The Guadalajara Reporter
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Still without a musical director, the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) kicks off its second (summer) season of the year next weekend with a program featuring the works of two Spanish composers.
An exhibition commemorating 25 years since the death of Mexican artist Fernando Garcia Ponce opens at the Instituto Cultural Cabañas on Friday, May 31.
Mexico is seeking to reform its federal child labor provisions to raise the minimum working age from 14 to 15.
Musicians in the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) are excitedly practicing a piece by a Guadalajara-born composer, which is slated for Friday, May 24, in the Teatro Degollado as part of the Festival Cultural de Mayo. That performance of “El Laberinto de la Soledad,” named after the well-known book by Octavio Paz, will mark its debut in Mexico.
“It’s challenging and beautiful,” commented one instrumentalist, “and it really sounds like Guadalajara.”
The state-funded Compañía de Danza Clásica y Neoclásica de Jalisco has been given a stay of execution but the troupe will change its name to the Joven Ballet de Jalisco (Young Ballet of Jalisco).
The idea of contemporary opera might not be kids’ first choice of weekend entertainment. Nonetheless, two fun operas, created especially for children, are being staged at the Teatro Diana on the weekend of May 25.
Guadalajara’s May Cultural Festival got underway on Thursday night with a stunning performance by the Malandain Ballet Biarritz at the Degollado Theater.
