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KIRSTIN CHÁVEZ
mezzo-soprano
 
 
BIZET’S CARMEN
OPERA NEW JERSEY
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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Friday, February 5 at 7:30 pm
Matthews Theatre Auditorium at McCarter Theatre in Princeton

Sunday, February 7 at 3 pm
State Theatre in New Brunswick
Friday, February 12 at 8 pm
NJPAC in Newark

JOSEPH RESCIGNO conductor
KIRSTIN CHÁVEZ mezzo-soprano
RICHARD LEECH tenor

BERNARD UZAN stage director

Opera New Jersey and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra present Carmen, Bizet’s final and most beloved opera, which is filled with some of the greatest music ever composed. This production features Kirstin Chávez—dubbed "the Carmen of a lifetime" by Opera News—in the title role, Metropolitan Opera veteran Richard Leech as Don José and Luis Ledesma as the dashing Toreador Escamillo. Experience the thrill of live opera, sung in French with English supertitles.

 
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The February 12 performance is presented in collaboration with NJPAC.
 

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NJSO FAMILY SERIES
PETER AND THE WOLF
The Gretchen Lochner Gonzales Memorial Family Concert
Saturday, February 13 at 2 pm
NJPAC in Newark
JEFFREY GROGAN conductor
GREATER NEWARK YOUTH ORCHESTRA
BEN STEINFELD narrator
Repertoire includes selections from:
HUMPERDINCK Witch's Ride
GRIEG In the Hall of the Mountain King
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf
Clip 1: Peter's theme
Clip 2: Grandfather's theme
Clip 3: The bird's theme
Clip 4: The duck's theme
Clip 5: The wolf's theme
Clip 6: The hunters' theme
Clip 7: The hunters' rifle theme
Delight in this classic tale of a boy and a hapless wolf, brought to life through the beautiful music of Sergei Prokofiev. Whether it’s your first or 50th time hearing this piece, you’ll marvel at this masterful storytelling through music.
 
Pre-Concert Adventures begin at 1 pm in the lobby and is free to all ticketholders.
 
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LOVE SONGS FROM HOLLYWOOD & BROADWAY
Saturday, February 13 at 8 pm
NJPAC in Newark
Celebrate Valentine’s with your New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and the best love songs of Hollywood and Broadway! Treat your sweetheart to a romantic evening of music including selections from Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia, Annie Get Your Gun, South Pacific, West Side Story and many more.
STEVEN REINEKE
conductor
JODI BENSON
vocalist
MELISSA ERRICO
vocalist
MARC KUDISCH
vocalist
     
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BEST OF … FAIRY TALES

Thursday, February 25 at 7:30 pm
Community Theatre at the Mayo Center for Performing Arts in Morristown

Friday, February 26 at 7:30 pm
War Memorial in Trenton
Saturday, February 27 at 8 pm
Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank
Sunday, February 28 at 3 pm
bergenPAC in Englewood
NJSO concert video
 
ELIZABETH SCHULZE conductor
JONATHAN HOGAN narrator
Repertoire includes selections from:
RAVEL Mother Goose Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY Sleeping Beauty
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
PROKOFIEV Cinderella
STRAVINSKY The Firebird
For generations, magical tales have captured the imaginations of readers young and old—and propelled composers to inspiring flights of musical fancy. You’ll be transported to exotic realms as Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov and others spin innocent rhymes and weave sensual reveries.
 

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