Carmina Burana

The Wheel of Fortune Spins

With City Ballet Orchestra, John Nettles conducting, Pacific Coast Chorale, and Escondido Center Chorale

Performances

Concert Hall
California Center for the Arts
Escondido

Sat, May 4, 2024 at 8:00pm
Sun, May 5, 2024 at 2:00pm

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Program

Season 31 closes with two City Ballet favorites. Mozart Concerto is classical ballet at its finest. And the music and choir of Carmina Burana are matched with a powerful Black Tuesday tale that only a high-drama ballet can tell.

Mozart Concerto

Mozart’s Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra is distinguished for being technically and elegantly challenging for both the solo instruments. The same can be said about Elizabeth Wistrich’s classical choreography in this exquisite tutu ballet.

Choreography

Elizabeth Wistrich (1989)

Music

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra
in C major, K. 299/297c (1778)

Last performed by City Ballet of San Diego in May 2018

Carmina Burana

Medieval poetry transformed into a powerful composition for orchestra and chorus. That music married with the tragic story of James J. Riordan during the great stock market crash in 1929. All making for one incredible ballet.

Choreography

Geoffrey Gonzalez (2018)

Music

Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana (1936)

Last performed by City Ballet of San Diego in November 2019

Programming subject to change

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