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I Capuleti e I Montecchi

See a rehearsal of I Capuleti e I Montecchi with Jade Xijin Chen, who plays Giulietta. Join us for an Italian opera version of Romeo and Juliet.

Music by
Vincenzo Bellini

Libretto by
Felice Romani

Conductor
Douglas Kinney Frost

Stage Director
Yingmeige Xiong

Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 18, 4 p.m.

Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m. (buy-one-get-one promo- SweetSorrow)

Oct. 25, 4 p.m.

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Anton Nel & Friends

Faculty Recital Series

Event Status

Scheduled

Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m.

Anton Nel, piano
Sandy Yamamoto, violin
Wilhelm Magner, viola
Bion Tsang, cello
Jonathan Gunn, clarinet
Colette Valentine, piano
Thomas Burritt, percussion
Arlo Shultis, percussion

works by Mozart, Debussy, Poulenc & Bartók

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I Capuleti e I Montecchi

Butler Opera Center

Event Status

Scheduled

Oct. 16 – 25

Music by
Vincenzo Bellini

Libretto by
Felice Romani

Conductor
Douglas Kinney Frost

Stage Director
Yingmeige Xiong

Scenic Designer
Juno Adair

Lighting Designer
Brittney Barton

Media Designer
Eric L. Ramirez

Costume Designer
Aaron Kubacak

Gregory Eaton

Music for One & Two Organs

Event Status

Scheduled

Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m.

David Hurd, Organ

J.S. Bach
Toccata and Fugue in F Major, BWV 540

Antonio Soler
6 Concertos for Two Organs, No. 6

César Franck
Choral No. 3 in A Minor, FWV 40

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Wind Ensemble

Event Status

Scheduled

Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m.

Jerry Junkin, conductor
The Mariachi Paredes de Tejastitlán
Jimmy Santos-Rivera, guest conductor

Arturo Márquez
Danzon No. 2

H. Owen Reed
La Fiesta Mexicana

Arturo Márquez
Symphony no. 5, Sinfonía Nómada

Ross Margitza, piano

Steinway Artist Presentation

Event Status

Scheduled

Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m.

Diego Rivera, tenor saxophone
John Fremgen, bass
Daniel Dufour, drums
Soha Quartet

Ross Margitza
Huckleberry
June 3rd
For Amelie
For Graham
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New Music Ensemble

All Hallows’ Eve: A Night of the Macabre

Event Status

Scheduled

Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m.

Evah Destruction, voice
Hila Plitmann, soprano
Marc Sosnowchik, conductor

Admission to This Event is Restricted to 18+

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The Book of Spells

Lady Gaga
Bloody Mary

David del Tredici
Dracula

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