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The Collins Center 2010-11 Season

Collins Center for the Arts Songs of Broadway

The Songs of Broadway - Starring Christina Saffran Ashford, Soprano and Norman Large, Tenor

September 11, 2010 at 8:00 PM

with The Bangor Symphony Orchestra

The Songs of Broadway shines the spotlight on some of the finest theatrical moments from the greatest musicals of the century. Featuring two of Broadway's fines...

Collins Center for the Arts Peter Yarrow & Noel Paul Stookey

Peter Yarrow & Noel Paul Stookey

September 19, 2010 at 3:00 PM

(of the folk group - Peter, Paul and Mary)

Peter Yarrow & Noel Paul Stookey were two of the voices in the world-famous trio, Peter, Paul and Mary. After the sad passing of Mary, the two men decided to g...

Collins Center for the Arts MOVIE Salt of the Earth

MOVIE: Salt of the Earth

September 22, 2010 at 7:00 PM

Randy Olson is an award-winning filmmaker with a provocative sense of humor, and also a scientist with a Harvard Ph.D. in Coral reef ecology. It is the 20th An...

Collins Center for the Arts The Magic of Lyn Dillies

The Magic of Lyn Dillies

September 25, 2010 at 8:00 PM

Illusionaire

Master Illusionist, Lyn Dillies has been taking the magic world by storm; earning rave reviews wherever she stages her powerful brand of mystery and illusion. ...

Bangor Symphony Orchestra Music Director and Conductor Lucas Richman

Welcome Lucas!

October 3, 2010 at 3pm

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Peter Mark Richman, narrator Trond Saeverud, violin Lucas Richman, conductor The eclecticism and theatricality of our new Music Director, Lucas Richman, wi...

Collins Center for the Arts Monty Python's SPAMALOT

SPAMALOT - National Broadway Company

October 5, 2010 at 7:00 PM

Winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical, Monty Python's Spamalot is the outrageous new musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the film classic "Monty Py...

Collins Center for the Arts Wagner's DAS RHEINGOLD

Wagner's DAS RHEINGOLD

October 9, 2010 at 1:00 PM

a Metropolitan Opera Live Broadcast

Two unparalleled artists join forces to create a groundbreaking new Ring for the Met: Maestro James Levine and director Robert Lepage. The cycle launches with D...

Collins Center for the Arts Classic Albums Live THRILLER

THRILLER

October 12, 2010 at 7:00 PM

Classic Albums Live

This group is not a tribute band mimicking Michael Jackson. This band is so much more. Classical Albums Live replicates the album, track for track, sound for ...

Collins Center for the Arts A Midsummer Night's Dream Aquila Theatre Company

A Midsummer Night's Dream

October 21, 2010 at 7:00 PM

Aquila Theatre Company

Aquila's A Midsummer Night's Dream has been praised by The New York Times as "Timely and pleasing...this 'Dream' soothes the eye and tickles the funny bone". T...

Collins Center for the Arts Mussorgysky's BORIS GODUNOV

Mussorgsky's BORIS GODUNOV

October 23, 2010 at 12 Noon - NOTE START TIME

A NEW PRODUCTION

Rene Pape takes on one of the greatest bass roles in a production by renowned theater and opera director Peter Stein, in his Met debut. Valery Gergiev conducts ...

Collins Center for the Arts Parker String Quartet

Parker String Quartet

October 24, 2010 at 3:00 PM

The quartet will be returning for a second time after their popular performance last season. Hailed by the New York Times as "something extraordinary" and by th...

Merchants of Bollywood at the Collins Center for the Arts

The Merchants of Bollywood

October 27, 2010 at 7:30 PM

Called "the most exhilarating musical seen this year," by the Los Angeles Evening News, Bollywood, The Show is a nonstop whirl of color and music. A dance spect...

STREB - Extreme Action Company

October 29, 2010 at 8

STREB's virtuosic, daredevil performers combine extreme sports with dance. The action literally never stops as Elizabeth Streb's superbly conditioned action her...

Bangor Symphony Orchestra Stefan Jackiw

Dvorak and Sibelius

November 14, 2010 at 3pm

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Stefan Jackiw, violin Edward Cumming, conductor Witness the performances of Sibelius' Violin Concerto by Stefan Jackiw that critics have described as "spect...

