July is for . . .
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Cincinnati Opera
"The Magic Flute"
July 27, 29 -- 7:30 p.m.
July 31 -- 3 p.m.
Music Hall
Cincinnati Opera closes its 2011 summer festival with Mozart's "The Magic Flute," to be sung in German with English surtitles and English dialogue. The cast includes soprano Nicole Cabell as Pamina, with tenor Shawn Mathey as Tamino. Singing the Queen of the Night, a role she sang recently at New York's Metropolitan Opera, is soprano Audrey Luna in her Cincinnati Opera debut. Conducting will be Bernard Labadie, who led the Met's"Magic Flute." The production is from Indiana University Opera Theater. Tickets are $26-160. Call (513) 241-2742, or order online at www.cincinnatiopera.org
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Classical Guitar Recital Series
July 25-31
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
CCM's annual Classical Guitar Workshop features a series of six recitals designed to showcase the guitar as a solo instrument and as a chamber music/guitar ensemble member. All are free and open to the public. Concerts take place in Robert Werner Recital Hall and Patricia Corbett Theater. For information, call (513) 281-2865 or visit www.ccmguitarworkshop.org
The schedule:
The schedule:
- July 25, 8 p.m. Werner Hall. Faculty ensemble recital. Renato Butturi, Clare Callahan, Carlos Perez, Rodney Stucky, Karl Wohlwend, Stanley Yates and Jeffrey Van.
- July 27, 8 p.m. Werner Hall. Guitar chamber music recital. Richard Goering, Andrew Winner, Karl Wohlwend and guest artists.
- July 28, 8 p.m. Werner Hall. Stanley Yates recital.
- July 29, 8 p.m. Werner Hall. Carlos Perez recital.
- July 30, 8 p.m. Patricia Corbett Theater. Solos, chamber music and guitar orchestra. Jeffrey Van, "Passacaille, Carillon, Tourdion," performed by guitar orchestra.
- July 31, 2 p.m. Patricia Corbett Theater. Participants recital.
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Classical Revolution
July 24 -- 7:30-10:30 p.m.
Blue Wisp Jazz Club
"Classical Revolution," comes to the Blue Wisp. Hear selections from Schumann's "Carnival" with pianist Mark Tollefson, Sonata for Bassoon and Piano by John Steinmetz, piano music by Bartok, Liszt and Chopin with Jae Won Kim, plus the Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano by Aram Khachaturian, works by Liszt, Chopin and more. Suggested donation $5-10. Visit Classical Revolution Cincinnati on Facebook.
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Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Michael Cavanaugh
"The Songs of Elton John and More"
July 23 -- 8 p.m.
Riverbend Music Center
Michael Cavanaugh performs rock hits from the 1970s by Elton John, Styx, The Eagles, Paul McCartney and more. Guest conductor Bradley Thachuk leads the Cincinnati Pops. Tickets $18-47. Children 12 and under free on the lawn. Call (513) 381-3300 or visit www.cincinnatipops.org
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Civic Pops
July 21 -- 7-9 p.m.
Springfield Township Community Center, 9158 Winton Rd.
July 28 -- 7-9 p.m.
Colerain Park Amphitheate, 4725 Springdale Rd
Pops concerts by the Cincinnati Civic Orchestra. Music of Disney, marches, music from films and Broadway, American folk melodies. In air-conditioned Grove Banquet Hall July 21. Rain location July 28, Colerain Senior and Community Center, 4300 Springdale Rd, Free.
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"Eugene Onegin"
July 14 and 16 -- 7:30 p.m.
