Performing Arts Center 2015-16 Season

admin Posted On August 3, 2015

623 Views

Performing Arts Center 2015-16 Season: The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College serves up a splendid mash-up of 41 music, theatre, dance, comedy, cinema and family events from September to May. It’s a feast of eclecticism offering something for every stripe of culture-vulture (do vultures even have stripes? Whatever …) from the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Martha Graham Dance to the Monterey Jazz Festival, SNL’s Ana Gasteyer, and Clifford the Big Red Dog. New to The Center this year is National Theatre Live, the best London productions captured live on stage and broadcast in high definition. NT Live joins The Center’s Opera at the Cinema series offering high culture at low prices from around the world. You can save 20% with their Series Subscriptions (you can create your own series) that are now on sale – and single event sales begin on August 1. Did we mention Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band?

September

National Theatre Live: Skylight: New to The Center: the finest theatre from London captured live on stage and broadcast in high definition. If you missed Skylight onBroadway last spring you can see Stephen Daldry’s acclaimed production of David Hare’s play here. Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan reprise their Broadway and London West End roles as former lovers who try to rekindle their once-passionate relationship in this production hailed by the Mail on Sunday as “scorching – a brilliant play about changing and clashing values and the true cost of love.” Sun, 9/20: 2pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Opera At The Cinema: Norma: Travel to the great opera houses of the world with PAC’s popular Opera At The Cinema Series. This high definition film screening of Bellini’s most famous opera from a February 2015 production by Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu is sung in Italian and directed by American stage director Kevin Newbury and conducted by Renato Palumbo. Sun, 9/27: 2pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

October

The 5 Browns, piano: Dubbed “The Fab Five” by People magazine, The 5 Browns (all Juilliard grads) return to The Center with their five Steinways for a performance of solo, duo and complex five-part arrangements of classical music. The 5 Browns have released three albums that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Classical Album Charts. They have performed around the world from Alice Tully Hall to China’s Grand National Theater, were featured on the PBS TV special, The Five Browns in Concert, and have soloed, individually and together, with some of the world’s greatest orchestras. Their repertoire ranges from Rachmaninoff to The Edge of the World, a five-piano concerto written for them by Nico Muhly. Sat, 10/3: 8pm. (Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain: No drums. No pianos. No banjos. Just ukes and singing. The Ukulele Orchestra is a virtuosic, funny, foot-stomping collision of rock-n-roll, light entertainment, post-punk, and toe-tapping oldies. The UOGB slide easily from Tchaikovsky to Nirvana and Otis Redding. As one critic suggested, it’s just one plucking thing after another. “Iconoclastic. Unabashed genre crashing antics. Nothing is spoof proof.” – London Sunday Times. Sun, 10/4: 3pm. (Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Vertigo Dance Company: “Noa Wertheim and Adi Sha’al are a powerful force in the Israeli contemporary dance scene” – Dance in Israel. Their work for their Vertigo Dance Company has been described as an attempt to compose chaos. The chorography in their classic work Mana, set to a hypnotic score of waltz, march and klezmer rhythms, ranges from abstract to vamping dance club attitude – somehow capturing the multi-cultural crossroads that is Israel. Sat, 10/10: 8pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra: The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has graced the PAC stage so often that they are sometimes referred to as their house band. This Grammy Award-winning classical chamber orchestra is known for their collaborative leadership style in which the musicians, not the conductor, interpret the score. Here, award-winning soloists Jan Vogler, cello, and Mira Wang, violin, are featured in a celebration of German Romanticism including Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Schumann’s Symphony No.2 and a World Premiere of Rihm’s Concerto for Violin and Cello.Sun, 10/11: 3pm. (Concert Hall,Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: This marks the second season of residency at The Center for the nation’s premier repertory company for chamber music.In the first of four performances under Artistic Directors Wu Han and David Finckel they present three jewels of the chamber music repertoire from the Classical to the Romantic era from Haydn, Mendelssohn and Schumann. “The city’s supreme chamber music series” – The New Yorker. Sat, 10/17: 5pm. (Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

