Butoh
U Qux Cah is a performance by Butoh artist Sandra Soto.
Once regarded as one of Japan’s more bizarre artistic endeavors, Butoh began in post-war Japan as an avant-garde dance form that ran counter to the prevailing performance arts winds. It has since spread its tendrils across the globe and is now performed and adored worldwide.
Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas, Friday, October 20 and Saturday, October 21, 8:30 p.m. 350 pesos.
Live from the Met
The Metropolitan Opera presents the premiere of “Dead Man Walking,” composer Jake Heggie’s haunting new production based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium, with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato starring as Sister Helen.
Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas, Saturday, October 21, 11 a.m. 200 pesos.
Chamber Orchestra
In another of its regular monthly recitals, the Orquesta de Cámara Higinio Ruvalcaba presents a posthumous homage to Mexican composers Mario Lavista and Javier Álvarez, plus works by Japan’s Tōru Takemitsu and Arvo Pärt of Estonia.
Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas, Saturday, October 21, 7:30 p.m. 80-120 pesos.
Prayer for Peace
After two previous editions held in the Zapopan Basilica, the Conjunto presents Una oración por la paz (A prayer for peace), a tribute concert dedicated to the memory of the victims of violence in Mexico. Under the artistic direction of Pilar Gómez-Ibarra, plus an organ accompaniment, a large choir comprsied of prominent local singers will perform the Requiem Op. 9 by French composer Maurice Duruflé, and the Lamentations of Jeremías by Thomas Tallis.
Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas, Saturday, October 28, 7:30 p.m. 200 pesos.
Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco
The state orchestra opens the final season of 2023. Works by Blas Galindo, Mahler and Bruckner, will be conducted by OFJ maestro José Luis Castillo. U.S. mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford is the invited soloist.
Teatro Degollado, Sunday, October 29, 12:30 p.m. 100-250 pesos.
Odissi
A performance by Bijayini Satpathy, a renowned Indian classical dancer and Odissi scholar. Odissi is traditionally a dance-drama genre of performance art, where the artist(s) and musicians play out a story, a spiritual message or devotional poem from the Hindu texts, using symbolic costumes, body movement, abhinaya (expressions) and mudras (gestures and sign language) set out in ancient Sanskrit literature.
Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas, Friday, November 3, 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, November 4, 7 p.m. 180 pesos.
Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco
Guadalajara-born mezzo-soprano and orchestra director Grace Echauri is the guest conductor for the OFJ’s second program of the season, featuring Dmitri Shostakovich’s Obertura Festival and Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite. Note that this program has two consecutive Sunday shows.
Teatro Degollado, Sunday, November 5, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. 100-250 pesos.
Diana Krall
The celebrated Canadian singer in concert.
Teatro Diana, Wednesday, November 8, 9 p.m. 680-2,880 pesos.
Jazz
Bass player Christian McBride, the winner of eight Grammys, a quartet in the latest gig featuring the best of New York’s jazz scene. The band has Nasheet Waits on drums, Josh Evans on trumpet, and Marcus Strickland on sax.
Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas, Thursday, November 9, 9 p.m. 550 pesos.
Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco
OFJ artistic director José Luis Castillo is back in the saddle, conducting Héctor Berlioz’s Summer Nights and Claude Debussy’s Images. Vanessa Jara is the invited mezzo-soprano.
Teatro Degollado, Thursday, November 9, 8:30 p.m. and Sunday, November 12, 12:30 p.m. 100-250 pesos.
Phantom of the Opera
A local company, Victorian Goth Productions, presents the famous Lloyd-Webber musical, with 70 artists and musicians performing.
Teatro Diana, Saturday, November 11, 9 p.m. 500-700 pesos.
Requiem
The Orquesta de Cámara Higinio Ruvalcaba interprets Mozart’s famous Requiem in D minor, K. 626.
Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas, Saturday, November 11, 7:30 p.m. 150-400 pesos.
Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco
Former OFJ director José Guadalupe Flores leads the musicians in the world premiere of Manuel Cerda’s Suite sinfónica, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major, and Vasily Kallinikov’ Symphony No. 1 in G minor. The guest violnist is Angélica Olivo.
Teatro Degollado, Thursday, November 16, 8:30 p.m. and Sunday, November 19, 12:30 p.m. 100-250 pesos.
Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco
A more modern program sees the OFJ interpret Central Park in the Dark and The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives, Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra by Philip Glass (accompanied by the Sigma Project Quartet), and several pieces from Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten. José Luis Castillo conducts.
Teatro Degollado, Thursday, November 23, 8:30 p.m. and Sunday, November 26, 12:30 p.m. 100-250 pesos.
Guitarist
Well-nown Mexican jazz guitarrist Rodrigo Nefthalí in concert, along with a trio.
Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas, Thursday, November 23, 8:30 p.m. 300 pesos.
Bugs Bunny & friends
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony is a major U.S. spectacle celebrating 100 years of Warner Brothers magic—and it’s not just kids who will love it! Maestro George Daugherty conducts the Orquesta Solistas de América in a program featuring Looney Tunes cartoons with Bugs, Road Runner, Pepe LePew, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, and friends. For 30 years, Daugherty has performed this feat of conducting magic in front of more than 2.5 million people around the globe in thousands of concerts at venues from the Hollywood Bowl to New York’s Philharmonic Hall, from Sydney’s Opera House to a concert hall near the Kremlin.
Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas, Saturday, November 25, 6 p.m. 550-1,500 pesos.
The Fab Four
“The Beatles Symphonic Fantasy” features a full orchestra, accompanied by a Beatles tribute band approved by The Cavern Club in Liverpool. A project of Argentine musician and conductor Damián Mahler, the concert features many of the best-loved songs from the world’s most famous pop group.
Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas, Friday, November 3, 8:30 p.m. 550-1,800 pesos.