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The annual Northern Lights Music Festival in Ajijic is in full swing, with a brace of concerts and other events spread over two weeks (February 16-March 1).
Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra
Case Scaglione conducts Sergei Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2, Sinaloan composer Samuel Murillo’s El Guerrero Águila and El Guerrero Tigre, and Eduard Tubin’s Concert for Double Bass, with guest double bassist Oscar Luque.
Danzon
The 7th National Exhibition of Danzon features 52 dance groups from around Mexico.
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.
