Coming next month to the University of Guadalajara’s newest architectural bauble, the state-of-the-art concert hall Conjunto de Artes Escenicas, is singer Maria Katzarava, who many consider Mexico’s greatest soprano.

Live from the Met

Sir David McVicar’s ravishing new production of “Tosca” offers a splendid backdrop for two extraordinary sopranos sharing the title role of the jealous prima donna: Sonya Yoncheva and Anna Netrebko. Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts.

Winter with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco (OFJ) is under way with a slate of programs notable for their selection of relatively unknown gems composed by very popular artists.

Billy Elliot

Professional Spanish-language version – on tour from Mexico City – of West End/Broadway musical chronicling working-class English teen’s desire to learn ballet.    

Monday concerts

January 22: Recital by violinist Roberto Peña Sommer. Works by Vivaldi, Bach, Paganini and others.

Monday concerts

January 15: New York’s Toledo-Triay jazz quartet in concert. (Guitarist Marcos Toledo was born in Guadalajara, and left to study in New York in 2014.)