Upcoming Classical Music/Opera Performances in San Diego, California (Jan - Jun 2010)

Looking for an upcoming performance of classical music or opera in San Diego, California from January to June 2010? Good goin! No CD or DVD or even HD broadcast could come close to the giving you the goosebumps and the spiritual satisfaction you can get from attending a live performance with fellow music lovers and living to tell about it afterward. To make finding an event you would like a bit easier, yours truly have scouted them out and listed (not to mention linking to the ticket buying page) them here. Keep performance arts alive and go to the real shows!

JANUARY 2010
1 - Copley Hall (2:30PM): Salute to Vienna: The Strauss Symphony of America
7 - Copley Hall (7:30PM): San Diego Symphony - Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5
8, 9 - Copley Hall (8PM): San Diego Symphony - Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5
8, 9 - Birch North Park Theatre (7:30PM): Rockola & Magical Symphony Youth Orchestra present the Beatles' Abbey Road
10 - Copley Hall (2PM): San Diego Symphony - Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5
15 - MCASD Sherwood Auditorium (8PM): Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Chopin's Tree Nocturnes (Op.9), Two Polonaises (Op.40), Sonata No. 2 in Bb Minor, Twelve Études (Op.10), Waltz in Ab Major, Scherzo No. 2 in Bb Minor
15, 16 - Copley Hall: Silent Film Night: The General (1927). Lee Erwin (organ)
16 - Birch North Park Theatre (2 & 8 PM): Momix Dance Series.
17 - Founders Hall @ Unitarian Universalist, Solana Beach (3PM): Pacific Women's Chorus' 3B' Concert
17 - La Jolla Presbyterian Church (7PM): Barbara Tobler (soprano) sings Songs of Inspiration
22, 23 - Copley Hall: A Night At The Academy Awards. Bill Conti conducts the San Diego Symphony
27 - Central Library (5:30PM): Opera Insight Lecture: Puccini's La Bohème (free event)
28 - Birch North Park Theatre (4PM): San Diego's Ultimate Band Competition
29 - St. Paul's Cathedral - Downtown (7:30PM): Orchestra Nova - 'All In The Family: Meet The Bachs'
30 - Civic Theater (7PM): Puccini's La Bohème: Piotr Beczala (Rodolfo), Anja Harteros (Mimi), Priti Gandhi (Musetta). Karen Keltner conducting
30 - Qualcomm Hall - Sorrento Valley (8PM): Orchestra nova - 'All In The Family: Meet The Bachs'
31m - Copley Hall (2PM): The Funny Side of Music. Anna Belaya (soprano), Julia Teal Kermott (soprano), Philip Mann conducting.
31 - Palomar Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Vista (3PM): Pacific Women's Chorus' 3B's Concert
31 - Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla (3PM): David Aaron Carpenter (viola). Bach's Suite No. 1 in G Major, Reger's Suite No. 1 (Op. 131d), Zimbalist's Sarasateana suite of Spanish Dances, Paganini's La Campanella

