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The Detroit
Symphony
Orchestra opens
its classical season
with a celebration
of Maestro Leonard
Slatkin's 70th birthday and the start
of his seventh season as DSO music
director. Violinist Sarah Chang will
perform under his baton, playing
Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto, at
10:45 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday
(the Saturday evening performance
includes a birthday celebration
including cake and refreshments)
and 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10-12, at
Orchestra Hall. The program also
will feature William Bolcom's Circus
Overture, composed in honor of
Slatkin's 70th birthday, which pre-
miered at the Tanglewood Festival
this summer; Ron Nelson's Sarabande
for Katharine in April; and Brahms'
Symphony No. 1. $15 and up. (313)
576-5111; dso.org .
The Ann Arbor Symphony
Orchestra, under the baton of
Maestro Arie Lipsky, performs a
concert titled Made in America,
including Leonard Bernstein's
Chichester Psalms sung in Hebrew
and George Gershwin's An American
in Paris, at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
11, at the Michigan Theater in Ann
Arbor. Performers include the Vocal
Arts Ensemble under the direction of
Ben Cohen. $15-$62. (734) 994-4801;
a2so.org.
The Chamber Music Society of
Detroit presents the Juilliard String
Quartet (including Jewish cellist
Joel Krosnick) in two performances
featuring completely different
programs, at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11,
at Seligman Performing Arts Center
in Beverly Hills ($30-$60/$15-$30
students); and at 3 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 12, at Varner Recital Hall on
the campus of Oakland University,
with the Aeolus String Quartet
($30/$15 students). Tickets and
performance details: (248) 855-6070;
chambermusic.org.
Birmingham Temple's Vivace
Series kicks off its 40th season
with pianist Christopher Atzinger,
performing at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
19, at the temple in Farmington Hills.
Afterglow and refreshments follow.
$25 members/$28 nonmembers/$10
students; four-concert series
subscription: $90 members/$100
nonmembers. (248) 788-9338; (248)
661-1348; vivaceseries.org .
One of the most frequently
performed operas based on
classical Greek mythology:
"Elektra", the story of one
woman's bloodthirsty quest
to avenge her father's death.
POP / ROCK /
JAZZ/FOLK
New Orleans legends
the Preservation Hall
Jazz Band and musi-
cian Allen Toussaint
take the stage at Music
Hall Center for the
Performing Arts at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct.
10. Tuba/bass player Ben Jaffe, son of
PHJB co-founders Allan and Sandra
Jaffe, serves as creative director of the
ensemble and director of Preservation
Hall itself. $30-$50. (313) 887-8501;
musichall.org .
Singer-songwriter-pianist Ben Folds
— despite having Jewish family mem-
bers, getting his start as a bar mitz-
vah/wedding singer, loving klezmer
music and naming an album Songs
for Silverman, he is not Jewish — will
perform his new piano concerto,
along with orchestral arrangements of
many of his pop hits, with the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra in the Ben
Folds Orchestral Experience at 7:30
p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, at Orchestra
Hall in Detroit. $30-$100. (313) 576-
5111; dso.org.
B'nai B'rith Great Lakes Region's
College Scholarship Program hosts
a fundraising concert at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Berman
Center in West Bloomfield. Former
Detroiters with Broadway chops,
including Danny Gurwin, Erin Dilly
and Dana Steingold, will perform;
joining them will be a local children's
choir directed by Cantor Penny Steyer
and several guest stars. $30-$75, plus
an additional $50 for a meet-and-greet
with the performers. (248) 646-3100;
greatlakes@bnaibrith.org .
ON THE STAGE
At Meadow Brook Theatre in
Rochester Hills through Oct. 26 is
Around the World in 80 Days, based
on the classic adventure novel by Jules
Verne with a new adaptation by Mark
Brown. Five actors — including West
Bloomfield native Mathew Schwartz
— play the production's 39 charac-
ters. $26-$41. Show times and tickets:
(248) 377-3300; mbtheatre.org .
Wayne State University's Bonstelle
Theatre kicks off its 2014-15 season
with one of William Shakespeare's
lesser-known comedies, All's Well
That Ends Well, at 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, Oct.
10-19. $10-$20. (313) 577-2960;
bonstelle.com .
Ringwald Theatre in Ferndale
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The role of "Elektra" in Strauss's classic
shocker is one of the most challenging in all
of opera, requiring equal doses of stamina
and a dynamic vocal range.
American soprano CHRISTINE GOERKE is
perfectly suited for the part, direct from her
stellar performances in London and Chicago.
RICHARD STRAUSS
FLEIOPR
4 Performances Only! Tickets as low as $25!
October 18 - 26, 2014
Sung in German with English supertitles
Featuring the Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra,
conducted by Steven Mercurio
Saturday October 18.7:30 PM
Wednesday October 22.7:30 PM
Saturday October 25.7:30 PM
Sunday October 26.2:30 PM
MICHIGAN
Presented at
The Detroit Opera House
Christine Strurnbos,
TICKETS & PRE-PAID PARKING
CALL 313.237.SING or visit
michiganopera.org
Elite Patron Sponsor
for "Elektra"
Production Sponsor for "Elektra'
Christine Goerke
The 2014 Fall Opera Season made
sponsored by
possible by Ford Motor Company
Elaine Fontana
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BY JEFFREY SWEET
DIRECTED BY YOLANDA FLEISCHER
Time may not heal all wounds and certain actions can haunt one through
a lifetime. This tense but funny play features legendary Hollywood
director Leo Greshen, who denounced several of his contemporaries
before the House Un-American Activities Committee, including his
best friend, actor Benny Silverman.
Now it is 1983, and a retired Benny (who has recouped his fortunes)
still harbors his acute outrage over Leo's betrayal. Then Benny's daughter
Norma is cast in a play that Leo is directing! Old antagonists meet again
and it is a captivating clash of titans, sizzling with wit and bitterness.
TICKET 248.788.2900 WWW.JETTHEATRE.ORG
JET performs in the Aaron
Drake Roads in West Bloomfield
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