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Music

* Opera Pacific’s presentations of Hans Krasna’s children’s opera, “Brundibar,’ begin at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive. 7:30 tonight. $10-$50. Through May 25. (949) 854-4646.

* Conductor John Eliot Gardiner presents “The Age of Revolution and Romance,” a lecture with musical accompaniment by the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique and the Monteverdi Choir, then leads the orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Presented by the Philharmonic Society. 8 tonight. $20-$60. (949) 553-2422.

Pop/Rock

* Frequency DB, Clemente, Platonic Love and Pipe Dream play at Chain Reaction, 1652 W. Lincoln Ave., Anaheim. 8 tonight. $5. (714) 635-6067.

* The Eddie Reed Swing Band plays at the Rhino Room, 7979 Center Ave., Huntington Beach. 8 tonight. Cover. (714) 892-3316.

* Venson Quarles plays at the Catch Steakhouse, 1939 S. State College Blvd., Anaheim. 8:30 tonight. Free. (714) 634-1829.

* Off White, 8 Stop Seven and Cosmic Jukebox play at Linda’s Doll Hut, 107 S. Adams St., Anaheim. 9 tonight. $5. (714) 533-1286.

* Jaded plays at Cowboy Boogie, 1721 S. Manchester Ave., Anaheim. 10 tonight. Cover. (714) 956-1410.

Jazz/Blues

* The Brian Barrett/Jason Wilkins Trio plays at Windows on the Bay, 2241 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. 6 tonight. (949) 722-1400.

* The Jim Virgilio Band plays at Restaurant Kikuya, 8052 Adams Ave., Huntington Beach. 7:30 tonight. $10 minimum. (714) 536-6665.

* Tierney Sutton and the Shelly Berg Trio play at Steamers Cafe, 138 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton. 8 tonight. Two-item minimum. (714) 871-8800).

* The Ellis Hall Blues Band plays at the Neon Cactus, Disneyland Hotel, 1150 W. Cerritos Ave., Anaheim. 9 tonight. Free. (714) 778-6600.

Country

* The Jim Hatch Country Coalition plays at the Crazy Horse Steak House, 1580 Brookhollow Drive, Santa Ana. 8 tonight. Cover. (714) 549-1512.

Reading

* Readers Repertory Theater presents “Dialogue for Lovers,” Eve Merriam’s compilation of sonnets by William Shakespeare, at the Crown Valley Library, 30341 Crown Valley Parkway, Laguna Niguel. 7 tonight. Free. Also Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Newport Beach Central Library; Friday at 7 p.m. at the Mesa Verde Library in Costa Mesa; Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Mission Viejo Library, and Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Vanguard Theatre in Fullerton. (949) 206-9674.

Comedy

* Jeremy Hotz opens at the Irvine Improv, 4255 Campus Drive. 8:30 tonight. $10-$12. Through Sunday. (949) 854-5455.

* Sheryl Underwood opens at the Brea Improv, 945 E. Birch St. 8:30 tonight. $10-$12. Through Sunday. (714) 529-7878.

Dance

* Chapman University’s spring dance concerts begin in the campus Waltmar Theatre, 333 N. Glassell St., Orange. 8 tonight. $6-$8. Through Saturday. (714) 997-6812.

Events

* The Rhone Rangers sponsor a tasting of Rhone-style wines from 50 American wineries at the Robert Mondavi Wine & Food Center, 1570 Scenic Ave., Costa Mesa. 6 tonight. $35. (714) 708-1636.

--Compiled by Ken Williams