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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.

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.

Oct. 25, 4 p.m.

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Jazz Band, Ensemble & Orchestra

Miles Ahead: Celebrating 100 Years of Miles Davis

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Scheduled

Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m.

Brett Cole & Judah Guerra, directors, Jazz Band
Mike Sailors, director, Jazz Ensemble
Diego Rivera, director, Jazz Orchestra

Symphony Orchestra

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Scheduled

Oct. 11, 4 p.m.

Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Bion Tsang, cello

Adam Schoenberg
Go

Gara Garayev
Layla and Majnun

Antonín Dvořák
Cello Concerto, op. 104

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

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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

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