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American School revs up 2016 Art Fest

Friday, November 11, and Saturday, November 12, are set for this year’s edition of an event — unique, popular and free — that draws artists and art lovers to the upscale, western side of Guadalajara every fall.

Jalisco State Choir out in the cold this autumn

The 26 remaining singers of the Coro del Estado de Jalisco (Jalisco State Choir) are reeling from a “slap in the face” delivered to them in August, when they were told by their bosses in the state Secretariat of Culture that, after practicing for six months for the opera Otello, they would not be performing it with the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra in November.  

Otello to feature US tenor in lead role

Artists and audiences are gearing up for the stagings of Verdi’s Italian opera Otello, based on the play by Shakespeare, to be performed November 23, 25, 27 and 30 in Guadalajara’s Teatro Degollado with a slate of acclaimed soloists and the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco) under the direction of Marco Parisotto.

Dutch Ballet comes to town

Ted Brandsen boasts a lifelong involvement with the Dutch National Ballet, joining the company in 1981, dancing with them for a decade, becoming a choreographer and now enjoying his 14th season as artistic director.