Shows set for Mondavi Center

  • by Amy Agronis

The inaugural season at Mondavi Center will feature more than 100 performances and lectures in 17 different sponsored series. The 2002-03 presenting schedule, announced April 30, includes:

Merrill Lynch Landmark Classics Series:

  • Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,with Joshua Bell, Nov. 9
  • Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Jan. 18
  • Boys Choir of Harlem, Feb. 22
  • London City Opera with Madame Butterfly, March 27
  • Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, May 18

AT&T Wireless Landmark Dance Series:

  • Trisha Brown and her avant-garde New York City dance troupe, Oct. 18

•Compañía Nacional De Danza, the national dance company of Spain, Nov. 26.

  • Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Feb.18-19
  • Stuttgart Ballet, March 25
  • Ronald Brown/Evidence, blend of African dance, ballet, hip-hop and sensuous modern dance, April 25--26.

First Northern Bank Concert Series:

  • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, classical mezzo-soprano, Oct. 4
  • Yo-Yo Ma, cellist, Nov. 2
  • Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist, with guitar duo Sergio and Odair Assad, Jan. 29
  • Academy of St. Martin in the Field Chamber Ensemble, featuring violinist Kenneth Sillito, May 9

Broadway Series:

  • Porgy and Bess, George and Ira Gershwin's love story set in Charleston's Catfish Row, two performances on Oct. 12
  • Rent, snapshot of starving artists coming of age in New York's East Village, Dec. 13 and 14
  • Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk, a tap-dancing phenomenon with the theatrical impact of A Chorus Line or West Side Story, Feb. 12 and 13
  • Fosse, dance extravaganza featuring the sensual work of one of the foremost stage and film choreographers of the 20th Century, Bob Fosse, April 1-2

KXJZ-FM Improvisations Series:

  • Christian McBride Band, pop, rhythm and blues and jazz fusion, October 16--19
  • Pat Metheny Group, led by the acclaimed jazz guitarist, Nov. 13
  • Chris Potter Quartet, led by the saxophonist, Jan. 15-18
  • Mingus Big Band, Feb. 15
  • Herbie Hancock, jazz pianist, March 29
  • Wayne Shorter, saxophonist, and his quartet, April 17

AT&T Wireless Arte Latino Series:

  • Afro-Cuban All Stars, Nov. 22
  • Fiesta Navidad, a Mexican Christmas celebration, Dec. 19
  • Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba, March 7
  • Tango Buenos Aires, April 4

Asia Pacific Series:

  • Shanghai Ballet, The White-Haired Girl, Nov. 16
  • Kodo, Taiko drumming group, Feb. 1
  • Voice of the Dragon - work combining kung fu, hip-hop, capoeira, jazz and an ancient Chinese fable, produced by Fred Ho, Feb. 13
  • Peking Opera, March 15

European Odyssey Series:

  • Kíla, Celtic septet from Dublin, Nov. 8
  • Altan, world music group offering taste of pre-Christian, Gaelic, winter traditions, Dec. 12.
  • Band of the Grenadier Guards with the Scots Highlanders, Feb. 26
  • Trinity Irish Dance Company, March 13
  • Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance, retelling of Irish folk legend, April 8

African Heritage Series:

  • Le Ballet du Senegal, Oct. 8
  • Salif Keita, West African vocalist, Oct. 30
  • Habib Koite and Bamada, a band combining Malian and reggae rhythms, Jan. 25
  • Youssou N'Dour, world music artist, April 23

SureWest New Stages Series:

  • Gareth Armstrong, a one-man performance of Shakespeare's character, Shylock, Oct. 23-24. Also, Dr. Prospero, a look at the magician from The Tempest, Oct. 25-26
  • Rinde Eckert, presents And God Created Whales, opera based on Moby Dick; Dec. 4--8
  • Aquila Theatre Company, A Midsummer's Night Dream, March 20; and The Importance of Being Earnest, March 22
  • Robert LePage, brings Frida Kahlo's life with Apasionada, May 16-17

Edgewise Series:

  • Philip Glass Ensemble, Philip on Film, Oct. 18-19
  • Ballet Preljocaj, contemporary dance, Nov. 1
  • Urban Tap, Dec. 1
  • Aeros, gravity-defying dance and gymnastics, Jan. 23
  • Soundstage, music from a 18-foot metronome sound sculpture, April 11-12

Shostakovich Series:

  • New three-year series exploring the string quartets of the renowned composer, Dmitri Shostakovich. Performances and lectures Dec. 15, March 16 and June 1.

Early Music Series:

  • American Bach Soloists, Handel's Messiah, Dec. 21
  • The Academy of Ancient Music, April 5
  • American Bach Soloists, J.S. Bach: the Mass in B Minor, April 28

Young Perspectives:

  • Green Thumb Theatre for Young People, The Co$t of Living, March 9. The Shape of a Girl, April 12-13

Family Series:

  • Cirque Eloize, Oct. 5-6
  • The Red Balloon, Nov. 3
  • Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co., Feb. 2

•Landis & Company, The Snow Queen, March 16

  • The Flaming Idiots, jugglers, sandwich-makers and knife-throwers, April 27

First Northern Bank Debut Series:

  • The Claremont Trio, string trio, Oct. 20
  • Ju-Young Baek, violinist, Jan. 19
  • Martin Kasik, pianist, March 30

SBC Pacific Bell Distinguished Speakers Series:

  • Anne Fadiman, discussion of her book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Dec. 2
  • Sherman Alexie, on "Killing Indians: Myths, Lies, and Exaggerations," Feb. 3

•Stephen Hawking, physicist and author of A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, March 23.

  • Jehan Sadat, peace activist and widow of late Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat, April 14
  • Edward O. Wilson, naturalist and sociobiologist, May 5

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