Collins Center for the Arts Alison Chase

Alison Chase/Performance

November 19, 2010 at 8:00 PM

Alison is well known as a choreographer and as a Founding Artistic Director of Pilobolus Dance Theater. Alison's wide range of interest and ability has seen he...

Collins Center for the Arts Donizetti's DON PASQUALE

Donizetti's DON PASQUALE

November 20, 2010 at 1:00 PM

a Metropolitan Opera Live Broadcast

Anna Netrebko revives her sensational turn in this sophisticated bel canto comedy, opposite Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, and John Del Carlo in the title...

Collins Center for the Arts Mariachi Los Camperos

Mariachi Los Camperos

November 21, 2010 at 3:00 PM

Viva la Mexico

This band of ten is led by Natividad "Nati" Cano. A traditionalist and a visionary, Cano has both mirrored and shaped the history of mariachi music. He was born...

Collins Center for the Arts Natalie MacMaster

Natalie MacMaster - Christmas is Cape Breton

December 7, 2010 at 7:00 PM

Equally at home on the concert stage or at a Folk festival, Cape Breton Fiddler Natalie MacMaster is one of the most versatile and exciting young musicians on t...

Collins Center for the Arts Verdi's DON CARLO

Verdi's DON CARLO - New Production

December 12, 2010 at 1:00 PM - NOTE DATE AND S

a Metropolitan Opera Live Broadcast

Director Nicholas Hytner makes his Met debut with this new production of Verdi's profound, beautiful, and most ambitious opera. Roberto Alagna leads the cast, a...

Bangor Symphony Orchestra with the Robinson Ballet The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker

December 18, 2010 at 2pm and 7pm
December 19, 2010 at 3pm

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with the Robinson Ballet Unwrap this treasured holiday gift featuring the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, the Robinson Ballet and the Bangor Area Children's Choir...

Collins Center for the Arts Puccini's LA FANCUILLA DEL WEST

Puccini's LA FANCUILLA DEL WEST

January 8, 2011 at 1:00 PM

a Metropolitan Opera Live Broadcast

Puccini's wild-west opera had its world premiere in 1910 at the Met. Now, on the occasion of its centennial, all-American diva Deborah Voigt sings the title rol...

Collins Center for the Arts The Peabody Piano Trio

The Peabody Piano Trio

January 16, 2011 at 12:30 - NOTE START TIME

"A beautifully polished, lush sound, luminous." THE NEW YORK TIMES Since winning the prestigious Naumburg Chamber Music Award in 1989, The Peabody Trio has e...

Bangor Symphony Orchestra Martina Filjak

Romantic Rachmaninoff

January 16, 2011 at 4pm

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Martina Filjak, piano Lucas Richman, conductor 2009 Cleveland International Piano Competition winner, Martina Filjak, ushers in the premiere performance of ...

Collins Center for the Arts STAR TREK Live

STAR TREK Live!

February 6, 2011 at 11:00 AM
February 6, 2011 at 2:00 PM

Mad Science Production presentation

STAR TREK LIVE is an out of this world, interactive adventure based on the most popular science fiction franchise of all time. Audience members join Starfleet ...

Collins Center for the Arts PHILADANCO

By Way of the Funk - PHILADANCO!

February 13, 2011 at 3:00 PM

The Philadelphia Dance Company, PHILADANCO!, is celebrating 40 years of providing exceptional dance performances and training to its many communities throughout...

Collins Center for the Arts Daniel Hope & Jeffrey Kane

Violin & Piano Recital with Daniel Hope and Jeffrey Kahane

February 18, 2011 at 8:00 PM

British violinist Daniel Hope has toured the world as a virtuoso soloist for many years, and as the youngest ever member of the Beaux Arts Trio during its last ...

Collins Center for the Arts Gluck's IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE

Gluck's IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE

February 26, 2011 at 1:00 PM

a Metropolitan Opera Live Broadcast

Susan Graham and Placido Domingo reprise their starring roles in Gluck's nuanced and elegant interpretation of this primal Greek myth. Tenor Paul Groves also re...

Collins Center for the Arts The Magic of Ireland

The Magic of Ireland

February 27, 2011 at 3:00 PM

Experience a spectacular evening of traditional Irish dance, music and song enhanced by stunning costumes, lighting and sound. This is indeed, the Magic of Irel...

