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RObeRt aNd MaRgRIt Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts • UC DAvis
A messAge from
don roth
Mondavi Center Executive Director
this month we are turning our attention to artistic royalty
in a variety of forms.
• The King of the Blues, Blues Boy (a.k.a. B.B.) King,
makes a welcome return to Jackson Hall in a command
performance sure to bring a little bit of Mississippi—
and a whole lot of the blues—to the Sacramento region.
• Palace intrigue doesn’t get richer than in Hamlet. The
Mondavi Center is one of very few venues in the U.S. to
host Shakespeare’s Globe from London and its acclaimed
touring production of the Bard’s classic tale of the Prince of
Denmark.
• Speaking of princes, our Focus on Opera series returns
to Jackson Hall this season, kicking off with Mozart’s
The Magic Flute and the trials of Prince Tamino.
• And to round out our court, we welcome Todd Rundgren,
Rock and Roll royalty by any measure, who continues to
push the boundaries of music, this time in collaboration
with string quartet ETHEL.
The balance of our busy November is filled with a diversity of equally
regal artists that you will find only here at the Mondavi Center: the
Bay Area’s Philharmonia Baroque performing an all-Beethoven
program, with soloist Emanuel Ax playing a fortepiano built in
Beethoven’s time; violin recitals from the well-known (Joshua Bell)
and the soon-to-be well-known (Stephen Waarts); Indonesian
rap—yes, you heard me right—delivered with a global perspective
from Yogyakarta’s finest crew, Jogja Hip Hop Foundation;
traditional dance, music and spectacle from Amalia Hernandez’s
Ballet Folklorico de Mexico; America’s pre-eminent humorist David
Sedaris; and an incredible voyage to a galaxy far, far away in Charles
Ross’s One Man Star Wars Trilogy.
Of course, it is you, our adventurous, arts loving audiences that
are the true royalty here at the Mondavi Center. Your willingness
to share this artistic journey with us, month in and month out,
reinforces our belief that the arts have the ability to connect and
transform us all.
Don Roth, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, UC Davis
in this issue:
before the show
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• As a courtesy to others, please turn off all
electronic devices.
Program
Issue 3: NOV 2012
• ShakeSpeare’S Globe, Hamlet p. 4
• eThel with special guest todd rUndgren p. 11
• STephen waarTS, violin
mileS Graber, piano p. 15
• b.b. kinG p. 20
• philharmonia baroque p. 23
• dance TheaTre of harlem p. 28
• joShua bell, violin
Sam haywood, piano p. 37
• balleT folkórico de méxico
de AmAlIA hernández p. 43
• An evening with dAvId sedArIs p. 47
• joGja hip hop foundaTion p. 48
• One man star wars trilOgy
wiTh charleS roSS p. 50
• Mondavi Center PoliCies and inforMation p.56
• If you have any hard candy, please unwrap it
before the lights dim.
• Please remember that the taking of photographs
or the use of any type of audio or video recording
equipment is strictly prohibited.
• Please look around and locate the exit nearest
you. That exit may be behind, to the side or
in front of you. In the unlikely event of a fire alarm
or other emergency please leave the building
through that exit.
• As a courtesy to all our patrons and for your
safety, anyone leaving his or her seat during the
performance may not be re-admitted to his/her
ticketed seat while the performance is in progress.
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