SNL’s Ana Gasteyer: I’m Hip!“A sure-to-be-memorable mix of comedy and music” – Rage Monthly. Saturday Night Live’s Ana Gasteyer (you may remember her as the topless Martha Stewart and the NPR radio host, Margaret Jo – “No one can resist these Shweddy balls”) brings her band and her swinging nightclub act to The Center for an evening of sultry standards and saucy stories. Her Broadway musical credits include Wicked and The Threepenny Opera.Sat, 10/24: 8pm. Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

National Theatre Live- The Beaux’ Stratagem: Georges Farquhar’s 1707 play is a classic romantic comedy of its era in which two young men, who have blown through their fortunes, flee to the countryside to marry for money. Complete with a crooked landlord, a French Count, a drunken husband, a maid on the make, a butler and a priest. Directed by Simon Goodwin, this wild comedy of love and loot was applauded by Time Out as “Exuberant. Deliciously modern. This Restoration romp is a lot of fun.” Sun, 10/18: 2pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

November

Munich Symphony Orchestra: The Munich Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Honorary Conductor, Philippe Entremont, are joined by renowned classical guitarist Pepe Romero and his real-life family The Romeros “Collectively, they are the only classical guitar quartet of real stature in the world today; in fact, they virtually invented the format. – The New York Times ”The evening’s program features excerpts from Bizet’s Carmen, and works by Joaquin Rodrigo and Jules Massenet. Fri, 11/6: 8pm. (Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Arturo Sandoval: A protégé of the legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, Arturo Sandoval has been an ambassador for jazz since he defected from Cuba in 1990. A 10-time Grammy-winner, his repertoire ranges from straight jazz to Latin jazz. He is also a classical composer and has performed with the world’s leading orchestras. Sandoval has performed at the Oscars, the Grammys and at the Super Bowl halftime show in 1995 with Tony Bennett, Patty LaBelle and the Miami Sound Machine. Sat, 11/7: 8pm. (Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

OPERA AT THE CINEMA: AIDA: Introduced during the 2014-2015 season, these high-definition film screenings of classic operas have taken PAC’s audiences to the opera houses of Paris, Berlin, and Vienna – all within a short drive from home. Here,Teatro alla Scala di Milano’s new production of Verdi’s opera is presented by two greatmasters: conductor Zubin Mehta returning to La Scala and director Peter Stein. This quintessential lyric opera is sung in Italian.Sun, 11/8: 2pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

National Theatre Live – Hamlet: Benedict Cumberbatch, the Sherlock star and Oscar nominee for The Imitation Game tackles the role of Hamlet in this production, directed by Lyndsey Turner, that was so highly-anticipated that its two and a half month run at the National Theatre was completely sold out weeks before its first scheduled performance. Scary kid, right? Wanna bet he grows up to be Hamlet? You really want to see it now, don’t you? Thur, 11/12: 7pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Black Violin – a family event: “Sometimes they play with the intense seriousness of orchestral soloists; at others they fiddle as if at a hoedown.” – The New York Times. Following their PAC debut last year, Wil B and Kev Marcus, bring their viola and violin for another high-energy celebration of music from classical, to hip-hop, rock, R&B, and bluegrass. The guys perform 200 shows each year literally for everyone from kindergarteners to grandmothers. Recommended for ages 6 and up. Sun, 11/15: 3pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Art of the Ensemble: Sgt. Pepper: Artistic Director Andrew Burashko’s Art of Time Ensemble, featuring Steven Page of Bare Naked Ladies and Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket, re-imagines and re-invents the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band through newly commissioned arrangements from pop, jazz, and classical composers. This fresh and vibrant look at classic Lennon/McCartney songs such as “With a Little Help from My Friends”, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, “When I’m Sixty-Four,” and, of course, the title track, channels the Beatles with a decidedly 2015 twist. Fri, 11/20: 8pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Nights in Vienna: This marks the second season of residency at The Center for the nation’s premier repertory company for chamber music. (A real coup for PAC … and for area chamber music fans.) In the second of their four PAC concerts, virtuoso pianist Gilbert Kalish leads CMS in a program spanning three centuries of Viennese music in a program of Haydn, Schoenberg/Webern and Brahms. Sat, 11/21: 5pm (Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Jessica Lang Dance: The New York Times was rhapsodic when Jessica Lang’s new work had its premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music last December: “If a Romantic poet were moved to praise the virtues of Jessica Lang’s The Wanderer, he would have many to list. The production, which translates Schubert’s song cycle Die Schöne Müllerin into dance, is a work of high craftsmanship. With great ingenuity, Ms. Lang’s fine dancers shape it into myriad forms as they tell the story.” Ms. Lang, a former dancer with Twyla Tharp, and her young company will also perform The Calling a pice featuring one dancer and a 20-foot-long white skirt. Sun, 11/22: 3pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

