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Napa Valley Opera House concert season presents potpourri of performers
Friday, May 15, 2009
In challenging times, a dose of imagination can make all the difference.
This is clear in the new lineup at the Napa Valley Opera House, where Artistic Director Evy Warshawski has put together a summer season that holds the line on ticket prices and offers a sparkling variety of fun for audiences. This summer you can sing along with musical classics, dance with Arty Party, send your kids on a quest for Camelot or share an evening with a living legend, Joan Baez.
This is clear in the new lineup at the Napa Valley Opera House, where Artistic Director Evy Warshawski has put together a summer season that holds the line on ticket prices and offers a sparkling variety of fun for audiences. This summer you can sing along with musical classics, dance with Arty Party, send your kids on a quest for Camelot or share an evening with a living legend, Joan Baez.
For some shows, Warshawski has forged innovative partnerships with the Robert Mondavi Winery, the Festival del Sole and the Napa Regional Dance Company, which will present its first summer ballet production, “Alice in Wonderland.”
Other highlights include a Lamplighter’s production of “My Fair Lady,” 42nd Street Moon’s revival of “Wildcat,” and a release party for Spencer Day, who has wowed audiences in his appearances at the Opera House.
Other highlights include a Lamplighter’s production of “My Fair Lady,” 42nd Street Moon’s revival of “Wildcat,” and a release party for Spencer Day, who has wowed audiences in his appearances at the Opera House.
Tickets are on sale now at the Napa Valley Opera House box office, 226-7372 or www.nvoh.org
Here’s the lineup:
Tom Rush
Friday, May 15, 8 p.m.
$35
Rush helped forge the folk revivals of the ’60s as well as the renaissance in the ’80s and ’90s. After 45 years, he’s still doing what he loves — playing and writing.
The Best of San Francisco International Comedy
Competition
Saturday, May 16, 8 p.m.
$30
An evening of fun and laughter hosted by Tommy Savitt, the 2008 winner of the Seattle International Comedy Competition and the 2007 winner of the Boston Comedy Festival.
Voena: Voices of Dreams
Thursday, May 21, 7:30 p.m.
$15/$20
Voena, a multi-cultural, a cappella and world music experience, “reinvents ‘choir’ the way Cirque du Soleil reinvents circus.” Their new show “Voices of Dreams,” includes a special guest and former Voena soloist, Holly Stell, now a recording artist and duet partner with Andrea Bocelli. Coming up next, the North Bay group heads to South Africa for a cultural exchange that will be filmed for a documentary.
Jason Petty - Marty Robbins Tribute
Saturday, May 30, 8 p.m.
$35
Petty, praised for his Off-Broadway performance in “Hank Williams: Lost Highway,” takes a poignant look at the life and music of country music’s Hall of Famer Marty Robbins, who died in 1982. The show pays tribute to Robbin’s music and the singers who influenced him as it follows his life, including his career as a NASCAR driver.
Pacific Chamber Symphony
Sunday, May 31, 2 p.m.
$30/$25
Maestro Lawrence Kohl leads a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.
“Wildcat”
42nd Street Moon
Saturday, June 6, 8 p.m.
Sunday, June 7, 2 p.m.
$30 /$35
A musical treat about Wildcat Jackson, a wily oil prospector in 1912, and her adventures (romantic and otherwise) with unflappable foreman Joe Dynamite. Lucille Ball immortalized this role on the Broadway stage. Award-winning Bay Area comedian Maureen McVerry takes on the title role in the revival of this show. The Cy Coleman-Carolyn Leigh score includes “Hey, Look Me Over!,” “Tall Hope,” “What Takes My Fancy,” “Give a Little Whistle,” “One Day We Dance” and “You’ve Come Home.”
Battle of the Bands
Friday, June 12, 7 p.m.
$10 - Cafe Theatre
The Napa Valley Opera House, in association with Wandering Rose and Napa School of Music, hosts a Napa “battle of the bands.” For more information, email alex@wanderingrose.org.
The Wallflowers
Thursday, June 18,
8 p.m.
$85
Since 1992, the Wallflowers have attracted a throng of dedicated fans with their powerful rock ’n’ roll sound and moving lyrics written by lead singer and guitarist Jakob Dylan. Following the success of their fifth album, “Rebel, Sweetheart,” the group returns to the stage to celebrate the release of a greatest hits collection, hitting stores in late May. Dylan, keyboardist Rami Jaffee, bassist Greg Richling and drummer Fred Eltringham, will perform favorites like “One Headlight” and “6th Avenue Heartache.”
