Napa Valley Opera House Event List
Napa Regional Dance Company's Spring Showcase highlights choreography from our gifted instructional staff while unveiling the strong technical progress of our dancers. We strive to foster individual confidence through performance and diverse styles of artistic creativity for our students enrolled in classes ranging from pre-ballet through advanced.
Singer/pianist Marcia Ball knows how to raise roofs and tear down walls with her infectious, intelligent and deeply emotional brand of southern boogie, rollicking, roadhouse blues and heartfelt ballads. Over the course of her three-decade career, Ball has earned a huge and intensely loyal following all over the world. Her exquisite piano playing and passionate, playful vocals fuse New Orleans and Gulf Coast R&B with Austin's deep songwriting tradition into a sound No Depression described as "a little rock, a lot of roll, a pinch of rhythm and a handful of blues."
George Cukor draws magnificent performances from his stars in this powerfully guided study in obsession. GASLIGHT is a suspenseful, atmospheric mystery that perfectly captures the smoky, smoggy feel of Victorian London. Ingrid Bergman won an Academy Award for her role as a meek, uncertain heiress courted and married in a whirlwind romance by the debonair Charles Boyer. But when they move back into her childhood home she begins losing her grip on reality and becomes convinced that her husband is trying to drive her insane.
• Running Time: 114 min.
The Battle for a Living Planet is the first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement – grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change. Directed and written by Mark Kitchell, Academy Award-nominated director of Berkeley in the Sixties, and narrated by Robert Redford, Ashley Judd, Van Jones, Isabel Allende and Meryl Streep, the film premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2012, has won acclaim at festivals around the world, and in 2013 begins theatrical release as well as educational distribution and use by environmental groups and grassroots activists.
• Running Time: 101 min.
Please visit www.napavalleyjazzgetaway2013.com for details and tickets.
ROCKSHOW is a 1980 concert film by Wings, filmed during their 1976 North American tour. It features 30 songs from four concerts of the tour: New York, May 25 (four songs); Seattle, Washington, June 10 (five songs); Los Angeles, California, June 22 (15 songs); and Los Angeles, California, June 23 (six songs). This was part of the Wings Over the World Tour that also spawned the triple live album Wings Over America. McCartney remained reluctant to make the entire film available to the general public until now.
• Running time: 141 minutes (includes exclusive 12-min interview with Paul McCartney)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian comedy-drama film written and directed by Stephan Elliott. The plot follows the journey of two drag queens and a transsexual woman, played by Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, and Terence Stamp, across the Australian Outback from Sydney to Alice Springs in a tour bus that they have named "Priscilla", along the way encountering various groups and individuals.
• Rated - R
• Running Time: 104 min.
A popular barber and great raconteur recalls the love of his life in a drama that blends a celebration of youthful romance with a darker tale of prejudice and classism. In the waning decades of the 19th century, Kari is born with a cleft palate, the doctor attending the birth suggesting that the kind thing to do would be to drown him “like a kitten.” Instead, he grows up to be a well-liked coiffeur whose kindness and charm win him the heart of a powerful merchant’s beautiful daughter. But the older man’s disdain for Kari’s lowly status and birth defect leads him to oppose their union. Academy Award®-winning writer-director Xavier Koller tacks back an...
On her debut album, singer/songwriter Fatoumata Diawara — called “the most beguiling talent to hit the world music scene in some time” — uses elements of jazz, pop, and funk along with her ancestral Wassoulou tradition, accompanying her voice with rhythmical guitar playing and her own percussion work. Her lyrics touch on such serious and personal subjects as a woman’s right to choose her spouse, and the songwriter’s own painful experience with the African practice of being raised away from her parents.
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Napa Regional Dance Company's Spring Showcase highlights choreography from our gifted instructional staff while unveiling the strong technical progress of our dancers. We strive to foster individual confidence through performance and diverse styles of artistic creativity for our students enrolled in classes ranging from pre-ballet through...