December

A Chanticleer Christmas: Twelve guys in tuxes celebrate the season. This orchestra of voices is named for the “clear-singing” rooster in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and will be celebrating its 37th season with concerts throughout the country and Europe. The voices range from soprano (yes, adult male soprano) to bass, and their vocal interpretation of holiday music, from Renaissance to traditional to contemporary pop has earned them the title of “the world’s leading male chorus” from The New Yorker. Sat, 12/ 5: 4 & 8pm. (Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Ray Chen, violin: The 26 year old Ray Chen has been described on National Public Radio as “the finest current violinist you don’t yet know, but soon will” and has repeatedly been compared to the great Maxim Vengerov. Vengerov himself praised Chen. “Ray has proven himself to be a pure musician with great qualities such as a beautiful youthful tone, vitality, and lightness.” Chen was first-prize winner of the 2008 Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition and the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition. (Sun, 12/6: 3pm. (Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

The Rob Mathes Holiday Concert: “This holiday production puts a new spin on Christmas classics” – The New York Times. Rob Mathes and his band of New York City All-Stars, have been entertaining PAC audiences for over two decades with original tunes, holiday classics, and Mathes favorites. Rob has worked with virtually every big name in the music industry, arranging, producing, directing, recording, and performing with the likes of Bono, Tony Bennett, Sting, and Bruce Springsteen. Fri-Sat, 12/18-19: 8pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

January

The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center – Pianos: This marks the second season of residency at The Center for the nation’s premier repertory company for chamber music. At this performance, four CMS pianists share the stage (and sometimes the piano!), performing works that range from playful to fiery. Including, Arensky Silhouettes Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 23; Bartok The Miraculous Mandarin for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 19; Lutoslawski Variations on a Theme of Paganini for Two Pianos; Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances for Two Pianos, Op. 45. Sat, 1/23: 5pm (Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

National Theatre Live – Coriolanus: The Donmar Warehouse’s standing-room-only production of Shakespeare’s tragedy of political manipulation and revenge features Tom Hiddleston, one of England’s most sought-after classical stage actors, in the title role. Director Josie Rourke’s production, cheered by the Independent as “magnificent,” was so highly praised in its 2013 premiere that the production quickly sold out and tickets were selling on online auction sites for more than £2,000. (Oh, those crazy lovable Brits, they do love their theatre.) Sun, 1/24: 2pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra: “Never had a conductor, never seemed to need one. It’s proved its point over and over … the results astonish.” – Los Angeles Times. In its second and final performance of the season, Orpheus, the PAC house band, will feature piano soloistKhatia Buniatishvili performing Haydn Symphony No. 1 in D Major; Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466; Arensky Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Op. 35 and Rachmaninoff Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17 (arr. Paul Chihara) Sun, 1/31: 3pm. (Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

