adults and $1 for children is recom- mended. DIA members are admitted free. For membership information, call 313-833-7971. To get ready for the Mopper lecture, you can head over to the Music Box in the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit to hear an 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 20, Pro Musica concert showcas- ing the music of Maurice Ravel, known as one of the French Impressionist musicians, along with Claude Debussy. A pianist, he composed two operas and many chamber works; he is prob- ably best known for his orchestral work, Bolero. The concert, sponsored by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, is evocative of that which Ravel himself debuted in Detroit in 1928, during a trip to the U.S. in which he befriended Jewish composer George Gershwin, who like other American jazz artists, became an inspiration to Ravel. Tickets to the concert are $40. Call (313) 576-5111 or go to www.detroitsymphony.corn. Opera Opus New to Detroit, stage manager Ken Saltzman should have his hands full with the Michigan Opera Theatre's production of Giacomo Puccini's Turandot, known for its exotic orchestration and lavish produc- tion values. The work is the last true manifestation of Italian opera in the romantic 19th-century style. Turandot, a tale of royal love set in China, opens MOT's spring season at the Detroit Opera House. It will be performed 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 21; 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 22; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25; 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 27; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 28; and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 29. Following Turandot, MOT hosts Mozart's The Abduction From the Seraglio, a company premiere, May 12-19. Set in Turkey, the libretto was originally written in German, but MOT will stage Abduction in English. Closing the season will be the French opera Romeo and Juliet, by Charles Gounod, June 2-9. Canadian Jewish director Bernard Uzan helms the pro- duction. 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