The Irvine-based orchestra celebrates the United States’ 250th anniversary with a season planned by new music director, Alexander Shelley.
The program, created in collaboration with Ruckus, features works from early in the American Republic to comment on issues of today.
With a charismatic new music director at the helm, programming includes Carmen and Candide among other familiar favorites.
The bass-baritone tours his new show, What Is Your Hand in This, to the Bay Area.
A sudden injury led the ensemble to adjust its repertoire, spotlighting a rare work by Hungarian composer Pál Hermann alongside Strauss.