February

Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour: The Wall Street Journal called it “the granddaddy of jazz events.” Every third weekend in September since 1958, jazz fans make the pilgrimage to Monterey, California, for a three-day celebration of the best in jazz. This year the Monterey Jazz Festival hits the road bringing the Festival’s hallmark “traditionalist/untraditionalist” attitude and jazz-with-a-purpose exuberance to The Center. Sat, 2/13: 8pm. (Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Martha Graham Dance Company: “Think of the magic of the foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It’s a miracle and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.” – Martha Graham. Now in its 90^th anniversary season, the Martha Graham Dance Company carries on her legacy with performances selected from the 181 choreographic works she created and works by artists who have been inspired by Graham’s vision. Sat, 2/20: 8pm. (Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Decoda: “A collective of some of the brightest young classical musicians in the world” – Time Out NY. Recently appointed the first ever Affiliate Ensemble of Carnegie Hall, Decoda debuted at The Center in 2012, when they were just starting out. They’re back for their fourth consecutive season with a carefully selected repertoire and their matchless musical fervor. Sun, 2/21: 3pm. (Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana: “An infectiously joyful celebration of music and dance” – The New York Times. Following a sold out 2014 performance, Flamenco Vivo returns to The Center with Poema de Andalucía, a choreographic journey through the alluring cultures and traditions of the Andalusian provinces that form the cradle of Flamenco. This work celebrates the region’s unique and rich heritage through the language of music, song, and dance. Fri, 2/26: 8pm. (Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

The Intergalactic Nemesis – a live-action graphic novel: In this family-friendly performance, three actors voice dozens of characters, a Foley sound artist creates the audio effects, and a pianist plays a cinematic score, while projections of more than 1,250 individual full-color hi-res comic book panels tell a hilarious sci-fi adventure story. The Intergalactic Nemesis has been featured on television, including Conan O’Brien, and on stage in New York where the New York Post called it “Great fun! A happily retro multimedia extravaganza.” Recommended for ages 7 and up. Kids 16 and under go half-price. Sat, 2/27: 3pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Zuill Bailey, cello: This“rock star” cellist sold out his debut performance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where he performed the complete Bach Sonatas with pianist Simone Dinnerstein. He has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Kennedy Center. For six years he played a murderous cellist on the HBO prison series Oz. At The Center he’ll be “killing” audiences on the cello he calls “J-Lo” in honor of its deep curves. Sun, 2/28: 3pm. (Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

March

Montana Rep: All My Sons: Arthur Miller’s first great play was based on a newspaper account of a conspiracy between the Wright Aeronautical Company and military inspectors to approve defective military aircraft engines during WWII. Three Army Air Force officers were convicted of neglect of duty after an investigation conducted by then Senator Harry Truman. Originally produced on Broadway in 1947, this production is from Montana Rep, the theater-in-residence at the University of Montana and one of the most respected touring companies in the United States. Thur, 3/10: 8pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Eileen Ivers – “the Jimi Hendrix of the violin”: The New York Times called her “the Jimi Hendrix of the violin.” Her Beyond the Bog Road tour, supporting her newest CD, comes to The Center where she will be accompanied by a four-piece back-up band and dancers, all exploring Americana sounds and the growth from Celtic beginnings of Bluegrass, Appalachian, Quebecois, and Cajun music. Fri, 3/11: 8pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra & Chorus – Bach’s ST. John Passion: Fresh from their triumph in London as one of the “5 Best Classical Concerts of the Year” (The Telegraph), Apollo’s Fire and conductor Jeannette Sorrell bring their distinctive approach to J.S. Bach’s most theatrical oratorio, the St. John Passion. An international cast of singer-actors brings the story of the dramatic events of Jesus’ last days to life, while the acclaimed chorus Apollo’s Singers evoke the wild mob. First performed on a Good Friday nearly 300 years ago, the Passion arrives at The Center just two weeks before Easter. Sun, 3/13:3pm. (Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Opera At The Cinema – Tosca: Belgium’s Opéra Royal de Wallonie presents a new production of Puccini’s tale of jealousy, turmoil, and despair in Rome during Napolean’s invasion of Italy in 1800. Tosca premiered in the Teatro Costanzi in Rome 100 years later and remains one of the most frequent.y performed operas in the Itlaian language. Paolo Arrivabeni conducts the classic opera, sung in Italian, with stage direction by Claire Servais. All operas are shown with English subtitles. Sun, 3/20: 2pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

