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Every Move, Every Decision

Sponsored by Marguerite Munson Lentz & David Lentz ARTISTS Alessio Bax, piano Gilles Vonsattel, piano Robyn Bollinger, violin Yvonne Lam, violin Tessa Lark, violin Hsin-Yun Huang, viola Eric Nowlin, viola Paul Watkins, cello Peter Wiley, cello Hesper Quartet, Shouse ensemble PROGRAM HAYDN | String Quartet in G major, Op. 77, No. 1, “Lobkowitz” SAINT-SAËNS | […]

Order of Canada guitarist Reg Schwager at Mackenzie Hall

The Order of Canada Spotlight featuring guitarist Reg Schwager Lead sponsor: Port Windsor During a career spanning over forty years, Toronto’s Reg Schwager has proven to be one of Canada’s leading jazz artists while making a mark internationally. Reg is a four-time winner of Canada’s National Jazz Award for “Guitarist of the Year,” and is […]

August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean – Detroit Repertory Theatre

Written By August Wilson Directed by John Sloan, III January 13 – March 5, 2023 Curtain Times: Fridays | 8:30 P.M. Saturdays | 3 P.M. and 8:30 P.M. Sundays | 2 P.M. Synopsis: Pittsburgh, 1904: Amid rising racial tensions, Citizen Barlow arrives on Aunt Ester’s doorstep needing his soul washed. Aunt Ester, a 285-year-old griot and healer, sends […]

Sweat by Lynn Nottage – Detroit Repertory Theatre

Written By Lynn Nottage Directed by Jeff Nahan May 5 – June 25, 2023 Curtain Times: Fridays | 8:30 P.M. Saturdays | 3 P.M. and 8:30 P.M. Sundays | 2 P.M. Synopsis: A group of friends who work at a factory in Reading, Pennsylvania land under the crushing weight of a failing economy and changing industry. They discover […]

Ainadamar – Detroit Opera

Ainadamar APR 8  / SAT / 7:30 PM APR 14 / FRI / 7:30 PM APR 16 / SUN / 2:30 PM MUSIC BY OSVALDO GOLIJOV LIBRETTO BY DAVID HENRY HWANG DIRECTOR: DEBORAH COLKER CONDUCTOR: PAOLO BORTOLAMEOLLI A CO-PRODUCTION OF OPERA VENTURES AND SCOTTISH OPERA One of opera’s most original voices lets passion and poetry […]

Transfers by Lucy Thurber – Detroit Repertory Theatre

Written By Lucy Thurber Directed by Kolton Bradley March 17 – April 23, 2023 Curtain Times: Fridays | 8:30 P.M. Saturdays | 3 P.M. and 8:30 P.M. Sundays | 2 P.M. Synopsis: Cristofer and Clarence, two young men from the South Bronx, are up for the same scholarship to an Ivy League university. They must successfully make it […]

Xerxes – Detroit Opera

Detroit Opera Xerxes MAR 4  / SAT / 7:30 PM MAR 10 / FRI / 7:30 PM MAR 12 / SUN / 2:30 PM MUSIC BY GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL LIBRETTO ADAPTED FROM ONE BY SILVIO STAMPIGLIA ORIGINAL PRODUCTION CREATED BY TAZEWELL THOMPSON REVIVAL DIRECTOR: JAMES BLASZKO CONDUCTOR: DAME JANE GLOVER A PRODUCTION FROM GLIMMERGLASS OPERA […]

Ainadamar – Detroit Opera

Ainadamar APR 8  / SAT / 7:30 PM APR 14 / FRI / 7:30 PM APR 16 / SUN / 2:30 PM MUSIC BY OSVALDO GOLIJOV LIBRETTO BY DAVID HENRY HWANG DIRECTOR: DEBORAH COLKER CONDUCTOR: PAOLO BORTOLAMEOLLI A CO-PRODUCTION OF OPERA VENTURES AND SCOTTISH OPERA One of opera’s most original voices lets passion and poetry […]

Ainadamar – Detroit Opera

Ainadamar APR 8  / SAT / 7:30 PM APR 14 / FRI / 7:30 PM APR 16 / SUN / 2:30 PM MUSIC BY OSVALDO GOLIJOV LIBRETTO BY DAVID HENRY HWANG DIRECTOR: DEBORAH COLKER CONDUCTOR: PAOLO BORTOLAMEOLLI A CO-PRODUCTION OF OPERA VENTURES AND SCOTTISH OPERA One of opera’s most original voices lets passion and poetry […]