Missoula Children's Theatre Workshop
‘King Arthur's Quest’
Workshop: June 15-20, $80
Performance: Saturday, June 20, 3 p.m. $15/$25
The Missoula Children’s Theatre invites participants ages 5/6 (entering first grade) through 18 to audition for a role in “King Arthur’s Quest,” on Monday, June 15, 10 a.m., in the Opera House Café Theatre. If selected, workshop fee is $80. The workshops culminates in a performance June 20 that is open to the public. For more information, e-mail evy@nvoh.org.
Pocket Opera: ‘The Barber of Seville’
Sunday, June 21, 2 p.m.
$30/$35
Gioachino Rossini’s opera is the first chapter of “The Marriage of Figaro.” Aided by the ever-resourceful Figaro, young impassioned Count Almaviva sets out to rescue lovely Rosina from the tightened clutches of irascible old Doctor Bartolo.
Napa Regional Dance Company: ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Saturday, June 27,
2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Sunday, June 28, 2 p.m.
$18
Napa Regional Dance Company presents its first summer season of classical ballet. Napa Valley Artists will showcase theme-related works available for purchase in the Opera House Café Theatre on Saturday.
Spencer Day
CD Release Party
Thursday, July 2, 8 p.m.
$30
The recently signed Concord recording artist Spencer Day and his band return to the Opera House July 2. Hailed as a vital contributor to the new American Songbook, Day’s velvet baritone and songwriting have drawn comparisons to Norah Jones, Harry Connick Jr. and Rufus Wainwright. “Vagabond,” Day’s first full-length album in more than four years will be available for purchase the night of the show, six weeks before its national release in August.
An evening with Joan Baez
Monday, July 6, 8 p.m.
$50
It has been 50 years since Joan Baez made her debut at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival, and she remains a musical force of nature whose influence is incalculable — from marching with Martin Luther King Jr., inspiring Vaclav Havel in his fight for a Czech Republic, singing on the first Amnesty International tour and, this year, standing alongside Nelson Mandela when the world celebrated his 90th birthday in London’s Hyde Park.
Baez brought the Free Speech Movement into the spotlight, took to the fields with Cesar Chavez, organized resistance to the war in Southeast Asia, and 40 years later, saluted the Dixie Chicks for their courage to protest the Iraq war. She also introduced Bob Dylan to the world in 1963.
Summer Sing-a-Long: ‘Mamma Mia!’
Friday, July 10, 7 p.m.
$12
Supertitles provided to sing along with this perennial favorite from the disco pop era.
Arty Party's Old School Dance
Saturday, July 11,
7-11 p.m.
$25 in the Cafe Theatre
Dance to the sounds of Old School/Oldies with your host Arty Party and his Napa TV crew including DJ Stacy “The Spaceman” Reyes and Party Band “The Treatment.”
Festival del Sole Opening Night
Saturday, July 18,
6:30 p.m.
$50/$75
Join Festival favorites Sarah Chang, one of today’s pre-eminent violinists, and 14-year-old piano wunderkind Conrad Tao for an evening of music to kick off Festival del Sole Napa Valley 2009.
Summer Sing-a-Long: ‘Hairspray’
Friday, July 24, 7 p.m.
$12
Sing along to this Kennedy-era musical romp from John Waters.
Pocket Opera: “Carmen”
Sunday, July 26, 2 p.m.
$30 / $35
Bizet’s passionate story of a soldier, a bullfighter and a gypsy named Carmen.
Smokey Robinson
Saturday, Aug. 1
7 p.m.
Robert Mondavi Winery
$95-$225
The Napa Valley Opera House joins forces with the Robert Mondavi Winery to present this fundraising event for the Opera House League, as part of the annual Mondavi summer music festival.
Singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson, 14 band members, two dancers and two vocalists will all celebrate the 40th anniversary of the festival.
Lamplighters Music Theatre
‘My Fair Lady’
Friday Aug. 7, 8p.m.
Saturday Aug. 8, 8p.m.
Sunday Aug. 9, 2 p.m.
$38/$43
The musical version of George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion” rivals the wit and sting of W.S. Gilbert in telling the story of the transformation of a cockney “guttersnipe” into an upper-class lady accepted in the best of society.
It’s all in the accent and the clothes.
“I Could Have Danced All Night” … “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” ... “On the Street Where You Live” ... “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face”
An evening with Bruce Hornsby
Saturday, Aug 15, 8 p.m.