Singer/pianist Marcia Ball knows how to raise roofs and tear down walls with her infectious, intelligent and deeply emotional brand of southern boogie, rollicking, roadhouse blues and heartfelt ballads. Over the course of her three-decade career, Ball has earned a huge and intensely loyal following all over the world. Her exquisite piano...
George Cukor draws magnificent performances from his stars in this powerfully guided study in obsession. GASLIGHT is a suspenseful, atmospheric mystery that perfectly captures the smoky, smoggy feel of Victorian London. Ingrid Bergman won an Academy Award for her role as a meek, uncertain heiress courted and married in a whirlwind romance by...
The Battle for a Living Planet is the first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement – grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change. Directed and written by Mark Kitchell, Academy Award-nominated director of Berkeley in the Sixties, and narrated by Robert Redford, Ashley Judd, Van Jones,...
Please visit www.napavalleyjazzgetaway2013.com for details and tickets.
ROCKSHOW is a 1980 concert film by Wings, filmed during their 1976 North American tour. It features 30 songs from four concerts of the tour: New York, May 25 (four songs); Seattle, Washington, June 10 (five songs); Los Angeles, California, June 22 (15 songs); and Los Angeles, California, June 23 (six songs). This was part of the Wings Over the...
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As his lover announces her pregnancy, a fortysomething slacker receives other life-changing news: 142 people, all of them the result of artificial insemination, have filed a class action lawsuit against him, their biological father.
• Rated: R
• Running Time: 103 min. - French (w/ English subtitles)
Into the Woods Jr. happens in the land of, "Once upon a time…" and "Ever After…" the story of a childless baker and his wife cannot who have a child until they follow the bidding of the Witch next door. During their quest to fulfill her demands, they meet Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and numerous other fairytale characters as they venture, "Into the Woods." Don’t miss this delightful- whimsical musical for ALL AGES -that brings to life the fairy tales we were told as children! 3 shows only!
Into the Woods Jr. happens in the land of, "Once upon a time…" and "Ever After…" the story of a childless baker and his wife cannot who have a child until they follow the bidding of the Witch next door. During their quest to fulfill her demands, they meet Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and numerous other fairytale characters as they venture, "Into the Woods." Don’t miss this delightful- whimsical musical for ALL AGES -that brings to life the fairy tales we were told as children! 3 shows only!
Into the Woods Jr. happens in the land of, "Once upon a time…" and "Ever After…" the story of a childless baker and his wife cannot who have a child until they follow the bidding of the Witch next door. During their quest to fulfill her demands, they meet Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and numerous other fairytale characters as they venture, "Into the Woods." Don’t miss this delightful- whimsical musical for ALL AGES -that brings to life the fairy tales we were told as children! 3 shows only!
Fiery and percussive guitar work, Latin rhythms and smoldering onstage charisma are all in store in an evening with musician Jesse Cook, the virtuoso guitarist breaking new ground with each recording. The rumba flamenco artist makes his first appearance at the Opera House, showcasing his passion for world music in all its forms.
This is the inside story of Street Art - a brutal and revealing account of what happens when fame, money and vandalism collide. Exit Through the Gift Shop follows an eccentric shop-keeper turned amateur film-maker as he attempts to capture many of the world's most infamous vandals on camera, only to have a British stencil artist named Banksy turn the camcorder back on its owner with wildly unexpected results. • Running Time: 87 min.
Grammy nominees for their last three CD releases and International Tango competition winners, Quartet San Francisco expresses itself in its agility and standout virtuosic playing. The group was founded in 2001 by celebrated Bay Area violinist and composer-arranger Jeremy Cohen. He is joined by violinist Matthew Szemela, violist Chad Kaltinger, and cellist Kelley Maulbetsch in this tribute to the legendary Dave Brubeck.
