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Events for May, 11
Spotlight
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In a European camp, almost nothing is as it seems. Stolen peeks reveal rehearsal for an all-too-convincing performance where the stakes are as high as they get. Written by Juan Mayorga with translation by David Johnston, "Way to Heaven" is inspired by the true story of the 1944 Red Cross visit to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where Nazis constructed a fake town in order to dismiss...
7:30 PM-10:00 PM
Richard Strauss's monumental tone poem "Don Quixote"--based on the magnum opus of Miguel de Cervantes and scored for solo violoncello, viola and huge orchestra--culminates the DuPage Symphony's yearlong celebration of great music inspired by great literature. Soloist Sebastian Bäverstam, praised by The Strad for his "powerfully expressive style" and "consummate instrumental mastery," joins the...
8:00 PM-10:00 PM
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