Los Altos performing arts events

West Bay Opera's Otello

Friday, May 24 8:00p

Lucie Stern Community Theatre, Palo Alto

West Bay Opera's all new staging of Otello, a collaboration across the centuries by two great geniuses of the stage: Verdi and Shakespeare...

Opera Classics 2013

Sunday, Jun 23 4:00p

Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center, Atherton

A gala concert to benefit West Bay Opera. A selection of best moments from your favorite operas, sung by a star-studded cast, with orchestra...

Redwood Symphony to offer Sweeney Todd in two performances

Saturday, Jun 1 8:00p

Cañada College Main Theatre, Woodside

Stephen Sondheim’s rollicking Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, will be presented by Redwood Symphony in two semi-staged performances Saturday, June 1, at 8 p.m...

Strawberry Fields Forever!

Saturday, Jun 1 8:00p

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz

Rock guitars and classical strings come together for Strawberry Fields Forever, a musical fusion featuring the White Album Ensemble and Santa Cruz County Symphony...

Cirque du Soleil presents Criss Angel Believe

Wednesday, May 22 7:00p

Luxor Theater, Las Vegas

Criss Angel, the most famous magician on the planet - in partnership with Cirque du Soleil - presents CRISS ANGEL Believe, an illusion spectacular at the Luxor Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas...

David Copperfield at MGM Grand Las Vegas

Wednesday, May 22 7:00p

MGM Hollywood Theatre, Las Vegas

David Copperfield has been hailed by audiences and critics alike as the greatest illusionist of our time...

Rock of Ages - Las Vegas

Wednesday, May 22 8:00p

Venetian Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas

Get set to enjoy the music that ignited a generation...

Robertson leads Ravel and Gershwin

Wednesday, May 22 8:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Ravel, who heard jazz in Harlem with Gershwin, was dumbfounded by the dazzling Rhapsody in Blue, which Gershwin played at a birthday party for the French composer...

Terry Fator: The Voice of Entertainment

Monday, May 27 7:30p

Terry Fator Theatre, Las Vegas

Las Vegas Strip headliner Terry Fator captures the hearts and funny bones of America with Terry Fator: The Voice of Entertainment live at The Mirage...

Mortified

Friday, Jun 14 7:30p

DNA Lounge, San Francisco

After 7 yrs, check out the bay's funniest and most outlandish comedic/ music experience...

Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon

Wednesday, May 29 8:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Music from three Eastern Europeans gives this program a delightfully colorful sound palette...

Jonathan Biss plays Schumann

Thursday, Jun 13 2:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Schumann’s lilting, effervescent concerto started out as a shorter piece, but virtuoso pianist Clara Wieck—his wife—urged him to expand it...

MTT and Stravinsky: Stravinsky's Russian Roots

Friday, Jun 21 6:30p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

The joyous Les Noces “depicts” a wedding the way an Altman film uses scraps of conversation to tell a tale, and boasts four pianists on stage...

Barantschik and Vinocour play Britten's Double

Thursday, Jun 6 2:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Britten composed the concerto for violin and his own instrument, viola, at 18; its youthful vigor will challenge the virtuosity of the SFS’s Concertmaster and Principal Violist...