Collins Center for the Arts Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

March 5, 2011 at 8:00 PM

Ladysmith Black Mambazo represents the traditional culture of South Africa and is regarded as the country's cultural emissary at home and around the world. In 1...

Collins Center for the Arts Popovich Comedy Pet Theater

Popovich Comedy Pet Theater

March 6, 2011 at 3:00 PM

The World Famous Popovich Comedy Pet Theater is a perennial favorite at performing arts centers across the US. The show brings a new production featuring Greg...

Bangor Symphony Orchestra Orchestral Showcase

Orchestral Showcase

March 13, 2011 at 3pm

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Lucas Richman, conductor The magnificent members of BSO are featured as soloists in Ginastera's riveting Variaciones Concertantes, while the orchestra begins...

Collins Center for the Arts GREASE National Broadway Tour

GREASE - National Broadway Tour

March 15, 2011 at 7:00 PM

An all-American musical based on the sub-cultures of high school life in the 1950's. The new Broadway production will feature the smash Jacobs-Casey songs mad...

Collins Center for the Arts Donizetti's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR

Donizetti's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR

March 19, 2011 at 1:00 PM

a Metropolitan Opera Live Broadcast

Natalie Dessay triumphed as the fragile heroine of Donizetti's masterpiece on Opening Night of the 2007-08 season in Mary Zimmerman's hit production. Now she re...

Collins Center for the Arts THE POPS with Spectrum and the Bangor Symphony Orchestra

The POPS: An Evening of Motown and R&B with Spectrum

March 26, 2011 at 8:00 PM

with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra

Webster defines Spectrum as a "series of radiations arranged in regular order" or a "continuous sequence or widerange". This could not be a more appropriate de...

Collins Center for the Arts Belcea String Quartet

Belcea String Quartet

April 1, 2011 at 8:00 PM

The Belcea Quartet has gained an enviable reputation as one of the leading quartets of the new generation. They continue to take the British and international ...

Collins Center for the Arts ZooZoo Imago Theatre

ZooZoo - Imago Theatre

April 3, 2011 at 3:00 PM

Founded in 1979 by Carol Triffle and Jerry Mouawad, Imago Theatre's original productions have toured internationally for over two decades. Imago's signature wo...

Bangor Symphony Orchestra Lucas Richman

Hymns and Psalms

April 10, 2011 at 3pm

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University of Maine Singers and Oratorio Society Lucas Richman, conductor Felix Mendelssohn's reverent setting of "Ein Feste Burg" in his Symphony No. 5 (Re...

Collins Center for the ARts Rossini's LE COMTE ORY

Rossini's LE COMTE ORY

April 16, 2011 at 1:00 PM

Recorded from a Metropolitan Opera Live Broadcast

RECORDED FROM APRIL 9 Rossini's vocally dazzling comedy stars bel canto sensation Juan Diego Florez in the title role of this Met premiere production. He vie...

Collins Center for the Arts R. Strauss' CAPRICCIO

R. Strauss' CAPRICCIO

April 25, 2011 at 7:00 PM

a Metropolitan Opera Live Broadcast

On Opening Night of the 2008-09 season, Renee Fleming dazzled audiences when she sang the final scene of Strauss's wise and worldly meditation on art and life. ...

Collins Center for the Arts Verdi's IL TROVATORE

Verdi's IL TROVATORE

April 30, 2011 at 1:00 PM

a Metropolitan Opera Live Broadcast

David McVicar's stirring production of Verdi's intense drama premiered in the 2008-09 season. James Levine leads this revival, starring four extraordinary singe...

Collins Center for the Arts Spring Awakening National Broadway Tour

Spring Awakening - National Broadway Tour

May 1, 2011 at 7:00 PM

WINNER 8 TONY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL! Broadway's most talked about new musical is now the biggest Tony Award winner in years. Spring Awakening is the gr...

Collins Center for the Arts Wagner's DIE WALKURE

Wagner's - DIE WALKURE

May 14, 2011 at 12 Noon - NOTE START TIME

A NEW PRODUCTION

A stellar cast comes together for this second installment of Robert Lepage's new production of the Ring cycle, conducted by James Levine. Bryn Terfel is Wotan, ...