OPERA SA | Cover
Get ready to be swept away by the delightful antics and infectious energy of Rossini's The Barber of Seville as OPERA San Antonio presents a vibrant new production from Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. This fresh take on the beloved comic opera combines clever staging, bold visuals, and Rossini’s sparkling score to create a performance that’s both laugh-out-loud funny and musically thrilling. Critics have praised this production for its inventive design and lively spirit, making it a must-see event for opera lovers and newcomers alike. Don’t miss this joyful whirlwind of romance, disguise, and mischief — it's opera at its most entertaining!
Sung in Italian with English translations projected above the stage.
This production is presented in collaboration with The Orchestra San Antonio
OPERA SA | Cover
Get ready to be swept away by the delightful antics and infectious energy of Rossini's The Barber of Seville as OPERA San Antonio presents a vibrant new production from Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. This fresh take on the beloved comic opera combines clever staging, bold visuals, and Rossini’s sparkling score to create a performance that’s both laugh-out-loud funny and musically thrilling. Critics have praised this production for its inventive design and lively spirit, making it a must-see event for opera lovers and newcomers alike. Don’t miss this joyful whirlwind of romance, disguise, and mischief — it's opera at its most entertaining!
Sung in Italian with English translations projected above the stage.
This production is presented in collaboration with The Orchestra San Antonio
The Orchestra San Antonio | Conductor
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
DANIEL FREIBERG
Crónicas Latinoamericanas - Pacho Flores
ANTONIN DVORAK
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178
The Nutcracker | Ballet SA | Conductor
The holidays come to life with Ballet San Antonio’s The Nutcracker, a magical tradition for families across our city. Join Clara on an unforgettable adventure through the Lands of Snow and Sweets, where she meets the Nutcracker Prince, the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Mouse Queen, and a dazzling cast of characters. This production was choreographed by Haley and Easton Smith for Ballet San Antonio and features a children’s cast of over 100 children local to the San Antonio area, live music by The Orchestra San Antonio, and San Antonio community heroes in the beloved role of Mother Ginger. This sparkling production is the perfect tradition to ring in the holiday season.
The Nutcracker | Ballet SA | Conductor
The holidays come to life with Ballet San Antonio’s The Nutcracker, a magical tradition for families across our city. Join Clara on an unforgettable adventure through the Lands of Snow and Sweets, where she meets the Nutcracker Prince, the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Mouse Queen, and a dazzling cast of characters. This production was choreographed by Haley and Easton Smith for Ballet San Antonio and features a children’s cast of over 100 children local to the San Antonio area, live music by The Orchestra San Antonio, and San Antonio community heroes in the beloved role of Mother Ginger. This sparkling production is the perfect tradition to ring in the holiday season.
The Nutcracker | Ballet SA | Conductor
The holidays come to life with Ballet San Antonio’s The Nutcracker, a magical tradition for families across our city. Join Clara on an unforgettable adventure through the Lands of Snow and Sweets, where she meets the Nutcracker Prince, the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Mouse Queen, and a dazzling cast of characters. This production was choreographed by Haley and Easton Smith for Ballet San Antonio and features a children’s cast of over 100 children local to the San Antonio area, live music by The Orchestra San Antonio, and San Antonio community heroes in the beloved role of Mother Ginger. This sparkling production is the perfect tradition to ring in the holiday season.
The Nutcracker | Ballet SA | Conductor
The holidays come to life with Ballet San Antonio’s The Nutcracker, a magical tradition for families across our city. Join Clara on an unforgettable adventure through the Lands of Snow and Sweets, where she meets the Nutcracker Prince, the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Mouse Queen, and a dazzling cast of characters. This production was choreographed by Haley and Easton Smith for Ballet San Antonio and features a children’s cast of over 100 children local to the San Antonio area, live music by The Orchestra San Antonio, and San Antonio community heroes in the beloved role of Mother Ginger. This sparkling production is the perfect tradition to ring in the holiday season.
The Nutcracker | Ballet SA | Conductor
The holidays come to life with Ballet San Antonio’s The Nutcracker, a magical tradition for families across our city. Join Clara on an unforgettable adventure through the Lands of Snow and Sweets, where she meets the Nutcracker Prince, the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Mouse Queen, and a dazzling cast of characters. This production was choreographed by Haley and Easton Smith for Ballet San Antonio and features a children’s cast of over 100 children local to the San Antonio area, live music by The Orchestra San Antonio, and San Antonio community heroes in the beloved role of Mother Ginger. This sparkling production is the perfect tradition to ring in the holiday season.
The Nutcracker | Ballet SA | Conductor
The holidays come to life with Ballet San Antonio’s The Nutcracker, a magical tradition for families across our city. Join Clara on an unforgettable adventure through the Lands of Snow and Sweets, where she meets the Nutcracker Prince, the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Mouse Queen, and a dazzling cast of characters. This production was choreographed by Haley and Easton Smith for Ballet San Antonio and features a children’s cast of over 100 children local to the San Antonio area, live music by The Orchestra San Antonio, and San Antonio community heroes in the beloved role of Mother Ginger. This sparkling production is the perfect tradition to ring in the holiday season.
The Nutcracker | Ballet SA | Conductor
The holidays come to life with Ballet San Antonio’s The Nutcracker, a magical tradition for families across our city. Join Clara on an unforgettable adventure through the Lands of Snow and Sweets, where she meets the Nutcracker Prince, the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Mouse Queen, and a dazzling cast of characters. This production was choreographed by Haley and Easton Smith for Ballet San Antonio and features a children’s cast of over 100 children local to the San Antonio area, live music by The Orchestra San Antonio, and San Antonio community heroes in the beloved role of Mother Ginger. This sparkling production is the perfect tradition to ring in the holiday season.
