Carolina Performing Arts
Published: Sun, Apr. 06, 2008 12:00AM
Modified Sun, Apr. 06, 2008 07:38AM
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closeUNC-Chapel Hill's 2008-09 season expands to 31 programs in 42 performances, organized into seven themed series with a slate of special events.
Inbal Pinto Dance Company, Nov. 5; Pilobolus Dance Theatre, Nov. 21; Compagnie Marie Chouinard in "Orpheus and Eurydice," March 25; Bolshoi Ballet in "Don Quixote," June 10.
Compagnie Heddy Maalem in "The Rite of Spring," Oct. 25; Druid Theatre Company in "The Shadow of the Glen" and "Playboy of the Western World," Oct. 29-30; and Teatro De Ciertos Habitantes in "Monsters and Prodigies: The History of the Castrati," Jan. 24.
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DV8 Physical Theatre in "To Be Straight With You," Oct. 9-10; Ong Keng Sen and Theatreworks in "Vivien and the Shadows" Oct. 21; Builders Association with "Continuous City," Feb. 20-21. All series commissions or co-commissions.
Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet, featuring Béla Fleck with Casey Driessen and Ben Sollee, Sept. 11; Buckwheat Zydeco with Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas, Oct. 3; Aaron Neville and the Neville Brothers with Dr. John, Feb. 24.
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Legacy, Sept. 19; Branford Marsalis Quartet, Feb. 27 (part of the Carolina Jazz Festival); Vijay Iyer Trio, April 3.
Matthias Goerne, baritone, Nov. 14; Hilary Hahn, violin, Feb. 14; András Schiff, piano, Tuesday, April 7.
Hesperion XXI with Jordi Savall, viola da gamba, and Montserrat Figueras, soprano, Oct. 23; Kirov Orchestra with Valery Gergiev; Nov. 11; Orchestra of St. Luke's with Xian Zhang, Jan. 28.
Special events
Anne-Sophie Mutter and Camerata Salzburg, Oct. 5; Ornette Coleman, Nov. 13; Carolina Ballet's "Nutcracker," Dec. 6-7; Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Jan. 18; New York Philharmonic with Lorin Maazel, March 3-4; Patti LuPone, March 18; Hilliard Ensemble in Heiner Goebbels' "I went to the house but did not enter," March 28-29; Mariza, March 31; Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, April 21-22; Bolshoi Ballet in "Don Quixote,"June 11, and "Swan Lake," June 13-14.
Details: Performances in Memorial Hall. Subscriptions on sale May 19. 843-3333, www.carolinaperformingarts.org.
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