Filmed over three years, this documentary is an unprecedented record of a major artist at work. It captures David Hockney’s return from California to paint his native Yorkshire, outside, through the seasons and in all weathers. It tells the story of a homecoming and gives a revealing portrait of what inspires and motivates today’s greatest living British-born artist.
Filmed over the course of two years, OUR CITY DREAMS is an invitation to visit the creative spaces of five women artists, each of whom possesses her own energy, drive and passion. These women, who span different decades and represent diverse cultures, have one thing in common beyond making art: the city to which they have journeyed and now call home - New York.
Throughout his career Arlo Guthrie has honored his father in song as well as in life. With the centennial of Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday in 2012, Arlo continues the celebration of Woody’s immeasurable contributions to the landscape of American folk music.
The trio’s amalgam of jazz, funk, “avant-noise” and a million other musical currents and impulses is nearly impossible to classify, which is just how they like it. Medeski’s keyboard excursions, Chris Wood’s hard-charging bass lines and Billy Martin’s supple, danceable beats have come to resemble a single organism, moving gracefully between genre-defying compositions and expansive improvisation atop a relentless groove.
For over 30 years, The Fabulous Thunderbirds have been the quintessential American band. The group’s distinctive and powerful sound, influenced by a diversity of musical styles, manifested itself into a unique musical hybrid via such barnburners as “Tuff Enuff” and “Wrap It Up.” Co-founder Kim Wilson, the sole original member, still spearheads the group as it evolves into its newest incarnation.
A devilishly funny operetta in which the giddy gods, bored with life on Olympic Heights, ready for a change of pace and let down their hair, hell-bent for excitement and fun. For those who like it hot, join them for a wild party in Hades, culminating in the wickedly intoxicating can-can that swept the sophisticated world off its feet.
Napa Regional Dance Company's Spring Showcase highlights choreography from our gifted instructional staff while unveiling the strong technical progress of our dancers. We strive to foster individual confidence through performance and diverse styles of artistic creativity for our students enrolled in classes ranging from pre-ballet through advanced.
Double Bill - Bastien & Bastienne, by W.A. Mozart & A Hand of Bridge by Samuel Barber
Two One-Act Operas, sung in English plus a Divertimento for Orchestra by Mozart with the San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra; Ben Simon, Music Director and Conductor
Double Bill - Bastien & Bastienne, by W.A. Mozart & A Hand of Bridge by Samuel Barber
Two One-Act Operas, sung in English plus a Divertimento for Orchestra by Mozart with the San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra; Ben Simon, Music Director and Conductor
George Cukor draws magnificent performances from his stars in this powerfully guided study in obsession. GASLIGHT is a suspenseful, atmospheric mystery that perfectly captures the smoky, smoggy feel of Victorian London. Ingrid Bergman won an Academy Award for her role as a meek, uncertain heiress courted and married in a whirlwind romance by the debonair Charles Boyer. But when they move back into her childhood home she begins losing her grip on reality and becomes convinced that her husband is trying to drive her insane.
• Running Time: 114 min.
Singer/pianist Marcia Ball knows how to raise roofs and tear down walls with her infectious, intelligent and deeply emotional brand of southern boogie, rollicking, roadhouse blues and heartfelt ballads. Over the course of her three-decade career, Ball has earned a huge and intensely loyal following all over the world. Her exquisite piano playing and passionate, playful vocals fuse New Orleans and Gulf Coast R&B with Austin's deep songwriting tradition into a sound No Depression described as "a little rock, a lot of roll, a pinch of rhythm and a handful of blues."
To be presented on the Main Stage at Napa Valley Opera House, “Funny Girl” will feature Lucky Penny co-founder Taylor Bartolucci as the legendary Fanny Brice, singing unforgettable songs such as “People,” “I’m the Greatest Star," and “Don’t Rain on My Parade." Musical Direction by Diego Emir Garcia, with Stage Direction by Barry Martin.