Music Hall
Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" is the third opera of Cincinnati Opera's 2011 summer festival. Timing is everything in this story, based on the verse novel by Alexander Pushkin, in which a young girl (Tatyana) falls in love too soon and the objection of her affection (Eugene Onegin) falls in love too late. Starring as Onegin is baritone Nathan Gunn, with Moscow native Tatiana Monogarova as Tatyana. Vasily Petrenko conducts the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Sung in Russian with English surtitles. Tickets are $26-$160 at (513) 241-2742 or online at www.cincinnatiopera.org
___________________________________________________________________________________World Piano Competition
July 12-17 -- various times
Jarson-Kaplan Theater
The Artist Division of the annual World Piano Competition is July 12-17 in Jarson-Kaplan Theater at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. The schedule: Preliminaries, July 12-13, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2:30-5:30 p.m. Quarterfinals, July 14, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
and 2:30-6:30 p.m. Semifinals, July 15, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and 3-6 p.m. Finals concert, July 17, 3 p.m. All events take place in Jarson-Kaplan Theater. Tickets for
the preliminaries, quarter-finals and semi-finals are $10. The finals concert
is $12-$22. Call (513) 621-2787, or
visit www.cincinnatiarts.org
_____________________________________________________________________________Liszt Piano Competition
July 11 -- 1:30 p.m.
Robert Werner Recital Hall
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
The first Liszt Competition, held in conjunction with the new "Art of the Piano" Masterclasses at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, begins at 1:30 p.m. July 11 in Robert Werner Recital Hall. The winners recital is 7 p.m. July 16. Tickets are $15. For live streaming, see http://www.uc.edu/ucit/digitalvideo/livestream.html
_____________________________________________________________________________________World Choir Games Countdown
July 11 -- 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Fountain Square
The clock will start ticking on the World Choir Games, to be held July 4-24, 2012 in Cincinnati, at this special event on Fountain Square. Meet Whirl, official mascot of the 2012 World Choir Games, and view the unveiling of the Countdown Clock, to be installed on Fountain Square through the completion of the Games in 2012. At noon, host Drew Lachey will introduce performers, including Gospel
recording artist Byron Cage and members of the Cincinnati Citywide Mass
Choir, the Eleventh Hour Choir from Kettering, Ohio and
singer/songwriter Kelly King. There will be strolling choirs and booths celebrating the region's international heritage. Limited edition pins commemorating the Countdown will be introduced to provide opportunities for pin trading (modeled after pin-trading at the Olympic Games). Produced by INTERKULTUR, based in Germany, and held every two years, the World Choir Games is the largest international choral competition in the world. This will be
the first time the event has been held in the United States.
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Classical Revolution
July 10 -- 9 p.m.
Northside Tavern
4163 Hamilton Ave.
Cincinnati
"Classical Revolution," Cincinnati's classical jam session, returns to Northside Tavern. Hear the Adagio from Bach's Sonata for Violin No. 1 in G Minor performed by Kori Hill, Rhapsody for Solo Bassoon by Wilson Osborne with Kathleen Moniaci and "Three Sea Shanties" by Malcolm Arnold with flutist Julie Baker, clarinetist Keenan Larsen, oboist Melissa Rose-Walding, bassoonist Moniaci and Mike Nelson on French horn. Stay for readings of brass quintets and string quartets. Free. Visit Classical Revolution Cincinnati on Facebook.
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July 9 -- 7:30 p.m.
Devou Park Amphitheater, Covington
The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra led by music director James R. Cassidy observes the150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War with "The Blue and Gray Revisited." Regional re-enactors join the KSO and the KSO Chorale. Free, though a $5 donation requested. Park-and-ride shuttle departs from Covington Catholic High School, 1600 Dixie Highway, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and returns following the concert (9:30 to 9:45 p.m.). $1.
___________________________________________________________________________Art of the Piano
July 9 -- 7 p.m.
Werner Recital Hall, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
International pianist Frederic Chiu performs a recital as part of the "Art of the Piano" Festival at CCM. Hear Franz Liszt's transcription of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 and works by Chopin, Ravel and Prokofiev. $15. For further information, visit http://ccm.uc.edu/artofthepiano
_________________________________________________________________________Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
July 8 -- 7:30 p.m.
Grounds of Union Central Life Insurance Co., Forest Park
July 24 -- 6 p.m.