The Nutcracker | Ballet SA | Conductor
The holidays come to life with Ballet San Antonio’s The Nutcracker, a magical tradition for families across our city. Join Clara on an unforgettable adventure through the Lands of Snow and Sweets, where she meets the Nutcracker Prince, the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Mouse Queen, and a dazzling cast of characters. This production was choreographed by Haley and Easton Smith for Ballet San Antonio and features a children’s cast of over 100 children local to the San Antonio area, live music by The Orchestra San Antonio, and San Antonio community heroes in the beloved role of Mother Ginger. This sparkling production is the perfect tradition to ring in the holiday season.
The Orchestra San Antonio
CLARICE ASSAD
Ode to Carmen Miranda
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Violin Concerto
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3 Op. 55, E-flat major “Eroica”
Bard Conservatory Orchestra
Tan Dun conducts the Conservatory Orchestra; program to be announced.
Dean of the Bard College Conservatory of Music and UNESCO Global Goodwill Ambassador, Tan Dun, has made an indelible mark on the world’s music scene with a repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical music, multimedia performance, and Eastern and Western traditions.
OPERA San Antonio
Sung in Italian with English translations projected above the stage.
This powerful opera is the passionately moving tale of a young Japanese woman's unrequited love for an American sailor. Puccini's lush score is rich with so many memorable moments it has become a beloved favorite with audiences worldwide. Set against a backdrop of cultural contrasts and the rigid binds of honor, this opera explores the devastating aftermath of love forsaken and the consequences of unwavering trust.
OPERA San Antonio
Sung in Italian with English translations projected above the stage.
This powerful opera is the passionately moving tale of a young Japanese woman's unrequited love for an American sailor. Puccini's lush score is rich with so many memorable moments it has become a beloved favorite with audiences worldwide. Set against a backdrop of cultural contrasts and the rigid binds of honor, this opera explores the devastating aftermath of love forsaken and the consequences of unwavering trust.
The Orchestra San Antonio
MANUEL DE FALLA
The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite 1
ARTURO MÁRQUEZ
Concierto de Otoño
ALDEMARO ROMERO
Fuga con Pajarillo
EDNA LONGORIA
World-Premiere (Name to be revealed)
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Tangazo: Variations on Buenos Aires
JUAN PABLO CONTRERAS
Mariachitlán
Conductor: Leonardo Pineda
Soloist: Pacho Flores
The Orchestra Now
David Serkin Ludwig Fanfare for Sam
Joan Tower A New Day
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Zachary Schwartzman conductor
Raman Ramakrishnan cello
Bard Conservatory Orchestra
A concert by the Bard Conservatory Orchestra with maestro Leon Botstein, featuring works by Brahms, Franck, Perle, and pianist Tianxiang Ni, performing Mozart’s Concerto No. 24.
Program
The Bard Conservatory Orchestra
Leon Botstein, Music Director
Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
Tianxiang Ni, piano
George Perle
Six Bagatelles
César Franck
Symphony in D minor
The Orchestra Now
Program to be announced
Charles Barker conductor
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
The Orchestra Now
Program to be announced
Charles Barker conductor
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
The Orchestra Now
Mily Balakirev Chopin Suite
Bedřich Smetana (orch. Szell) From My Life(String Quartet in E Minor)
Beethoven (orch. Weingartner) Hammerklavier(Piano Sonata No. 29)
Leon Botstein conductor
Ensemble Connect
Performers
Ensemble Connect
Gabriela Ortiz, Artistic Partner
Leonardo Pineda, Conductor
Martirene Alcántara, Visual Artist
Program
GABRIELA ORTIZ Pigmentum (NY Premiere)
CARLOS SÁNCHEZ-GUTIÉRREZ Luciérnagas
ILEANA PEREZ VELAZQUEZ Light echoes (NY Premiere)
RICARDO LORENZ La Hamaca (NY Premiere)
ALEJANDRO CARDONA Axolotl (US Premiere)
CAROLINA NOGUERA Gritos de Fuego, Patrias de Papel (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
The Orchestra Now and All City Orchestra
The Orchestra Now presents a free holiday season concert at the Talent Unlimited High School for the performing arts on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. TŌN is joined by NYC’s All-City High School Orchestra for Borodin’s evocative “Polovtsian Dances” and two movements from Holst’s iconic The Planets.
Bard Conservatory Orchestra
A concert by the Bard Conservatory Orchestra with maestro Leon Botstein and soloists from Bard Vocal Arts Program.
Program
The Bard Conservatory Orchestra
Leon Botstein, Music Director
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor “Unfinished”, D 759 (1822)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Psalm 42, Op. 42, Wie der Hirsch schreit (As pants the hart) (1837/38)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 (1953)
The Nutcracker
All Valero Sensory-Friendly Performances at The Tobin Center are provided at no cost to students, teachers, caregivers, and families thanks to generous funding from Valero and additional support from The Najim Family Foundation, Betty Stieren Kelso Foundation, and The Hearst Foundations. While there is no cost for this performance, tickets are required.
The holidays aren’t complete until you experience the magic of Ballet San Antonio’s The Nutcracker! Make the journey with us through the Land of Snow and Sweets as this magical holiday tradition brings all kinds of dream characters to life: Nutcracker Prince, Clara, Mouse Queen, Snow Queen, and Sugar Plum Fairy. This production features a children’s cast of more than 100 San Antonio area children, live music by the CMI Orchestra, San Antonio community heroes in the role of Mother Ginger and is a magical holiday tradition for our community and their families!