Vocal performances this weekend

A selective listing of performances for the weekend of 3/27-3/29:

Seattle Opera Young Artist Program presents
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(opening weekend, runs through April 5)

from the Seattle Opera website:

What happens at night when the lights go out? Delicious and dark, entertaining and erotic, A Midsummer Night's Dream is an intoxicating blend of mortals, mechanicals and faeries, all thrown together in one place at one time. Benjamin Britten’s setting of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedy has everything from gorgeous shimmering string melodies to a hilarious parody of bel-canto opera. Set in an English boarding school, the Seattle Opera Young Artists production explores the notion that you don’t need a phoenix-feather wand in order to make magic. We will perform the opera in English in the intimate Meydenbauer Theater. This is a chance to get up close to the magic of A Midsummer Night's Dream in a way that is not possible in more conventional opera houses. Come and enjoy our young and energetic cast as they realize that the course of true love never does run smooth!

Meydenbauer Center
Friday, March 27 -7:30 pm
Saturday, March 28 - 7:30 pm
Sunday, March 29 - 2 pm

*****

Hello, Dolly!
LAST WEEKEND

from the 5th Avenue Theater website:

"Hello, Dolly! Well hello, Dolly! It's so nice to have you back where you belong."

One of America’s most beloved musicals is back on The 5th Avenue stage for the first time in 27 years. When the irrepressible matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi is hired to arrange a marriage for the miserly half-millionaire Horace Vandergelder, she finds him the perfect mate – herself! But first she must win the heart of her unsuspecting “husband to be” before he gets hitched to somebody else. Brimming with joyful tunes from “Put On Your Sunday Clothes” and “It Only Takes a Moment” to the irresistible title song, Hello, Dolly! is a delectable treat for musical theater lovers of all ages.

5th Avenue Theater
Friday, March 27 - 8 pm
Saturday, March 28 - 2 pm, 8 pm
Sunday, March 29 - 1:30 pm

*****

U.S.E.
Velella Velella
Strength

from the U.S.E. website:

If nothing else, pop music should be joyous. Nobody knows that better than Seattle, Washington's premier party rock super group, United State of Electronica aka U.S.E.

Since 2002, U.S.E has forced critical and populous audiences alike into fits of euphoric dancing with their life-affirming, rock-based interpretation of electronica. Whether dominating frenzied clubs with Ted Leo, Junior Senior and Death Cab For Cutie, or globally storming clubs and festivals in Tokyo and Osaka, U.S.E proffers the kind of four-on-the-floor beats and unbridled enthusiasm that put likeminded revelers Andrew W.K., Prince, Underworld and Daft Punk on the map. U.S.E has hit upon a raw pop concoction all their own.

Crocodile Cafe
Saturday, March 28 - 9 pm

*****

Seattle Men's Chorus presents Singing...in the Rain

from the SMC website:

Lights, Action, Music!

Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds joins Seattle Men's Chorus in a salute to the golden age of Hollywood musicals. The classic movie musicals of the 1940s and 1950s are feted in this toe-tapping and tuneful extravaganza that will include songs of Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and others.

With special guest Debbie Reynolds

McCaw Hall
Saturday, March 28 - 8 pm
Sunday, March 29 - 2 pm