FEBRUARY 2010
1 - MCASD Sherwood Auditorium (7:30PM): Orchestra Nova - 'All In The Family: Meet The Bachs'
2 - Civic Theater (7PM): Puccini's La Bohème
5 - MCASD Sherwood Auditorium (8PM): Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra: The Galileo Project - Music of the Spheres. Revelle Chamber Music Series. Monteverdi's Ritornello from 'Orfeo', Purcell's Rondeau from 'Abdelazar', Handel's Allegro from Concerto grosso in D major, Rameau's Entrée de Mercure from 'Platée',
Telemann's Allegro from Concerto for Four Violins in D Major, Lully's Air pour les Suivants de Saturne from 'Phaéton', Bach's Sinfonia after BWV 29.
5 - Civic Theater (8PM): Puccini's La Bohème
6 - Copley Hall (1 & 7PM): San Diego Youth Symphony Winter Showcase & Ovation Concert
6, 7(m) - Mandeville Auditorium @ UCSD (8PM, 1PM(m)): La Jolla Symphony: Dvorak's 9th Symphony, Ives, Harrison
7 - Hibben Gallery at the Museum of Art in Balboa Park (2PM): Odeum Guitar Duo
Renaissance & Baroque music on classical guitars
7 - Civic Theater (2PM): Puccini's La Bohème
12, 13, 14m - Copley Hall (8PM, 2PM(m)): Garrick Ohlsson plays Chopin's piano concerto no. 2. Jahja Ling conducts the San Diego Symphony.
12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21 - Birch North Park Theatre: Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music. Performances at 7:30PM. Sunday matinees at 2:30PM.
14 - Copley Hall (7:30PM): Valentine's Day At The Pops. Matthew Garbutt conducts the San Diego Symphony.
14 - Rancho Bernardo Presbyterian Church: San Diego Master Chorale - Sacred & Profane
16 - Copley Hall (7:30PM): Taiko Drummers of Japan.
17 - Central Library (5:30PM): Opera Insight Lecture: Verdi's Nabucco (Free event)
19 - Copley Hall (8PM):Joshua Bell in Concert (violin).
20 - St. James by-the-sea, La Jolla (7PM): JS Bach's six motets (BWV 225-230)
20, 23 - Civic Theater (7PM): Verdi's Nabucco: Željko Lučić (Nabucco), Sylvie Valayre (Abigaille), Arthur Shen (Ismaele), Raymond Aceto (Zaccaria), Susana Poretsky (Fenena). Edoardo Müller conducting.
22 - Casa Del Prado Theatre (7PM): San Diego Youth Symphony - Wind Symphony & Sinfonia Concerto Finale
25 - Copley Hall (7:30PM): Debussy's La Mer. Julie Ann Smith (harp), Demarre McGill (flute). Philip Mann conducting.
26 - Civic Theater (8PM): Verdi's Nabucco
27 - Copley Hall (8PM): Debussy's La Mer.
27 - Birch North Park Theatre (8PM): Arturo Sandoval: Latin Jazz Series.
27 - Borrego Springs Performing Arts Center (7:30PM): San Diego Youth Symphony
28 - Civic Theater (2PM): Verdi's Nabucco

