The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
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.
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.
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.
Ballet in the park
The state’s only professional ballet troupe performs selected works in Guadalajara’s most popular park.
The 18th Onesimo Gonzalez Contemporary Dance Festival begins Saturday, October 15, with performances scheduled through October 23 at various venues.
UdG Ballet Folklorico
The renowned Universidad de Guadalajara folk dance troupe continues its summer/fall season with four more shows in October.
Around 20,000 spectators packed the Plaza de la Liberation to see the multimedia/acrobatic spectacle “Afrodita y el juicio de París” performed by Catalan company La Fura dels Baus, with the help of 100 local extras.