Fayette County Fairgrounds, Washington Court House
The Cincinnati Pops goes on the road with concerts in Forest Park and Washington Court House. Incoming Pops conductor John Morris Russell will conduct July 8 in Forest Park ("Concert on the Green"). Pops assistant conductor Vince Lee will conduct July 24 in Fayette County. Hear music by John Philip Sousa and John Williams, anthems like "God Bless America" and "The Star Spangled Banner" and more in this "Celebrate America" series. Rain or shine. Free
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concert:nova
July 6 -- 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati Art Museum, Alice Bimel Courtyard
Cincinnati's path-breaking chamber ensemble concert:nova closes its
fourth season with "The Art of Dance," a collaboration with Cincinnati
Ballet featuring Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring" and Samuel
Barber's "Cave of the Heart." Choreography is by Heather Britt and
dancers of Cincinnati Ballet in homage to 20th-century icon Martha
Graham. concert:nova musicians will be conducted by Edwin Outwater,
music director of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony in Ontario, Canada.
Doors open at 6 p.m. with box dinners and cash bar from 6:30-7:30.
Admission is $25, $15 for students, $15 for box dinner. Call the
Cincinnati Art Museum at (513) 721-ARTS, or order online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/180926
___________________________________________________________________________Nathan Gunn
July 6 -- 7 p.m.
Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion
Meet opera baritone Nathan Gunn, starring in Cincinnati Opera's "Eugene
Onegin" (July 14 and 16 at Music Hall) in conversation with Opera
artistic director Evans Mirageas. Following the discussion, Gunn will
sign copies of bhis recent solo album "Just Before Sunrise, a collection
of romantic and intimate contemporary songs by Sting, Billy Joel, Tom
Waits and others. Free and open to the public.
_____________________________________________________________________________Happy birthday Liszt!
Art of the Piano
July 5 -- 8 p.m.
Werner Recital Hall, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Pianist Jura Margulis performs an all-Liszt recital in celebration of the composer's 200th anniversary, opening event in the first Art of the Piano Festival at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. There will be master classes and recitals July 5-16 in Werner Recital Hall at CCM. Margulis will present a master class at 1:30 p.m. July 6. Admission is $15 per event, $30 per day, $200 for the entire festival. For information and a complete schedule visit http://ccm.uc.edu/artofthepiano
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Opera Idol
July 5 -- 7 p.m.
Jarson-Kaplan Theater
Cincinnati Opera presents the ten semi-finalists in its 2011 Opera Idol
competition. Selected by a panel of judges following open auditions in
May, the singers will perform a concert, five finalists to be selected
by audience vote. Videos of the finalists will be available online,
with the public invited to vote for their favorite. Top prize is a
$3,500 contract with Cincinnati Opera. The semi-finalists are:
sopranos Chelsea Fries, Heather Morrey, Heather Spence and Olivia
Yokers, mezzo-sopranos Leah Gordon and Catherine Scott, tenors Samuel
Hall, Walter Jermaine Jackson and Shawn Mlynek and baritone Bill
Shuler. Tickets are $12 at the Aronoff Center box office. Call (513)
621-2787 or order online at http://cincinnatiarts.org/index.jsp?eventDetail=1&event_id=1194
______________________________________________________________________________Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
July 4 - 8 p.m.
Riverbend Music Center
Incoming Cincinnati Pops conductor John Morris Russell conducts the
Pops' annual Fourth of July concert, "Red, White and Boom!" with
vocalists Daniel Narducci and Karen Lack, Prism Brass from the Air Force
Band of Flight and Cincinnati Studio for Dance. Hear American songs
and patriotic music, including the "Armed Forces Salute" and
Tchaikovsky's "1812" Overture, capped by Rozzi's Famous Fireworks.
Tickets, $15, $20, $5 for veterans and active military. Call (513)
381-3300. or visit www.cincinnatipops.org Come beginning at 11 a.m. for free admission to Coney Island (excluding the pool).
________________________________________________________________________________Blue Ash Montgomery Symphony Orchestra
July 3 -- 7:30 p.m.
Montgomery Park, Montgomery
The Blue Ash Montgomery Symphony Orchestra led by music director Michael
Chertock celebrates the holiday weekend with "The Golden Age of Radio,"
a salute to the the 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s with Suzanne Bona of WGUC,
Mark Amazon of WLW and the Encore Men's Quartet. Free
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