The Guadalajara Reporter
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The free weekly Tuesday operatic/music recitals at the majestic Teatro Degollado returned this week after a brief hiatus to make way for the May Cultural Festival.
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 high, and the theater will often fill up. June 23: Masterworks from Russia, France and Mexico. Featuring Konstantin Ziumbilov on violin and Lorenzo Sanchez on piano. Composers include Shostakovich, Lobato, Ravel and Saint-Saens. June 30: Cliff Jackson is back to accompany singers interpreting more works from famous operas and Broadway shows. Bernstein, Verdi, Donizetti, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ponce, Bizet, Massenet, Gounod, Handel, Puccini, among others.
Teatro Degollado, Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Free
The second 2015 season of the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) lasts barely more than a month and includes a concert outside Guadalajara in Mexico City’s prestigious Palacio de Bellas Artes.
Musicians and their administrators continue to trade vociferous accusations centered on Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) Director Marco Parisotto’s personnel tactics.
The magic of Canadian-based circus arts troupe Cirque du Soleil returns to Guadalajara from July 30 to August 16.
Joven Ballet de Jalisco
One of the most engaging art shows to hit Guadalajara in some time is a retrospective of Spanish-born surrealist Remedios Varo at the University of Guadalajara’s MUSA, located in the equally engaging area at Avenida Vallarta and Enrique Diaz de Leon, slightly west of the city’s historic center.
