The Guggenheim will offer a sneak peek at Kaija Saariaho’s MAA before its run at Columbia’s Miller Theatre (photo by Richard Termine)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Ave. at 89th St.
September 20 – December 20, free – $35 (most events $30)
212-423-3500
www.guggenheim.org
Tickets are now on sale for the Guggenheim’s Works & Process fall series, consisting of advance sneak peeks at upcoming music, dance, and theater productions in the city, with the cast, crew, and/or creators on hand to discuss their work. The series, which tends to sell out relatively quickly, begins September 20 with “MAA: A Ballet by Kaija Saariaho,” an inside look at the collaboration between the International Contemporary Ensemble and choreographer Luca Veggetti, who are mounting a production of Saariaho’s only ballet, at Columbia’s Miller Theatre September 22-25. On September 23, the Gotham Chamber Opera takes the stage at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, performing excerpts from Xavier Montsalvatge’s EL GATO CON BOTAS (PUSS IN BOOTS), which will later hit the New Victory Theater, followed on September 26 with the New York City Opera offering selections from Leonard Bernstein’s A QUIET PLACE. October events include choreographers Jessica Lang and Pontus Lidberg premiering new pieces for Morphoses, set to the same music by David Lang, and “Voices and Dance Within the Americas,” which features further inventive pairings of composers and choreographers, chosen by Ballet Hispanico artistic director Eduardo Vilaro. November brings ABT’s new version of THE NUTCRACKER and an unrealized project from Vertical Opera, while December events range from Brian Turner and Bruce Weigl’s “Poetic Responses to War” to Isaac Mizrahi narrating the New York City Opera’s PETER & THE WOLF, with the season ending, as always, with a pair of free holiday concerts in the rotunda.