The Guadalajara Reporter
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The turnout for the magnificent solo piano concert by Maestro Antonio Cabrero at the Auditorio de la Ribera del Lago on March 5 was surprisingly small. Nevertheless, his exquisite musicianship and the beautiful melodies completely captivated his audience.
April 8 will mark the 95th birthday of Chapala’s former railway station, an architectural gem that has survived a checkered history to stand out as the city’s most imposing landmark in its reincarnation at the Centro Cultural Gonzalez Gallo (CCGG).
I’m still reeling from watching a rehearsal for My, My How Nice! Productions’ upcoming one-woman stage-play, “I Claudia: at the New Bravo! Theatre, on Ajijic’s Rio Bravo. This is an absolutely outstanding “must see” on so many levels – and I now understand what made it such a huge sell out and frequently reprised production in Canada.
¡Viva la Musica! has announced that the “Three Sopranos” – Patricia Hemandez, Berenice Barragan and Viviana Baez –will be returning to the Auditorio de la Ribera on Thursday March 19, 7 p.m.
Accompanied by pianist and occasional fourth soprano Gabriela Zepeda, these highly talented singers will perform famous arias, duets and trios by Bellini, Bizet, Delibes, Handel, Monteverde, Offenbach, Pergolesi and Puccini.
Mezzo soprano Patricia Hernandez earned her Masters Degree in Voice with honors at Rice University, Houston. She has sung opera roles in the United States, Mexico and Italy, including Donizetti’s “Elixir of Love,” Rossini’s “Barber of Seville,” Mozart’s “La Clemencia de Tito” and Monteverdi’s “Orpheus,” among others.
Viviana Báez began her singing career at the age of nine. Specializing in ancient music, she teaches voice classes and performs in the Capella Arte Vocal Quartet.
One of the most celebrated sopranos in Guadalajara, Berenice Barragan studied with maestros Flavio Becerra, Harlan Snow, Leonor Montijo and Marco Antonio Verdin. She has recorded five CDs and sung in several well-known choirs.
Open seating. Tickets: 200 pesos from Diane Pearl Colecciones, the LCS box office on Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to noon and at the Auditorio on the day.
In what promises to be a “blast from the past,” Los Cantantes del Lago is already in great voice and well into rehearsals for its Spring Concert “Love & Peace,” which will showcase many of the baby-boomers’ all-time pop favorites from the 60s, 70s and 80s.
During their Sunday, February 22 visit to Ajijic, masked Tastoánes from Tonalá put on a spectacular demonstration of the age-old ritual dances that retell the legend of the spiritual conquest of the region’s indigenous people.
Local author Zaida Cristina Reynoso Camacho this week released the first of three volumes she is writing on the history of the Chapala area, drawn from the collection of documents she oversees as director of the municipal archives.
