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Friday, April 18, 2008; Page WE10

Concerts

Opera

MARYLAND OPERA STUDIO Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte," through April 27. Friday at 7:30, Sunday at 3, Wednesday at 7:30. Kay Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, Route 193 and Stadium Drive, College Park. 301-405-2787.

VIRGINIA OPERA Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor," Friday at 8, Sunday at 2. Center for the Arts Concert Hall, George Mason University, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax. 888-945-2468 or 703-993-8888.

OPERA VIVENTE Offenbach's "Orpheus in the Underworld," Saturday at 7:30. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 811 Cathedral St., Baltimore. 410-547-7997.

Orchestras

U. OF MARY WASHINGTON COMMUNITY-SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Friday at 7:30, with the Kingston Trio. Dodd Auditorium, University of Mary Washington, 1301 College Ave., Fredericksburg. 540-654-1012.

BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Friday at 8 and Saturday at 11, conducted by Marin Alsop with pianist William Wolfram in Corigliano's "To Music" and Piano Concerto (Friday only), and Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica"). The Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore. 410-783-8000 or 800-442-1198.

ARMY BAND Friday at 8, celebrating the orchestra's 86th anniversary. The Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. 301-581-5100.

NVCC-ANNANDALE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Friday at 8, conducted by Christopher Johnston in music by Beethoven, Bizet, Schubert and Sibelius. Ernst Community Cultural Center, Northern Virginia Community College, 8333 Little River Tpk., Annandale. 703-569-0973.

HOWARD UNIVERSITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Sunday at 3. Free. Blackburn Center, Howard University, 2397 Sixth St. NW. 202-806-7082 or 202-806-5983.

VIRGINIA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Sunday at 4, conducted by Luis Haza with violinist Elisabeth Adkins in Mendelssohn's "Hebrides" Overture, Violin Concerto in E Minor and Symphony No. 4. Ernst Community Cultural Center, Northern Virginia Community College, 8333 Little River Tpk., Annandale. 703-354-4555.

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN PHILHARMONIC Sunday at 5, conducted by Mark Whitmire in Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 1 with the NOVA Community Chorus and by Ulysses S. James in Rota's Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra with bassoonist Arnold Irchai. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 703-799-8229 or 202-347-2635.

ARMY CEREMONIAL BAND Tuesday at 7:30. Free. Brucker Hall, Fort Myer, 400 McNair Rd., Arlington. 703-696-3399.


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