Carol and Mary are on vacation in March, so STEPPING OUT
will not have an organized event, but here is a great option to check out:
The West Coast Premiere of 'NOW CIRCA THEN' presented by TheatreWorks at the Lucie Stern Center in Palo Alto. March 7 - April 1
In this quirky comedy, opposites attract and romance blooms for two historical re-enactors who play an immigrant couple at a New York Tenement Museum.
 In April, our next "official" STEPPING OUT activity will be 'THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR'at the Los Altos BUS BARN Theater
Adapted from the original by Nikolai Gogol
April 12 - May 5 (our date TBA)
"One part farce, one part slapstick, with a dash of musical theater, this naughty frothy play is wholly entertaining..."
Link to the Bus Barn Theater:>>>
Because the Newcomers enjoyed "La Traviata"we're going back to OPERA SAN JOSE to see 'FAUST' on SUNDAY, APRIL 22 at 3:00 at the California Theater in San Jose.
In this grandest of Grand Operas by Charles Gounod, Faust has made a bargain with the devil to make him young again, and to win the heart of a young girl, Marguerite.
The bargain doesn't quite work out for Faust, especially when dealing with the devil!
Ticket prices: $5l.00 - $101 (possible 20% discount)
Other cultural highlights in February
The SMUIN BALLET's Winter Program, Feb. 22-26, at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.
Includes: Tango Palace (sizzling Argentine tangos), Dear Miss Cline (Patsy Cline's music), The Eternal Idol (a Rodin sculpture brought to life) and Stabat Mater, Michael Smuin's eloquent memorial to 9/11.
Order tickets at smuinballet.org or call 650-903-6000
PALO ALTO PHILHARMONIC, Saturday, Feb. 18, 8:00 PM, Cubberley Theater, 4000 Middlefield, Palo Alto. The program features the Mozart Clarinet Concerts, and includes works by Berlioz, Strauss and Stravinsky. Tickets $20, $17 and $10
Music@Stanford EVENTS -- check the calendar online for details of the concerts listed below.
PAN ASIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL at Stanford, February 3 through 11 -- A great variety of wonderful musical performances, playing Japanese, Chinese and Korean music, from old masters to new young composers.
St. Lawrence String Quartet: Music by Undergraduate Composers, Sunday, Feb. 5, 8:00 PM,
Campbell Recital Hall. FREE admission
Baritone Stephen Salters and the Lark Quartet present works by American Composers. Sunday, February 12, 2:30 PM, Campbell Recital Hall. Admission $10.
Stanford Symphony Orchestra + Stanford Symphonic Chorus present Bruckner's sweeping Mass No. 3, and other selections. At Memorial Church, Friday, Febr 24, 8:00 PM
and Saturday, Feb 25, 8:00 PM
General admission $10
Thomas Schultz Piano RecitalTh includes Beethoven's Six Bagatelles, plus works by Schumann and Schubert. Sunday, Feb. 26, 2:30 PM, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, General admission $10.
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES - METROPOLITAN OPERA
The CineArts Theater, Palo Alto Square, in Palo Alto will be showing
"Ernani", the HD Metropolitan Opera filmed onstage at Lincoln Center.
Let's meet on Wednesday, March 14 at 6:15pm. The film starts at 6:30
PM. All the operas have subtitles and include backstage interviews
during Intermission with some of the featured singers.
Angela Meade stars in Verdi's thrilling early gem. Salvatore Licitra
is her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and
Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast.
Act I: It's 1519 in Spain, and Don Juan of Aragon has lost his title
and wealth during a civil war. Taking the name Ernani, he leads a band
of outlaws in the mountains. He asks his men to help him abduct
Elvira, who has sworn to follow him. She is to marry the aged grandee
Don Ruy Gomez de Silva the next day. Don Carlo, King of Spain, who
also loves Elvira but knows she prefers Ernani, arrives, eager to
persuade her to forsake both the outlaw who is his fierce enemy and
the grandee. In Act II Ernani arrives at the castle disguised as a
pilgrim. The King's men search for him to no avail. As the king is
about to leave ordering torture to force the force the whereabouts of
Ernani from the castle defenders, Elvira rushes in to beg the King for
clemency. Carlo realizes he now has a new advantage and kidnaps Elvira
as a hostage in return for the outlaw. Come see the performance to
find out what happens in Acts III and IV.
You can buy your tickets ahead of time on Fandango.com and pay a $1.25
convenience fee per ticket or buy them at the box office. Tickets are
$22. Those 62 and over get a $2. discount.
Please let Myrna Diaz know if you plan to attend.
Mark your calendars for our next Metropolitan opera outing, La
Traviata on May 2.
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