"FUNNY GIRL" IS A GENERAL ADMISSION SHOW - NO RESERVED SEATING.
To be presented on the Main Stage at Napa Valley Opera House, “Funny Girl” will feature Lucky Penny co-founder Taylor Bartolucci as the legendary Fanny Brice, singing unforgettable songs such as “People,” “I’m the Greatest Star," and “Don’t Rain on My Parade." Musical Direction by Diego Emir Garcia, with Stage Direction by Barry Martin.
"FUNNY GIRL" IS A GENERAL ADMISSION SHOW - NO RESERVED SEATING.
To be presented on the Main Stage at Napa Valley Opera House, “Funny Girl” will feature Lucky Penny co-founder Taylor Bartolucci as the legendary Fanny Brice, singing unforgettable songs such as “People,” “I’m the Greatest Star," and “Don’t Rain on My Parade." Musical Direction by Diego Emir Garcia, with Stage Direction by Barry Martin.
"FUNNY GIRL" IS A GENERAL ADMISSION SHOW - NO RESERVED SEATING.
To be presented on the Main Stage at Napa Valley Opera House, “Funny Girl” will feature Lucky Penny co-founder Taylor Bartolucci as the legendary Fanny Brice, singing unforgettable songs such as “People,” “I’m the Greatest Star," and “Don’t Rain on My Parade." Musical Direction by Diego Emir Garcia, with Stage Direction by Barry Martin.
"FUNNY GIRL" IS A GENERAL ADMISSION SHOW - NO RESERVED SEATING.
To be presented on the Main Stage at Napa Valley Opera House, “Funny Girl” will feature Lucky Penny co-founder Taylor Bartolucci as the legendary Fanny Brice, singing unforgettable songs such as “People,” “I’m the Greatest Star," and “Don’t Rain on My Parade." Musical Direction by Diego Emir Garcia, with Stage Direction by Barry Martin.
"FUNNY GIRL" IS A GENERAL ADMISSION SHOW - NO RESERVED SEATING.
To be presented on the Main Stage at Napa Valley Opera House, “Funny Girl” will feature Lucky Penny co-founder Taylor Bartolucci as the legendary Fanny Brice, singing unforgettable songs such as “People,” “I’m the Greatest Star," and “Don’t Rain on My Parade." Musical Direction by Diego Emir Garcia, with Stage Direction by Barry Martin.
"FUNNY GIRL" IS A GENERAL ADMISSION SHOW - NO RESERVED SEATING.
Performing music from The Trinity Session
For more than 20 years, Cowboy Junkies have remained true to their unique artistic vision and to the introspective, quiet intensity that is their musical signature, creating a critically acclaimed body of original work that has endeared them to an audience unwavering in its loyalty.
Pink Skies is an inspirational documentary about the empowerment of women. It's about overcoming obstacles as athletes and as human beings. The film covers an extraordinary event 'Jump for the Cause'. Last year, JFTC brought together 181 women from 31 countries to create a World Record All-Women's Skydiving Formation. They also raised almost $1 million dollars for breast cancer research! Along with phenomenal skydivers, the film features breast cancer survivors, cutting edge researchers, doctors and healers. • Running Time: 83 min. There will be a post show Q&A featuring the film's Producer/Director Gulcin Gilbert, and activist Stacy Malkan of Not JustaPrettyFace.org
Director Stanley Donen invests this rollicking musical with a hearty exuberance. Howard Keel stars as a bold "mountain man" living in the Oregon woods who brings home a bride (Jane Powell) to his six slovenly brothers. Taming the rambunctious brood, Jane proceeds to make gentlemen of them so they can woo sweethearts of their own. But old habits die hard: their flirting gives way to fighting in the film's celebrated barn-raising scene, a lively acrobatic dance number exuberantly choreographed by Michael Kidd. Big brother chimes in with his own brand of advice--an old-fashioned kidnapping! Donen manages to get away with such a polit...
• Running Time: 102 min.