Guest Appearances - Pacific Chorale

Guest Appearance: The Planets

NOV 17-19, 2022; Majestic in its scope. Dazzling in its sound. There is nothing to match the experience of hearing The Planets live in concert. Featuring the Women of Pacific Chorale, experience the ultimate trip through the galaxy as Pacific Symphony performs Gustav Holst’s sonic celestial showpiece.

Guest Appearance: Handel’s Glorious Messiah

December 4, 2022; Pacific Chorale joins Pacific Symphony’s beloved holiday performance of Handel’s celebrated oratorio — with our very own Robert Istad conducting!

Guest Appearance: Verdi’s Rigoletto

April 20, 22, and 25, 2023; A lecherous Duke, who lives to take his pleasure. His twisted court jester, who lives to take his revenge. Carl St.Clair conducts this season’s semi-staged opera production: Verdi’s Rigoletto, the composer’s masterpiece of duplicity and deception.

Guest Appearance: Cathedrals of Sound

June 15-17, 2023; The New York Times calls Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan as “ceaselessly inventive, evocative and penetrating.” He joins Pacific Symphony on a spiritual journey with his major commission Fiat Lux (“Let There Be Light”); a perfect pairing to Strauss’ eternal tone poem Death and Transfiguration.