Entertainment & Arts
The Orange County Performing Arts Center’s ascendancy over its five resident companies--the Pacific Symphony, Opera Pacific, Master Chorale, Pacific Chorale and the Philharmonic Society--and its dominance of the overall performance schedule have remained virtually unchanged during the past decade.
Sept. 1, 1996
If you’re running short on holiday gift ideas, here are three CDs with an Orange County angle to consider. * Michael Torke’s “Color Music” Baltimore Symphony--David Zinman, cond.
Dec. 20, 1995
The criticism leveled at local concert-goers since the Orange County Performing Arts Center opened Sept. 29 did not apply to those attending last Thursday night.
Oct. 15, 1986
Visions: Mark Johnson sees facilities and reputation growing under new leader. But he will seek consensuses first.
Sept. 2, 1996
The Master Chorale of Orange County, formerly the Orange County Master Chorale, is changing its name again and will now be known as the William Hall Master Chorale, after the group’s director.
Aug. 7, 1995
“This is some chuck wagon isn’t it?”
Sept. 30, 1991
Culture: Changes in the local artistic community, social circles and the county at large underscore the venue’s success--and its powerful influence.
A world premiere by Mikhail Baryshnikov’s American Ballet Theatre, a Hollywood-tinted fairy tale by Rudolf Nureyev’s Paris Opera Ballet, a mini-residency by conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony, a memorable concert by the Moscow State Symphony. . . .
Dec. 28, 1988
In 1993, Orange County audiences saw the last ballet choreographed by Agnes de Mille and the first full-length ballet by Kevin McKenzie, artistic director of American Ballet Theatre.
Dec. 29, 1993
A few new collaborations and a major commission will highlight 1995, which otherwise looks to be a safe and unadventurous year in Orange County music and dance.
Jan. 4, 1995