$80
A part-time member of the Grateful Dead from 1990-92, Bruce Hornsby has played on more than 100 records, including albums by Bob Dylan, Don Henley, Bob Seger, Crosby Stills and Nash, Stevie Nicks, Cowboy Junkies, Bonnie Raitt and Bela Fleck.
Since the release of his first album in April 1986, Hornsby has garnered
13 Grammy nominations and three Grammys.
Mardi Gras Mambo! Dr. John & The Neville Brothers
Monday, Sept. 7, 7 p.m.
$95/$110
Legendary New Orleans musician Dr. John teams up with the Neville Brothers for a Labor Day celebration at the Opera House.
His very colorful musical career began in the 1950s when he wrote and played guitar on recordings by Professor Longhair, Art Neville, Joe Tex and Frankie Ford.
Here’s the lineup:
Tom Rush
Friday, May 15, 8 p.m.
$35
Rush helped forge the folk revivals of the ’60s as well as the renaissance in the ’80s and ’90s. After 45 years, he’s still doing what he loves — playing and writing.
The Best of San Francisco International Comedy
Competition
Saturday, May 16, 8 p.m.
$30
An evening of fun and laughter hosted by Tommy Savitt, the 2008 winner of the Seattle International Comedy Competition and the 2007 winner of the Boston Comedy Festival.
Voena: Voices of Dreams
Thursday, May 21, 7:30 p.m.
$15/$20
Voena, a multi-cultural, a cappella and world music experience, “reinvents ‘choir’ the way Cirque du Soleil reinvents circus.” Their new show “Voices of Dreams,” includes a special guest and former Voena soloist, Holly Stell, now a recording artist and duet partner with Andrea Bocelli. Coming up next, the North Bay group heads to South Africa for a cultural exchange that will be filmed for a documentary.
Jason Petty - Marty Robbins Tribute
Saturday, May 30, 8 p.m.
$35
Petty, praised for his Off-Broadway performance in “Hank Williams: Lost Highway,” takes a poignant look at the life and music of country music’s Hall of Famer Marty Robbins, who died in 1982. The show pays tribute to Robbin’s music and the singers who influenced him as it follows his life, including his career as a NASCAR driver.
Pacific Chamber Symphony
Sunday, May 31, 2 p.m.
$30/$25
Maestro Lawrence Kohl leads a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.
“Wildcat”
42nd Street Moon
Saturday, June 6, 8 p.m.
Sunday, June 7, 2 p.m.
$30 /$35
A musical treat about Wildcat Jackson, a wily oil prospector in 1912, and her adventures (romantic and otherwise) with unflappable foreman Joe Dynamite. Lucille Ball immortalized this role on the Broadway stage. Award-winning Bay Area comedian Maureen McVerry takes on the title role in the revival of this show. The Cy Coleman-Carolyn Leigh score includes “Hey, Look Me Over!,” “Tall Hope,” “What Takes My Fancy,” “Give a Little Whistle,” “One Day We Dance” and “You’ve Come Home.”
Battle of the Bands
Friday, June 12, 7 p.m.
$10 - Cafe Theatre
The Napa Valley Opera House, in association with Wandering Rose and Napa School of Music, hosts a Napa “battle of the bands.” For more information, email alex@wanderingrose.org.
The Wallflowers
Thursday, June 18,
8 p.m.
$85
Since 1992, the Wallflowers have attracted a throng of dedicated fans with their powerful rock ’n’ roll sound and moving lyrics written by lead singer and guitarist Jakob Dylan. Following the success of their fifth album, “Rebel, Sweetheart,” the group returns to the stage to celebrate the release of a greatest hits collection, hitting stores in late May. Dylan, keyboardist Rami Jaffee, bassist Greg Richling and drummer Fred Eltringham, will perform favorites like “One Headlight” and “6th Avenue Heartache.”
Missoula Children's Theatre Workshop
‘King Arthur's Quest’
Workshop: June 15-20, $80
Performance: Saturday, June 20, 3 p.m. $15/$25
The Missoula Children’s Theatre invites participants ages 5/6 (entering first grade) through 18 to audition for a role in “King Arthur’s Quest,” on Monday, June 15, 10 a.m., in the Opera House Café Theatre. If selected, workshop fee is $80. The workshops culminates in a performance June 20 that is open to the public. For more information, e-mail evy@nvoh.org.
Pocket Opera: ‘The Barber of Seville’
Sunday, June 21, 2 p.m.