April

Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood- Two Man Group: The two stars of TV’s Whose Line Is It Anyway? the imaginative mammal Colin Mochrie (Latin name: Hilaritycus Smoothius) and the savant of self-amusement Brad Sherwood (Latin name: Cranius Giganticum) bring their improv routine to The Center on April Fool’s Day. (Apropos!) Come to the performance with your own improvisation suggestions and you may just be asked to join the cast on stage. Fri, 4/1: 8pm. (Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Metropolitan Opera Rising Stars: For more than 125 years New York City’s Metropolitan Opera has been the artistic home of the greatest singers in the world. The Met is also the launching pad for the opera stars of the future. Some of today’s leading artists got their first big break by winning the company’s national auditions, as members of the young artist program. This Rising Stars concert offers fans a rare opportunity to discover remarkable young singers whose names, someday, will be spoken with the same reverence and respect as those of the opera world’s biggest stars. Sun, 4/ 3: 3pm. (Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

State Street Ballet – Carmen: State Street Ballet’s choreographer William Soleau weaves both classical and modern influences into the production of Carmen, the tragic tale of the Gypsy and her obsessive lover, set to the famous Georges Bizet score. “SSB’s Carmen is by far the company’s most ambitious and most dazzling ballet yet” – Santa Barbara Independent Sat, 4/9: 8pm. (Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Clifford The Big Red Dog Live! For more than 40 years Clifford has charmed and amazed children with his zany escapades and “big ideas” and he’s coming (with hummable songs) to The Center to emBARK on his latest adventure, live on stage! “Kids who love Clifford’s books and the animated series will enjoy every moment of this production” – Scholastic Entertainment Recommended for ages 3 and up. Kids 16 and under take 50% off. Sat, 4/16: 3pm. (Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Robin Spielberg: She has sold over a million recordings and digital downloads and has over 54 million listeners on Pandora. Named to the prestigious Steinway Artist Roster, Ms. Spielberg has become one of America’s most beloved pianist/composers for her neo-classical stylings. Her repertoire ranges from her ingenious arrangement of Pachelbel’s Canon to American classics from film and Broadway and her original works. Sat, 4/16: 8pm. (Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

John Pizzarelli & Ramsey Lewis celebrate Nat King Cole: Three-time Grammy winner and master of jazz piano Ramsey Lewis and singer-guitarist John Pizzarelli celebrate the work of singer Nat King Cole in an evening of smooth jazz. This show, featuring NKC’s solid gold hits like “Mona Lisa”, “Unforgettable”, and “Straighten Up and Fly Right” was hailed by Jazz Weekly: “By the time the show ended with the audience singing along with “Walking My Baby Back Home” the packed house felt that it didn’t enjoy an evening as much of nostalgia, but of a level of art and musicianship that needs to be passed on to the next generation” Sat, 4/30: 8pm. (Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

May

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center –Horn Calls: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s four part series concludes with Horn Calls a program of concertos from Dvorak, Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms featuring the internationally renowned horn virtuoso Radovan Vlatković as soloist. CMS is PAC’s resident chamber ensemble – a real coup for PAC and for Westchester culture-vultures. Sat, 5/7: 5pm. (Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Opera At The Cinema – Die Zauberflöte: You’ve got to see it to believe it. From Austria’s Bregenz Festival, this spectacular production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, sung in German, features fire-spewing “dragon dogs,” mythical creatures operated by puppeteers, and dozens of stunt artists in this staging by David Pountney. Conducted by Patrick Summers. Sun, 5/8: 2pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)