MARCH 2010
3 - Irwin M Jacobs Qualcomm Hall: A Gershwin Recital. Kevin Cole (piano & vocal)
5 - St. Paul's Cathedral (7:30PM): Orchestra Nova - The Next Star
5, 6 - Copley Hall: An Evening of George Gershwin with Kevin Cole.
6 - Birch North Park Theatre (7:30PM): Priti Gandhi in Concert
Priti Gandhi is a San Diegan soprano making her name on the operatic stages
6 - Qualcomm Hall (8PM): Orchestra Nova - The Next Star
6 - MCASD Sherwood Auditorium (8PM): Orion String Quartet with Peter Serkin (piano). Bach's Contrapunctus I from 'The Art of Fugue', Wuorinen's Scherzo for Piano, Beethoven's Quartet No. 10 in Eb Major, Brahms' Quartet in F Minor.
7m - Copley Hall (2PM): Green Eggs And Ham By Dr. Seuss
7 - La Jolla Presbyterian Church (7PM): Chelsea Chen (organi) & Peter Lee (counter-tenor) in concert
7 - Neurosciences Institute (3PM): Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (piano). Chopin's Rondo in C Minor, Boléro in C Major, Twelve Études (Op. 25), Three Nocturnes (Op.15), Fantaisie in F Minor, Scherzo No. 3 in F# Minor
8 - MCASD Sherwood Auditorium (7:30PM): Orchestra Nova - The Next Star
10 - Central Library (5:30PM): Opera Insight Lecture: Gounod's Romeo et Juliette (Free event)
13, 14(m) - Mandeville Auditorium @UCSD (8PM, 3PM): La Jolla Symphony plays Penderecki & Szymanowski
13, 16 - Civic Theater (7PM): Gounod's Roméo et Juliette: Stephen Costello (Roméo), Ailyn Pérez (Juliette), Adam David Moore (Mercutio), Joel Sorensen (Tybalt), Kevin Langan (Laurent), Sarah Castle (Stephano),
Scott Sikon (Capulet). Karen Keltner conducting
14m - Copley Hall (2PM): Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra plays Tchaikovsky's symphony no. 3, 'Polish'. Alexei Nabioulin (piano). Alexei Kornienko conducts.
17 - Copley Hall (7:30PM): St. Patrick's Day Celebration. Matthew Garbutt conducts the San Diego Symphony.
19 - Civic Theater (8PM): Gounod's Romeo et Juliette
19 - Copley Hall (8PM): Denis Matsuev (piano). Valery Gergiev conducts the Mariinsky Orchestra.
Liadov's The Enchanted Lake (Op. 62), Rachmaninoff's piano concerto no. 3, Tchaikovsky's symphony no. 4
20 - Copley Hall (8PM): Thomas Wilkins Concert of Tchaikovsky's symphony no. 1, 'Winter Daydreams'.
20 - St. Paul's Cathedral (): San Diego Master Chorale - Cathedral Classics
20 - St. James by-the-sea, La Jolla (7PM): Couperin, Schuetz, Biber
21 - Civic Theater (2PM): Gounod's Romeo et Juliette
21 - Copley Hall (7:30PM): Ballet Folklorico de Mexico.
25 - Copley Hall (7:30PM): Gershwin's An American in Paris. Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducting
26 - MCASD Sherwood Auditorium (8PM): Richard Goode. Bach's Partita no. 4 in D Major, Haydn's Sonata in B Minor, Brahms' Four Pieces for Piano (Op.119), Schubert's Sonata in Bb Major
26, 27, 28m - Copley Hall (8PM, 2PM (m)): Gershwin: An American In Paris. Andrea Overturf (English horn), Calvin Price (trumpet). Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducts the San Diego Symphony
26, 28m - Birch North Park Theatre: Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance.
27 - Casa del Prado Theatre (7:30PM): San Diego Youth Symphony - Preparatory Ensembles Concert

APRIL 2010
1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 - Birch North Park Theatre (performances at 7:30PM, Sundays at 2:30PM): Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance
4 - Hibben Gallery at the Museum of Art in Balboa Park (2PM): Courtly Noyse. Renaissance vocal and instrumental music on period instruments
7, 8 - Copley Hall (9:45AM, 11:15PM): Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf
9, 10 - Copley Hall (8PM): Marvin Hamlisch's Manhattan. New York Voices Vocal Quartet
14 - Central Library (5:30PM): Opera Insight Lecture: Verdi's La Traviata (free event)
17 - Copley Symphony Hall (8PM): Lang Lang (piano). Christoph Eschenbach conducts the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra. Beethoven's Leonore Overture no. 3, Prokofiev's piano concerto no. 3, Brahms' symphony no. 2
17, 20 - Civic Theater (7PM): Verdi's La Traviata: Elizabeth Futral (Violetta), Marius Brenciu (Alfredo), Alan Opie (Germont), Renato Palumbo conducting.
22 - Copley Hall (7:30PM): Beethoven Festival - Prometheus Overture; piano concertos nos. 3 & 4. Yefim Bronfman (piano). Jahja Ling conducts the San Diego Symphony
23 - Civic Theater (8PM): Verdi's La Traviata
24 - Birch North Park Theatre (2 & 8PM): Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet featuring the work of choreographers Angelin Preljocaj, Ohad Naharin & Didy Veldman.
24, 30 - Copley Hall (8PM): Beethoven Festival- Symphony no. 8; piano concerto no. 5, 'Emperor'. Yefim Bronfman (piano). Jahja Ling conducts the San Diego Symphony
25 - Civic Theater (2PM): Verdi's La Traviata
29 - Copley Hall (7:30PM): Beethoven Festival - Coriolan Overture; piano concertos nos. 1 & 4. Yefim Bronfman (piano). Jahja Ling conducts the San Diego Symphony
29 - Neurosciences Institute (7PM): San Diego Youth Symphony - Chamber Ensembles Concert
30 - Birch North Park Theatre (8PM): Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band.

