Arts & Entertainment

With its rear doors sealed this week and its front door bristling with security guards, the world-renowned Teatro Degollado is unable to shake off the seeming poltergeist that has plagued it and the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra with a series of increasingly bizarre developments.

The United Kingdom aims to showcase new voices, as much as to celebrate established figures in the country’s literary, academic and artistic worlds, as guests of honor at the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) later this year.

Tuesday recitals
The Degollado Theater opens its doors each Tuesday for the free classical music series Martes de Musica y Opera. No tickets are sold nor is there numbered seating. Just turn up before the performance and grab a seat. The quality is always exceptional, and the theater will often fill up.
June 30: Pianist Cliff Jackson is back for the second time this month to accompany singers interpreting works from famous operas and Broadway shows. Bernstein, Verdi, Donizetti, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ponce, Bizet, Massenet, Gounod, Handel, Puccini, among others.
July 7: Baroque Kings, opera and sacred music from the 18th century. Works by Handel, Nicola A. G. Porpora, Vivaldi. Featuring Riccardo Angelo Strano (contratenor); Bruno Landi, Adan Madrigal (violins); Porfirio Preciado (harpsichord); Mariana Martinez (cello) and Antonio Beck (double bass).
July 14: From Bach to Debussy,   also including works by Bohm, Purcell, del Moral, Poulenc, Rachmaninov, Parisotti, Chopin.  Featuring Mari Camarena (soprano) and Jorge Verdin (piano).
July 21:  Nova Duo featuring Valentina and Noemi Gasparini (violins) and Blandine Tricot (piano).  Works by Bartok, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Haydn, Bach, Locatelli, Ysaye.
July 28:  Anniversary Concert by the Orquesta Sinfonica de Zapopan, directed by Guillermo Salvador, and the Zapopan Municipal Choir, directed by Santiago Cumplido.  “Overture to Candide” by Leonard Bernstein, Cantatas BWV 131 by Bach, Concerto in F Major for Three Pianos and Orchestra by Mozart and The Polovetsian Dances by Borodin.
Teatro Degollado, Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Free