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Cal Performances’ 2010-2011 Season

September 24 2010: Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company
September 26 2010: Fall Free for All: Open House at Cal Performances
September 30- October 3 2010: Mark Morris Dance Group
October 7-10 2010: Circus Oz
October 10 2010: David Finckel, cello & Wu Han, piano
October 14 2010: Alex Ross
October 15 2010: Jerusalem Quartet
October 22 2010: Gamelan Çudamani 
October 24 2010: Jeremy Denk, piano 
October 26-27 2010: Benjamin Bagby’s Beowulf
October 29-30 2010: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
October 31 2010: Kremerata Baltica
October 31 2010: Alfred Brendel
November 13-14 2010: Zenshinza Theatre Company
November 20 2010: Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone
November 5 2010: Buika
November 7 2010: Ensemble Zellig
November 21 2010: Will Shortz
November 26-28 2010: Mummenschanz 
December 4, 2010: Christian Tetzlaff, violin
December 5 2010: Pomegranates and Figs
December 5 2010: Takács Quartet
December 11 2010: John McLaughlin, guitar
December 12 2010: Nicolas Hodges, piano
January 21 2011: Tango Buenos Aires
January 22 2011: Joshua Redman, saxophone
January 23 2011: Wallace Shawn
January 26 2011: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
February 3-4 2011: Kodo
February 9-10 2011: Ex Machina
February 12-13 2011: Zukerman ChamberPlayers
February 20 2011: Paul Lewis, piano
February 25-27 2011: Vienna Philharmonic
March 3-5 2011: Merce Cunningham Dance Company
March 4 2011: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
March 6 2011: Scharoun Ensemble Berlin
March 6 2011: Balé Folclórico da Bahia
March 11 2011: Branford Marsalis, saxophone & Terence Blanchard, trumpet
March 13 2011: Les Percussions de Strasbourg
March 13 2011: Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
March 18-19 2011: Nederlands Dans Theater
March 20 2011: Joyce Yang, piano
March 24-26 2011: Castleton Festival Opera
March 26-27 2011: The Tallis Scholars
March 29- April 3 2011: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
April 3 2011: Jessica Rivera, soprano
April 6 2011: The Silk Road Ensemble, with Yo-Yo Ma
April 19 2011: Afro-Cuban All Stars
April 23 2011: Kurt Elling, vocalist
April 28-29 2011: Cirque Éloize
May 1-3 2011: Les Violons du Roy
May 7-14 2011: Druid Theatre Company
May 31-June 4 2011: Royal Danish Ballet
June 13-16 2011: Ojai North!

Matías Tarnopolsky announced Cal Performances‘s 2010-2011 season at a press conference today. We were seated on the stage and the presentation involved several videos. Tarnopolsky seemed charmingly self-effacing, and at one point he said Schumann” instead of “Stockhausen,” and made a joke about how they were easily confused for one another. The 2010-2011 Web site of Cal Performances goes live tonight at 12:01am.

Next season includes two Britten operas, The Rape of Lucretia and Albert Herring will be performed by Castleton Festival Opera in February 2011. Byrn Terfel and Jonas Kaufmann are both coming to Berkeley for their respective tours, Terfel in the Fall and Kaufmann in the Spring. Dawn Upshaw, the Maria Schneider Orchestra, The Australian Chamber Orchestra, and Peter Sellars are all involved in Ojai North!

Official Site | Press Release [PDF]

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8 responses to “Cal Performances’ 2010-2011 Season”

  1. mj Avatar
    mj

    I am sad to see they don’t have a vocal recital category anymore. Lieder recitals in the Bay Area are sadly not very well attended these days. Also, no offense to Dawn Upshaw fans, but why must she sing here every year? I would rather have the opportunity to hear someone else.
    Very very excited that Jonas Kaufmann will be singing here. Also intrigued by the Britten operas, though the singers are mostly unfamiliar names. Ian Bostridge with Les Violins du Roy could be interesting. And the Vienna Phil….
    OT, do you know when SF Performances is planning to make their season announcement?

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  2. Roberto Avatar
    Roberto

    What will the Vienna Philharmonic play? I could never imagine to see this orchestra in Berkeley…

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  3. Sibyl Avatar
    Sibyl

    Hate to parade my appalling ignorance, but do we know what Wallace Shawn will do? And, were one to go see him, would one be able to resist thinking, “Inconceivable!” constantly?

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  4. The Opera Tattler Avatar
    The Opera Tattler

    SF Performances announces their season on May 11th, I believe.

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  5. The Opera Tattler Avatar
    The Opera Tattler

    Incredibly, they are performing 3 programs:
    1) Schubert’s Second, Wagner’s Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, and Bartok’s The Miraculous Mandarin
    2) Schumann’s Second and Brahms’ Second
    3) Mahler’s Sixth

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  6. The Opera Tattler Avatar
    The Opera Tattler

    I bet it is part of the Strictly Speaking series. O yes, indeed, it was very odd to see his photo circulating along with the other performers on the screen before the announcement.

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  7. Doug Avatar
    Doug

    Thanks for posting this so quickly OT. I was delighted by the diversity and richness of the classical music offerings and delighted that Cal Perfs is bringing what sound like fresh productions of interesting operas. (With Cal Perfs and LA Opera, next March is Britten month in California!) Alas, it seems that Tarnopolsky is relying on fairly limited and unimaginative forces for the rest of the programming. There is a bit of wonder in the season, but I found much of it ho-hum at best. Presenters like BAM in NYC and others are doing such interesting dance and theater — what gives with Cal Performances? I’m sad that Cal Perfs and SF Perfs are so focused on classical music. Oh, and Alex Ross back again and talking about his new book — HOORAH!

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  8. The Opera Tattler Avatar
    The Opera Tattler

    I guess I am just so oriented toward classical music, because I’m very excited for next season at Cal Performances! Plus there are circuses and mimes. However, I see your point, not a lot of dance companies we haven’t seen in previous years coming around, with the exception of the Royal Danish Ballet.

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