive behind-the-scenes action, including live dressing room interviews. Join over 325,000 viewers’ across the globe in experiencing the thrill of this world-class opera live at The Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center.

“The Met’s experiment of merging film with live performance has created a new art form,” said the Los Angeles Times.

Roméo et Juliette – Gounod

Saturday, December 15, 2007 1:00 pm
Running time: 3 hours, 15 minutes. 2 intermissions

Manon Lescaut – Puccini

Saturday, February 16, 2008 1:00 pm – Eastern Time
Running time: 3 hours, 30 minutes. 2 intermissions

Peter Grimes – Britten

Saturday, March 15, 2008 1:30 pm – Eastern Time
Running time: 3 hours, 20 minutes. 2 intermissions

Tristan und Isolde – Wagner

Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:30 pm – Eastern Time
Running time: 5 hours, 10 minutes. 2 intermissions

La Bohème – Puccini

Saturday, April 5, 2008 1:30 pm – Eastern Time
Running time: 2 hours, 45 minutes. 2 intermissions

La Fille du Régiment– Donizetti

Saturday, April 26, 2008 1:30 pm – Eastern Time
Running time: 2 hours, 25 minutes. 1 intermission

]]> http://pac-1001.matthewzehner.com/events/met-opera-live-in-hd/feed/ Lester Lynch - Baritone http://pac-1001.matthewzehner.com/events/lester-lynch-baratone/ http://pac-1001.matthewzehner.com/events/lester-lynch-baratone/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:13:38 +0000 editor Events http://pac-1001.matthewzehner.com/events/lester-lynch-baratone/ ll.jpg
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Location: MDPAC
Whether singing the title role in Verdi’s “Rigoletto” or bringing his rich baritone to the role of Crown in Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess,” Lester Lynch has been hailed by music critics around the world. In 1999, he also won the top prize in the D’Angelo Young Artist Competition. All would agree with the New York Times’ description of his voice: “magnificently forceful.” That force has thrilled audiences in Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, among other prestigious venues. His program will include numerous selections by Erie’s
Harry T. Burleigh. The Mercyhurst College Concert Choir will also join also Lester on stage to perform two pieces under the direction of Rebecca Ryan
“When Lynch was onstage, the air snapped.” Craig Smith, The New Mexican

For more information: www.lesterlynch.com
Gold Circle: $25.00 Adult: $20.00 Senior/Student/PC: $17.50 Youth: $10.00 MC Student: $5.00

]]> http://pac-1001.matthewzehner.com/events/lester-lynch-baratone/feed/ Ballet Folklorico de Mexico http://pac-1001.matthewzehner.com/events/ballet-folklorico-de-mexico/ http://pac-1001.matthewzehner.com/events/ballet-folklorico-de-mexico/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:12:45 +0000 editor Events http://pac-1001.matthewzehner.com/uncategorized/ballet-folklorico-de-mexico/ Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007

After 53 years of existence, 15,000 presentations, and 3,500 dancers, the Ballet Folklórico de México continues to thrill audiences with the traditions of excellence created by founder Amalia Hernández. Its full-throttle choreography brings to colorful life the mythic and modern stories of Mexico in dazzling movement, lavish costumes and magnificent music. With good reason, the Los Angeles Times calls them “passionate…impeccable…and an unequaled point of entry into the riches of a fabulous culture.”

www.balletamalia.com

For more information: www.balletamalia.com
Gold Circle: $40.00 Adult: $30.00 Senior/Student/PC: $25.00 Youth: $15.00 MC Student: $15.00
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“There’s a certain missionary zeal to our work—and the results are exhilarating.” That’s how the members of the Oberlin Fortepiano Trio, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Jaap ter Linden and David Breitman, describe their passionate dedication to bringing 18th and 19th century musical style to vibrant life. Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert may be familiar enough, but this trio’s fresh approach—on violin, cello, and the fortepiano which they bring with them—will make those masters seem new.

