Calendar of Events

PAST EVENTS

September 8, 2013 | Sunday
Concert Series @ Albert Lea High School Auditorium
THE UNEXPECTED SURFER BOYS
Showtime: 3:00 pm 
Tickets: Admission by Season Ticket Only (Family $85 | Adult $40 | Student $10)

This fully staged show features the timeless harmonies of The Beach Boys and high-octane choreography, performed by a Broadway-veteran cast...
September 20, 2013 | Friday
Clear Lake Area Concert Association @ E.B. Stillman Auditorium
THE ABRAMS BROTHERS
Showtime: 7:00 pm
Tickets: Use your Concert Series Season Ticket for admission. Learn more about reciprocity...

The Abrams Brothers, John and James plus cousin Elijah, skillfully combine the music of their roots with their own distinct sound on guitar, violin and bass. Their unique blend of bluegrass, country and folk-rock has been wowing audiences across North America, Europe and Israel for the past several years with their virtuoso playing and effortless vocal harmonies.
October 5, 2013 | Saturday
Live in HD @ Marion Ross Performing Arts Center
EUGENE ONEGIN (Tchaikovksy)
Showtime: 11:55 am
Tickets: General Admission $20 | Students $12 

The fateful romance between the lovestruck Tatiana and the imperious Onegin starring Anna Netrebko and Mariusz Kwiecien...   
October 18, 2013 | Friday
Concert Series @ Albert Lea High School Auditorium
THE ALLAN HARRIS BAND
Showtime: 7:30 pm
Tickets: Admission by Season Ticket Only (Family $85 | Adult $40 | Student $10)

A world-class singer, guitarist, and song writer leads his ensemble in “A Tribute to Nat ‘King’ Cole”...
October 20, 2013 | Sunday
Clear Lake Area Concert Association @ E.B. Stillman Auditorium
DOUG MATTOCKS
Showtime: 7:00 pm
Tickets: Use your Concert Series Season Ticket for admission. Learn more about reciprocity...
Doug Mattocks, virtuoso banjoist/guitarist, brings you “The World on a String” – a show in which America’s musical past is brought to life in an informative and entertaining narrative. Join Doug for a tour of the banjo, both the instrument and its playing styles, and the banjo’s place in American musical history.
October 26, 2013 | Saturday
Live in HD @ Marion Ross Performing Arts Center
THE NOSE (Shostakovich)
Showtime: 11:55 am
Tickets: General Admission $20 | Students $12 

The satirical misadventures of a bureaucrat in search of his missing nose, starring Tony Award-winner Paulo Szot...
November 9, 2013 | Saturday
Live in HD @ Marion Ross Performing Arts Center
TOSCA (Puccini)
Showtime: 11:55 am
Tickets: General Admission $20 | Students $12

Puccini’s political and romantic thriller brought to life by Patricia Racette as the jealous diva and Roberto Alagna as her radical lover, Cavaradossi...
December 14, 2013 | Saturday
Live in HD @ Marion Ross Performing Arts Center
FALSTAFF (Verdi)
Showtime: 11:55 am
Tickets: General Admission $20 | Students $12

Verdi’s most popular comedy based on Shakespeare’s eccentric Sir John Falstaff, starring Ambrogio Maestri in the title role...
February 8, 2014 | Saturday
Live in HD @ Marion Ross Performing Arts Center
RUSALKA (Dvorak)
Showtime: 11:55 am
Tickets: General Admission $20 | Students $12

Renée Fleming returns to one of her signature roles as the water sprite who sacrifices her voice for love...
February 10, 2014 | Monday
Concert Series @ Albert Lea High School Auditorium
CHARLIE ALBRIGHT
Showtime: 7:30 pm
Tickets: Admission by Season Ticket Only (Family $85 | Adult $40 | Student $10)

Brilliant (as in Harvard pre-med and economics) young pianist with jaw-dropping technique and improvisational chops.
March 1, 2014 | Saturday
Live in HD @ Marion Ross Performing Arts Center
PRINCE IGOR (Borodin)
Showtime: 11:00 am
Tickets: General Admission $20 | Students $12

The defining Russian epic of a conflicted national hero, starring Ildar Abdrazakov in the monumental title role... 
March 9, 2014 | Sunday
Concert Series @ Albert Lea High School Auditorium
CALIFORNIA + MONTREAL GUITAR TRIOS
Showtime: 3:00 pm
Tickets: Admission by Season Ticket Only (Family $85 | Adult $40 | Student $10) 

Six virtuoso guitarists fuse into one unique six-by-six-string ‘phenomensemble’ to perform original compositions and new arrangements of progressive rock, world, jazz, and classical music...
March 15, 2014 | Saturday
Live in HD @ Marion Ross Performing Arts Center
WERTHER (Massenet)
Showtime: 11:55 am
Tickets: General Admission $20 | Students $12

Massenet’s operatic adaptation of Goethe’s revolutionary and tragic romance brings Jonas Kaufmann and Sophie Koch together for the first time at the Met... 
April 6, 2014 
Clear Lake Area Concert Association @ E.B. Stillman Auditorium
JAZZ COALITION BIG BAND
Showtime: 7:00 pm
Tickets: Use your Concert Series Season Ticket for admission. Learn more about reciprocity...

Founded in March of 2005, the JCBB contains some of North Iowa's finest musicians. The band seeks to expose jazz aficionados and new listeners alike to the rich heritage of big band jazz. Musical selections are culled from the books of Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Oliver Nelson, Thad Jones, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, and others.
April 5, 2014 | Saturday
Live in HD @ Marion Ross Performing Arts Center
LA BOHÈME (Puccini)
Showtime: 11:55 am
Tickets: General Admission $20 | Students $12

Puccini’s timeless story of young love in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, starring Anita Hartig as the frail Mimì and Vittorio Grigolo as her passionate lover, Rodolfo...
April 22, 2014 | Tuesday
Concert Series @ Albert Lea High School Auditorium
LES TROMPETTES DE LYON
Showtime: 7:30 pm
Tickets: Admission by Season Ticket Only (Family $85 | Adult $40 | Student $10) 

The American debut tour for this fantastic French trumpet quintet with a taste for quirky fun on stage...
April 26, 2014 | Saturday
Live in HD @ Marion Ross Performing Arts Center
COSÌ FAN TUTTE (Mozart)
Showtime: 11:55 am
Tickets: General Admission $20 | Students $12

Mozart’s beloved opera about  couples testing the ties of love is filled with youthful Met stars: Susanna Phillips and Isabel Leonard are the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella, Matthew Polenzani and Rodion Pogossov are their lovers, with Danielle de Niese as the scheming Despina...
May 7, 2014 | Wednesday
Clear Lake Area Concert Association @ E.B. Stillman Auditorium
AN EVENING WITH JOHN DAVIDSON
Showtime: 7:00 pm
Tickets: Use your Concert Series Season Ticket for admission. Learn more about reciprocity...

For nearly 40 years, this star of stage, television, film, nightclubs and recording has been entertaining audiences of all ages. John is best known for hosting That's Incredible!, The New Hollywood Squares, and The John Davidson Show, and for his Broadway work in Camelot, The Music Man, Oklahoma!, Ragtime and State Fair. A consummate performer, John Davidson has never been better!
May 10, 2014 | Saturday
Live in HD @ Marion Ross Performing Arts Center
LA CENERENTOLA (Rossini)
Showtime: 11:55 am
Tickets: General Admission $20 | Students $12

Rossini’s comic Cinderella adaptation featuring bel canto virtuosi Joyce DiDonato in the title role and Juan Diego Flórez as her Prince Charming...