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Rising opera star
Irina Mishura will
be the featured
mezzo soprano in
Rackham Sympho-
ny Choir's perfor-
GAIL
mance of Handel's
ZIMMERMAN Messiah, under the
Arts &
baton of Suzanne
Entertainment
Acton,
8 p.m. Satur-
Editor
day, Dec. 12, and 3
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, at St. Peter & Paul
Church, East Jefferson at St. Antoine, in
Detroit. The Russian-born Mishura, who
is Jewish, arrived in the United States
from Moldava in 1992. Since then, she
has established herself as one of the most
exciting new voices on the world opera
and concert scene. She was lauded for her
portrayal of Amneris
in last year's Michi-
gan Opera Theatre
production of Aida,
and next year will
perform with the
MOT as Delilah in

The Jewish Community Center's
Encore Series presents a Chanukah
concert featuring the Klezmer Con-
servatory Band 2:30 p.m. Sunday,
Dec. 13, at West Bloomfield High
School. The band's combination of
Jewish ragtime, dixieland and jazz is
sure to have you dancing in the aisles.
$10 members/$15 nonmembers. For
tickets and more information, call
(248) 661-7649.
At 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, the
Lyric Chamber Ensemble hosts a spe-
cial program for opera fans, featuring
the DeHaven Chorale and vocal_
soloists. Sacred Scenes From Opera,
including Mascagni's Cavelleria Rus-
tanica, Gounod's Faust, Puccini's Suor
Angelica and Verdi's °tell°, will be per-
formed at Christ Church Detroit,
located at 960 East Jefferson. $15.
(248) 357-1111.

Irina Mishura
performs this
weekend in
Handers 'Messiah."

Samson and Delilah.
Tickets for Handel's
Messiah are $12 in
advance/$15 at the
door. (313) 341-
3466.

Andy Williams plays the
Palace on Monday.

The Klezmer Conservatory Band performs
Sunday at West Bloomfield High School.

OK, so it's billed as a
Christmas show, but he's
bound to sneak in a little
"Moon River." Singer Andy
Williams plays the Pala, c 8
p.m. Monday, Dec. 14.
$32.50. (248) 645-6666.

be performed 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11,
On the Fourth Night of
in the Smith Theater, 27055 Orchard
Chanukah ... Machon L'Torah-The
Lake Road, just south of 12 Mile
Jewish Learning Network of Michi-
Road, on the Orchard Ridge campus
gan and the Jewish Resource Center
in Farmington Hills. Tickets are $8
of Ann Arbor present a concert at
adults/$5
students and seniors, and are
the Southfield Centre for the Arts
available
at
xhe door. (248) 471-7667
featuring international recording star
or (248) 471-7700.
Mordechai Ben David, who will be
"It was the best of times, it was the
accompanied by Yerachmiel Stewart's
worst of times." The time, of course,
Segula Orchestra. Tickets for this 7
was 1789, and now, A Tale of Two
p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, concert in
Cities, Charles Dickens' classic novel
tribute to Alex Saltsman are $25
set
during the French Revolution, has
adults with reservation/$30 at the
door; $18 children ages 5-12
with reservation/$20 at the door;
under 5 not admitted. Other
donor opportunities are available.
Doors at 6:30 p.m.. 24350
Southfield Road. For tickets and
more information, call (248)
967-0888.
Often called the "Boston Pops
— in Brass," the River City Brass
Band performs 8 p.m. Thursday,
Dec. 17, at the Southfield Centre
for the Arts. The band's repertoire
includes familiar folksongs, show
tunes and marches. $15 adults/$10
students and seniors/$25 families.
Reserve tickets by calling (248)
424-9022 or (248) 616-9725.
What's a bandura? The multi-
stringed musical instrument is
a cross between a harp and a
lute and is the national musical
instrument of Ukraine, whose
Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus
Emily N Miller and Matt Troyer star as
was formed in Kiev in 1918
young lovers Lucie Manette and Charles
during the country's first brief
period of independence. Today, Darnay in the Hilberry Theatre's production
of Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities."
the majority of its chorus
members are second- and
been adapted for the stage. Opening
third-generation Americans and
Friday, Dec. 11, with its Midwest pre-
Canadians. The orchestra and
miere at the Hilberry Theatre, the pro-
choir of the Ukrainian Bandurist
duction will run in repertory through
Chorus will appear in concert 7:30
March 4, 1999, and feature the full
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, at the
Hilberry acting company as well as
Macomb Center for the Perform-
children from the Detroit metropoli-
ing Arts, located on M-59 and
tan area. Call for regular showtimes;
Garfield Road in Clinton Town-
there will be additional Tuesday morn-
ship. $23 adults/$21 students and
ing student matinees. $10-$17, with
seniors. (810) 286-2222.
group discounts available. 4743 Cass
Avenue, Detroit. (313) 577-2972.

On The Stae

With its first student per ormance in a
decade, Oakland Community College's
Orchard Ridge Players present Shorts:
A Theatrical Potpourri, a collection of
humorous and serious scenes, includ-
ing a one-act play. The program will

Dance Fever

Did you like Riverdance? Then you
may want to check out Spirit of the
Dance, which will be performed 3 and
8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, at Macomb

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1998

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