“Tosca” has everything great opera should have: gorgeous music, high emotion and grand tragedy. World-class opera stars join Pacific Symphony in a semi-staged concert production of Puccini’s electrifying tale Feb. 21, 23 & 26, 2013.
As part of our makeshift “Chat Noir cabaret” in the lobby of the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall during our “Come to the Cabaret” concerts this past weekend, we had two caricature artists drawing portraits of patrons. We also asked both of them to depict Pacific Symphony’s Music Director Carl St.Clair. Using only the photo from the program, this is what they each came up with. Thanks to former Disney artists Jennifer West and Nancie Marie for sharing their talent with us.
Mother nature’s cello. PacificSymphony.org
While walking in the Chicago neighbourhood of Logan Square Christopher of Colossal happened upon an enormous stack of Monopoly ‘Chance’ cards. After some diligent sleuthing he figured out that the cards were part of an awesome interactive street art installation by an artist/art collective known as Bored, who described their motivation behind this delightful project:
“the goal of this entire project has been to present something different than a stencil painted on the ground or a poster pasted to a wall. Something 3-dimensional that can be picked up, beaten down, kicked, yanked, grabbed, and broken. And if someone ever put forth the effort to remove it, like a weed it will always grow back. And if left alone it will evolve into something different.”
Visit Colossal to view more photos of the life-size Monopoly game scattered across the streets of Chicago.
Orchestra meets the runway! The Pacific Symphony League’s latest fundraiser, “Music, Art, Fashion” featured custom-designed dresses and evening gowns from Beverly Hill’s own renowned designer Ricco Antonio. The event attracted over 200 attendees and raised almost $42,000 for the Symphony’s education programs. Symphony + Fashion = Success!
Paper sculpture of Beethoven conducting his Ninth, Tate Modern. Photo by ian boyd.
