Tag: Performing Arts
Bolshoi Ballet: Spartacus
Music: Aram Kachaturian Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich In ancient Rome, Spartacus, a Thracian king, is turned captive by Crassus with his wife Phrygia. Forced to fight as a gladiator and kill one of his friends, Spartacus plots an unprecedented upheaval. Grigorovichs Spartacus was created at the […]
Met Opera: Manon Lescaut
The Met stage ignites when soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Jonas Kaufmann join forces in Puccinis obsessive love story. Opolais sings the title role of the country girls who transforms herself into a Parisian temptress, while Kaufmann is the dashing student who desperately woos her. Director Richard Eyre places the action in occupied France in a film noir setting.
“Desperate passion” is the phrase Puccini himself used to describe the opera that confirmed his position as the preeminent Italian opera composer of his day. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads the stirring score.
High definition satellite broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
Purchase tickets at the YCPAC Box Office, on its website at www.ycpac.com, or by calling 928-776-2000 (toll free: 877-928-4253). Tickets cost $20-$24.
Bolshoi Ballet: The Lady of the Camellias
Music: Frederic Chopin Choreography: John Neumeier The Bolshoi breathes new life into John Neumeiers tragic masterpiece, inspired by Alexandre Dumas novel and accompanied by Chopins exquisite score. This production assumes a new emotional and dramatic texture that only the Bolshois dancers can deliver. Satellite broadcast […]
2016 Next Women of Country Tour
If you are looking for a fun event, Jennifer Nettles will be preforming with the 2016 Next Women of Country Tour with Brandy Clark and special guests Lindsay Ell and Tara Thompson at the Yavapai College Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
CMT and Grammy-winning singer, songwriter Jennifer Nettles has sold up over 22 million in worldwide record sales since coming into the music scene in 2004. She has eight #1 hits and countless accolades and awards.
Brandy Clark took the 2014 CMA Song of the Year Award for co-writing Kacey Musgraves’ hit “Follow Your Arrow,” and was also voted the 2014 Breakthrough Artist of the Year. She was nominated for 2 GRAMMY Awards in 2015: the all-genre Best New Artist and Best Country Album for her debut album 12 Stories which was released in 2013 on independent label Slate Creek Records.
Lindsay Ell is a triple threat: musician, vocalist and songwriter. The 26-year-old Calgary native received critical acclaim for her singles “Trippin’ On Us” and “Shut Me Up” including being named one of Rolling Stone’s “10 Artists You Need to Know.”
Initially gaining buzz performing at some of Nashville’s premiere listening rooms and writers’ rounds, Tara Thompson is a fiery East Tennessee native signed to The Valory Music Co. The spunky singer/songwriter delivers a fresh and quirky tongue-in-cheek spin on her life experiences that people relate to and love.
You won’t want to miss it!
Esteban – Acoustic Christmas
Esteban and Teresa Joy will be playing acoustic traditional Christmas songs including a Caribbean version of “Mary’s Boy Child”, an improvised version of “We Three Kings” with ancient Mediterranean arrangements and a Celtic version of “What Child is This” from the 12th Century, as well as many other traditional favorites. Accompanied by Emilio Santiago on percussion. Come enjoy this intimate concert experience.
