>> editor's picks RAW BRUTAL VIOLENT About CLASSICAL NOTES 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 Out & About on page 41 d,c1-iipJJNILoi ..1W. 4101 TA 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 THE JEWISH ENSEMBLE THEATRE PRESENTS... • • • • yl Ale"••\ r.. • •• •• • • • • •• THE VALUE OF NAMES •• ••••=•••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • - 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 October 9 • 2014 39