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SoCal music & dance, May 13-20: ‘Turandot,’ Tonality, Rangoli Dance Company and more
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SoCal music & dance, May 13-20: ‘Turandot,’ Tonality, Rangoli Dance Company and more

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May 11, 2024
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A scene from the David Hockney-designed production of Puccini’s “Turandot,” now on stage at Los Angels Opera (Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera)

Welcome to the latest TV or Not TV newsletter spotlighting live music and dance performances all around Southern California this coming week. I’m Matt Cooper, former listings coordinator for the LA Times’ Calendar section.

And a one and a two and a three and a four…


Classical & opera

‘Shaoai Ashley Zhang — Notes of Crimson’ The rising young pianist plays works by Isang Yun, Rebecca Saunders and Fernanda Aoki Navarro. The Colburn School's Thayer Hall, 200 S. Grand Ave. downtown L.A. 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 14. $10, $15. pianospheres.org

‘Bach Meets Bluegrass: Tessa Lark and Michael Thurber’ The violinist and the acoustic bass player perform an eclectic program. Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 14. $25-$75. (949) 854-4646. thebarclay.org

‘Beethoven & Sibelius’ Guest conductor Tianyi Lu leads Pacific Symphony in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 featuring pianist Yulianna Avdeeva and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2. Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, May 16-18. $25-$225. (714) 755-5799. pacificsymphony.org

Beethoven’s ‘Fidelio’ Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic join forces with Deaf West Theatre once again for a reprise of their semi-staged 2022 co-production of the German composer’s only opera. Performed in International Sign Language and sung in German with English subtitles. Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, May 16-17. $94-$259. (323) 850-2000. laphil.com

‘Music by Debussy and Schumann’ Cellist Juliette Herlin and pianist Kevin Ahfat perform in an intimate space in this Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra presentation. William Turner Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. 7 p.m. Thursday, May 16. $10, $40. kco.la

‘Hills Like White Elephants’ A new “Under the Oaks” concert series kicks off with this interdisciplinary presentation of the Ernest Hemingway short story set to music by Philip Glass, Caroline Shaw, et al.; contains sensitive subject matter, may not be suitable for younger audiences. Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday, May 16-17. $35. (310) 455-3723. theatricum.com

Camerata Pacifica The chamber music group wraps its season with works by Scarlatti, et al., plus a U.S. premiere by Martin Butler and a world premiere from Clarice Assad. Music Academy’s Hahn Hall, 1070 Fairway Rd., Santa Barbara. 7:330 p.m. Friday, May 17. Also at Scherr Forum Theatre, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks. 3 p.m. Sunday, May 19; the Huntington’s Rothenberg Hall, 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 21; and Colburn School’s Zipper Hall, 200 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 8 p.m. Thursday, May 23. $75, $80. (805) 884-8410. cameratapacifica.org

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