PERFORMANCE NOTES.Byline: The Register-Guard Opera company to sing Bellini work at Wildish Willamette Concert Opera will present Vincenzo Bellini's ``The Capulets and the Montagues,'' based on the Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet star-crossed lovers die as teenagers. [Br. Lit.: Romeo and Juliet] See : Death, Premature Romeo and Juliet archetypal star-crossed lovers. [Br. Lit. story. The opera is at 6:30 p.m. today at the Wildish Theater, 630 Main St., Springfield. Featured will be Tihana Herceg as Romeo, Elizabeth Wells as Guiletta and James Ring-Howell as Tebaldo. Additional performances of the opera will be at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Sherman Clay piano gallery, 131 N.W. 13th Ave., Portland; and at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Corvallis Arts Center, 700 S.W. Madison, Corvallis. Admission is free, but seating is limited. You may make reservations at www .willametteconcertopera.com or by calling (541) 752-3213. Dance concert to raise money for Alpine center A student and teacher of Oriental dance, who has just returned to her hometown of Alpine after several years as a professional dancer in Asia and Africa, plans a performance Saturday. The concert by Salome, called ``Come to the Casbah,'' will be at 7 p.m. at the Alpine Community Center, 25114 Alpine Road, Monroe. While she was abroad, Salome danced in Tunisia, China, India, Japan and Nepal. The performance includes solo dances by Salome as well as ensemble numbers with her students and with Beatrice Rose, one of her early dance instructors in Alpine. Refreshments re·fresh·ment n. 1. The act of refreshing or the state of being refreshed. 2. Something, such as food or drink, that refreshes. 3. refreshments A snack or light meal and drinks. will include an array of Middle Eastern foods. This event is a fundraiser for Alpine Community Center, a grass-roots organization that is maintaining community ownership and operation of the old Alpine Elementary School elementary school: see school. facility. Tickets are $7 at the door. For information, call 847-6028. Fifth Street Market plans concert series Fifth Street Public Market will celebrate the Oregon Bach Festival The Oregon Bach Festival is an annual celebration of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, held in Eugene, Oregon in late June and early July. It was co-founded by German conductor Helmuth Rilling and the former president of the American Choral Directors Association, Royce Saltzman, with Bach Party, a series of musical performances beginning with a show from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday. Shows will continue through July 3. Music will range from Native American flute The Native American flute has achieved some measure of fame for its distinctive sound, used in a variety of New Age and world music recordings. The instrument was originally very personal; its music was played without accompaniment in courtship, healing, meditation, and spiritual to steel drums steel drum Tuned gong made from the end, and part of the wall, of an oil barrel. The barrel's end surface is hammered into a concave shape, and several areas are outlined by chiseled grooves. , with new musicians playing each hour. Highlights will include the children's musical talent show from noon to 2 p.m. June 30. Your chance to sing with Bach Festival The Bach Festival is a music festival held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. the Festival promotes Baroque music, and was founded in 1976 by Michael Korn. References
Bach fans can sing alongside the the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus Wednesday evening in a new program called InChoir. The event takes place at 7 p.m. in the Studio at the Hult Center, Seventh Avenue and Willamette Street. Participants will sing with the festival chorus in a working rehearsal of Johannes Brahms' ``A German Requiem'' until 8:15 p.m. Community singers are invited to stay and observe until 10 p.m. as Helmuth Rilling Helmuth Rilling (b. May 29, 1933)[1] is a German conductor. He was born in Stuttgart into a musical family. He received his early training in Protestant seminaries in Württemberg. conducts his portion of the rehearsal. Cost is $10 through the Hult box office (682-5000) or at the door. |
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