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The Ex Convento del Carmen and Plaza Fundadores host three-day fiestas on consecutive weekends as part of the first State Arts Festival (FESTA), a showcase for art, music, dance, theater and literature from many of Jalisco’s municipalities, which runs from November 14 to 24.
A Tapatia piano prodigy has already achieved something many talented musicians never manage in their entire careers.
Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra
Gala in honor of the bicentennial of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi. Anatoly Zatin conducts. Invited soloists are Leonardo Villeda, tenor; Carla Lopez Speziale, mezzosoprano; Jesus Suaste, baritone; and Lorena Flores, soprano. Also with the Jalisco State Choir, directed by Sergio Hernandez.
Marco Parisotto, one of Canada’s foremost international conductors, is on the brink of becoming the next musical director of the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO).
Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” and Anton Bruckner’s “Romantic Symphony No 4” open the fall season. Marco Parisotto conducts, Peter Jablonski is the invited pianist.
Teatro Degollado, Friday, October 18, 8:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 20, 12:30 p.m. 110-200 pesos.
The Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) kicks off its fall season on Friday, October 18 with a conventional program of works by Rachmaninoff and Bruckner directed by guest conductor Marco Parisotto. (The orchestra has yet to appoint a permanent musical director following the departure of Alondra de la Parra earlier this year.)
A written greeting from a famous opera star to her followers in Guadalajara graces the walls of the Teatro Diana thanks to the quick thinking of a fan after a chance encounter on the streets of New York.