The Guadalajara Reporter

High anticipation in orchestra’s new schedule

The first season of the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra, with its rousing name “De Heroes a Titanes (From Heroes to Titans) has been set, if not in stone, then at least in firm clay, only days before the first concert is scheduled.

The first and fifth programs, both operas, have been set for some time, but the slight delay in deciding the rest of the program is doubtless due to the fact that the orchestra is still without a director. The management and patronato (governing body) have been casting about for over a year to fill the big shoes of Hector Guzman, but in January it was revealed that, despite three promising candidates who were tried out for a year, orchestra leaders have come up empty.

In a city such as Guadalajara, much enamored of opera, the two operas are sure to be crowd pleasers. And in tight economic times such as these, with eight opera companies said to have closed recently in the United States, the budgets must be restricted, said JPO General Manager Roberto Torres.

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