SoCal music & dance, May 27-June 3: Blue 13 Dance Company, Long Beach Symphony, ‘Madama Butterfly’ and more

Classical, opera, jazz, folk, pop, rock, ballet, tap, flamenco, contemporary dance and more for LA & OC

Blue13 Dance Company (Charlie Kaine)

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.

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Classical & opera

‘Turandot’ A lovestruck prince tries to win the heart of a cruel princess in this David Hockney-designed production of Puccini’s romantic drama set in China; with soprano Angela Meade and tenor Russell Thomas; in Italian with English subtitles. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 30; 2 p.m. Sunday, June 2; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday, June 5 & 8. $34 and up. (213) 972-8001. laopera.org

St. Matthew’s Music Guild The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew’s presents Copland’s “Music for Movies,” Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto featuring concertmaster YuEun Gemma Kim, and Mozart’s “Solemn Vespers” to conclude the series’ 39th season. St. Matthew’s Church, 1031 Bienveneda Ave., Pacific Palisades. 8 p.m. Friday, May 31. $45. (310) 573-7422. musicguildonline.org

‘Chichester Psalms’ Pacific Chorale is joined by Pacific Symphony for a season closer featuring Bernstein’s 1965 choral work plus Holst’s “Psalm 148” and pieces by Frank Ticheli and Sarah Kirkland Snider. Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 1. $28 and up. (714) 662-2345. pacificchorale.org

‘Ipsa Dixit’ Long Beach Opera stages the West Coast premiere of Kate Soper’s multidisciplinary, multilayered and multimedia-enhanced philosophical exploration of the vagaries of language and artistic expression, featuring original choreography courtesy of Martha Graham Dance Company. Art Theatre of Long Beach, 2025 E. 4th St., Long Beach. 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, June 1 and 8; 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 9. $50-$170. longbeachopera.org

‘Madama Butterfly’ Pacific Opera Project reprises the company’s acclaimed 2019 production of Puccini’s tragic 1904 tale about the ill-fated romance between a young Japanese woman and a U.S. naval officer. Featuring a first-ever libretto in English and Japanese by Eiki Isomura and artistic director Josh Shaw and kimonos by designer Sueko Oshimoto. With subtitles in both languages. Includes pre-show performances by local arts groups and and post-show talkbacks with cast members and the creative team. JACCC’s Aratani Theatre, 244 San Pedro St., Little Tokyo, downtown L.A. 7 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, June 1-2; 8 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Sunday, June 7 & 9. $15-$150. pacificoperaproject.com