For more information: www.oberlinfortepianotrio.com
Gold Circle: $25.00 Adult: $20.00 Senior/Student/PC: $17.50 Youth: $10.00 MC Student: $5.00

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The Hugo Wolf String Quartet is aptly named. The late Hugo Wolf has become a symbol for a performing repertoire that stretches from the great Classical tradition to the modern period. Quartet critics hail the Hugo Wolf Quartet as a must see performance for any serious lover of string quartet music. Within just a few years of its development the Hugo Wolf Quartet has become an insider’s tip to one of the most sought after string quartets of its generation. Here’s your opportunity to see why—in a variegated program of Haydn, Berg, and Beethoven.
“Urgent and impassioned…but with an absolute commitment to the values of every note. Their personalities are clearly defined but well-meshed, with no technical weakness anywhere.” Los Angeles Times

www.hugowolfquartett.com

For more information: www.hugowolfquartett.com/
Adult: $20.00 Senior/Student/PC: $17.50 Youth: $10.00 MC Student: $5.00
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Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007

The Taiko Drummers of Japan return to Erie with a new and spirited program. Their unbridled enthusiasm and superhuman feats of coordination, acrobatics, and humor communicate the ancestral belief that the drumbeat, like the heartbeat, is the very pulse of life. With a massive Taiko drum made from a 400-year-old tree as its centerpiece, Shin-On (“Heartbeat”) blends Yamato’s phenomenally powerful rhythmic thunder with Japanese music of delicate beauty, celebrating the richness of Japan’s cultural traditions.
Gold Circle: $40.00 Adult: $30.00 Senior/Student/PC: $25.00 Youth: $15.00 MC Student: $15.00
]]> http://pac-1001.matthewzehner.com/events/yamato/feed/ Dave Stevens Big Band http://pac-1001.matthewzehner.com/events/dave-stevens-big-band/ http://pac-1001.matthewzehner.com/events/dave-stevens-big-band/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:08:54 +0000 editor Events http://pac-1001.matthewzehner.com/events/dave-stevens-big-band/ Friday, Dec. 7, 2007

Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007

Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007

It’s the most wonderful time of the year; time to gather with family and friends and sing along to classical holiday swing band songs. This holiday season, look no further then the Dave Stevens Big Band Christmas Swing Concert. Celebrating his fifth year on our stage, Dave Stevens returns with Broadway Singer Helen Welch and memorable hits such as “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “Sleigh Ride,” and “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.”

www.mercyhurst.edu

Gold Circle: $25.00 Adult: $20.00 Senior/Student/PC: $17.50 Youth: $10.00 MC Student: $10.00
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You can’t predict whether 2008 will be a good or a bad year. But you can rest assured that it will get off to a splendid start. After a two-year hiatus, On New Year’s Day Vienna in Erie returns to the PAC by popular demand. Once again, Maestro Frank Collura will conduct a full orchestra of consummate musicians in an elegant program of Viennese waltzes, gallops and polkas that have delighted audiences for years. Make this grand and lively concert part of your family tradition. And, of course, please join us for a complimentary glass of champagne at intermission.
Gold Circle: $30.00 Adult: $25.00 Senior/Student/PC: $20.00 Youth: $10.00 MC Student: $10.00
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Called a jazz visionary of global proportions by Downbeat Magazine, Avishai Cohen is a notable and powerful bassist and accomplished composer. His virtuoso double-bass playing and gorgeously projected sound (he switches to electric bass guitar for their funkier encore) lay at the heart of the music. Each one of them alone, and all of them together, create distinctive music of color and atmosphere, melody and improvisation, with Avishai beaming over the entire ensemble, using his bass as a leading instrument, but wonderfully open and communicating.

“There’s no way to reduce bassist Avishai Cohen’s music into tidy categories. Seamlessly blending Middle Eastern, folk, funk, fusion, and straight-ahead jazz – often on the same song – Cohen has fashioned a singular vision, and it’s a joy to experience.” Jazziz

For more information: www.avishaimusic.com
Adult: $15.00 Senior/Student/PC: $12.50 Youth: $5.00 MC Student: $10.00

www.avishaimusic.com

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Named after the innovative French Baroque composer Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747), this five-member Baroque ensemble was originally formed in The Netherlands in l99l. Hailed by the New York Times as “sophisticated and beguiling” and praised by the Los Angeles Times for their “astonishingly vital music-making”, the New York-based Baroque ensemble has earned an impressive international reputation, enchanting diverse audiences by their unique style and their virtuosic, highly expressive and provocative approach to the Rococo and Baroque repertoire. REBEL will offer a program entitled Beyond the Horizons featuring the works of late baroque and gallant music of J.S. Bach, Telemann, Gluck and Quantz.

For more information: www.rebelbaroque.com

Adult: $20.00 Senior/Student/PC: $17.50 Youth: $10.00 MC Student: $5.00
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