This weekend’s Cultural Cocktail recipe: an apéritif of Carmen, 1 Oz. California History, and 2 Doses of Czech music. Enjoy!

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LA Opera Performs Arias from Carmen

*Free*

September 12 7-8:30 pm

 One Colorado Courtyard, Pasadena. 24 E Union St  Pasadena, CA 91103
(626) 564-1066

Two 30-minute performances at 7pm & 8pm

For more information please see: http://www.onecolorado.com/events-at-one-colorado/

Photo Credit:  Robert Millard, LA Opera’s 2009 production of “Carmen”

Junipero Serra and the Legacies of the California Missions

Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens 1151 Oxford Road. San Marino, CA  91108.

http://www.huntington.org

Czech Mates at the Hollywood Bowl

September 12 8:00 p.m

Los Angeles Philharmonic; Jakub Hrůša, conductor; Simon Trpčeski, piano

SMETANA: Šárka from Má vlast;  PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 Program Notes;  DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 6

2301 North Highland Avenue. Hollywood, CA 90068.

For more information see: http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/