$30/$35
Gioachino Rossini’s opera is the first chapter of “The Marriage of Figaro.” Aided by the ever-resourceful Figaro, young impassioned Count Almaviva sets out to rescue lovely Rosina from the tightened clutches of irascible old Doctor Bartolo.
Napa Regional Dance Company: ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Saturday, June 27,
2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Sunday, June 28, 2 p.m.
$18
Napa Regional Dance Company presents its first summer season of classical ballet. Napa Valley Artists will showcase theme-related works available for purchase in the Opera House Café Theatre on Saturday.
Spencer Day
CD Release Party
Thursday, July 2, 8 p.m.
$30
The recently signed Concord recording artist Spencer Day and his band return to the Opera House July 2. Hailed as a vital contributor to the new American Songbook, Day’s velvet baritone and songwriting have drawn comparisons to Norah Jones, Harry Connick Jr. and Rufus Wainwright. “Vagabond,” Day’s first full-length album in more than four years will be available for purchase the night of the show, six weeks before its national release in August.
An evening with Joan Baez
Monday, July 6, 8 p.m.
$50
It has been 50 years since Joan Baez made her debut at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival, and she remains a musical force of nature whose influence is incalculable — from marching with Martin Luther King Jr., inspiring Vaclav Havel in his fight for a Czech Republic, singing on the first Amnesty International tour and, this year, standing alongside Nelson Mandela when the world celebrated his 90th birthday in London’s Hyde Park.
Baez brought the Free Speech Movement into the spotlight, took to the fields with Cesar Chavez, organized resistance to the war in Southeast Asia, and 40 years later, saluted the Dixie Chicks for their courage to protest the Iraq war. She also introduced Bob Dylan to the world in 1963.
Summer Sing-a-Long: ‘Mamma Mia!’
Friday, July 10, 7 p.m.
$12
Supertitles provided to sing along with this perennial favorite from the disco pop era.
Arty Party's Old School Dance
Saturday, July 11,
7-11 p.m.
$25 in the Cafe Theatre
Dance to the sounds of Old School/Oldies with your host Arty Party and his Napa TV crew including DJ Stacy “The Spaceman” Reyes and Party Band “The Treatment.”
Festival del Sole Opening Night
Saturday, July 18,
6:30 p.m.
$50/$75
Join Festival favorites Sarah Chang, one of today’s pre-eminent violinists, and 14-year-old piano wunderkind Conrad Tao for an evening of music to kick off Festival del Sole Napa Valley 2009.
Summer Sing-a-Long: ‘Hairspray’
Friday, July 24, 7 p.m.
$12
Sing along to this Kennedy-era musical romp from John Waters.
Pocket Opera: “Carmen”
Sunday, July 26, 2 p.m.
$30 / $35
Bizet’s passionate story of a soldier, a bullfighter and a gypsy named Carmen.
Smokey Robinson
Saturday, Aug. 1
7 p.m.
Robert Mondavi Winery
$95-$225
The Napa Valley Opera House joins forces with the Robert Mondavi Winery to present this fundraising event for the Opera House League, as part of the annual Mondavi summer music festival.
Singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson, 14 band members, two dancers and two vocalists will all celebrate the 40th anniversary of the festival.
Lamplighters Music Theatre
‘My Fair Lady’
Friday Aug. 7, 8p.m.
Saturday Aug. 8, 8p.m.
Sunday Aug. 9, 2 p.m.
$38/$43
The musical version of George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion” rivals the wit and sting of W.S. Gilbert in telling the story of the transformation of a cockney “guttersnipe” into an upper-class lady accepted in the best of society.
It’s all in the accent and the clothes.
“I Could Have Danced All Night” … “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” ... “On the Street Where You Live” ... “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face”
An evening with Bruce Hornsby
Saturday, Aug 15, 8 p.m.
$80
A part-time member of the Grateful Dead from 1990-92, Bruce Hornsby has played on more than 100 records, including albums by Bob Dylan, Don Henley, Bob Seger, Crosby Stills and Nash, Stevie Nicks, Cowboy Junkies, Bonnie Raitt and Bela Fleck.
Since the release of his first album in April 1986, Hornsby has garnered
13 Grammy nominations and three Grammys.
Mardi Gras Mambo! Dr. John & The Neville Brothers
Monday, Sept. 7, 7 p.m.
$95/$110
Legendary New Orleans musician Dr. John teams up with the Neville Brothers for a Labor Day celebration at the Opera House.
His very colorful musical career began in the 1950s when he wrote and played guitar on recordings by Professor Longhair, Art Neville, Joe Tex and Frankie Ford.
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