MAY 2010
1 - Copley Hal (8PM)l: Beethoven Festival- Egmont Overture; piano concertos nos. 2 & 3. Yefim Bronfman (piano). Jahja Ling conducts the San Diego Symphony
1 - MCASD Sherwood Auditorium (8PM): Eroica Trio. Cassadò's Trio in C Major, Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor, Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Fantasy, Dvořák's Trio in E Minor (Op. 90, Dumky)
1, 2(m) - Mandeville Auditorium @UCSD (8PM, 3PM(m)): La Jolla Symphony plays Mozart, Berg, Sabey
2m - Copley Hall (2PM): Beethoven Festival- Symphony no. 8; piano concerto no. 5, 'Emperor'. Yefim Bronfman (piano). Jahja Ling conducts the San Diego Symphony
5, 6 - Copley Hall (9:45AM, 11:15AM): Bravo Beethoven:
6 - Neurosciences Institute (7PM): San Diego Youth Symphony - Chamber Ensembles Concert
7 - St. Paul's Cathedral (7:30PM): Orchestra Nova - CSI Beethoven
7, 8 - Copley Hall (8PM): Silent Film Night: Nosferatu (1922). Gillian Anderson conducts the San Diego Symphony
8 - Qualcomm Hall (8PM): Orchestra Nova - CSI Beethoven
8 - Birch North Park Theatre (8PM): Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band.
10 - MCASD Sherwood Auditorium (7:30PM): Orchestra Nova - CSI Beethoven
14, 15, 16m - Copley Hall (8PM, 2PM (m)): Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring. Jahja Ling conducts the San Diego Symphony
15 - Birch North Park Theatre (8PM): Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band
16 - La Jolla Presbyterian Church (7PM): San Diego Youth Ensemble in concert
20, - Copley Hall (7:30PM): Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5
21, 22, 23m - Copley Hall (8PM, 2PM (m)): Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5. Sergey Khachatryan (violin).
21 - MCASD Sherwood Auditorium (8PM): Orion Weiss. Chopin's Impromptu no. 2 in F# Major, Twenty-Four Preludes, Allegro de Concert in A Major, Polonaise in F# Minor
23 - Neurosciences Institute (3PM): Haochen Zhang (piano). Van Cliburn Gold Medalist pianist
23 - St. James by-the-sea, La Jolla (): Monteverdi's Vespro della beata vergine

JUNE 2010
5, 6(m) - Mandeville Auditorium @UCSD (8PM, 3PM(m)): La Jolla Symphony plays Britten's War Requiem
6 - La Jolla Presbyterian Church (7PM): LJPC Chancel Choir & Soloists
12 - Copley Hall (8PM): San Diego Youth Symphony - Spring Ovation Concert
13 - Copley Hall (3PM): San Diego Youth Symphony - Spring Showcase Concert
19 - Copley Hall (): San Diego Master Chorale - Amigos In Concert

Links:
www.sandiegosymphony.com (San Diego Symphony)
www.sdopera.com/Home (San Diego Opera)
www.sandiego.gov/public-library/news-events/operapreview.shtml
www.sdco.org/concerts.shtml (Orchestra Nova)
www.sdmasterchorale.org (San Diego Master Chorale)
www.ljms.org/ (La Jolla Music Society)
www.lyricoperasandiego.org/ (Lyric Opera San Diego)
www.sdems.org (San Diego Early Music Society)
www.sdys.org (San Diego Youth Symphony)
www.lajollasymphony.com (La Jolla Symphony)