Napa Valley Opera House Presents Carvey, Reaves el al. this Season

The Napa Valley Opera House is proud to participate in NV Arts 2010, celebrating arts & culture in the Napa Valley.

An Evening with Dana Carvey

Friday, December 10, 8pm
$90, $85
in partnership with Toolbox Wine Co.

A Charlie Brown Christmas with David Benoit
Tuesday, December 21, 8pm
$35, $30 (10% discount for seniors, students, children 12 and under)

San Francisco International Comedy Competition
Hosted by Mark Pitta
THIS FRIDAY September 24 (Round 2)
8pm, $25 / $30

Round one was a hit! Join us Friday as Comedian Mark Pitta hosts another quick-fire night of hilarity as 15 different contestants perform for 15 minutes each in the hope of moving on in the San Francisco International Comedy Competition, an event that has been credited with discovering the likes of Dana Carvey, Ellen Degeneres and Robin Williams.

Host Mark Pitta made a name for himself on the Bay Area comedy scene in the 1980s and has since headlined numerous comedy shows, opened for musicians like Smokey Robinson and Celine Dion, appeared on television as an actor and host, and currently runs a weekly comedy showcase in Mill Valley. Buy tickets now

May contain adult material and situations.

Chanticleer: Out of This World
THIS SATURDAY, September 25, 8pm
$20 / $39 / $44
Subscription, student and senior tickets: 415-252-8539

The sun, the moon, the stars and the planets, the universe beyond them....composers have always been fascinated by their seductive power. Chanticleer's newest explorations will be from Berkeley-based Composer-DJ Mason Bates in a world premiere about transmissions from outer space and "Cells Planets" by Erica Lloyd of Little Grey Girlfriend in a new arrangement especially for the ensemble. Fantastic early works by Monteverdi, Marenzio and Palestrina and romantic works by Schumann ("An die Sterne") and Mahler ("Ich bin der welt...") will join music of 20th century composers Britten, Mechem, Hopkins ("Past Life Melodies") Gershwin and others. Buy tickets now

Read a music review of Out of This World from SFGate.com

Mose Allison
THIS SUNDAY, September 26, 4pm
$25 / $30

This performance is a celebration of Mose Allison: The Way of the World, the first studio album in over ten years from one of America's greatest songwriters and musicians. By his own estimate, influential musician Mose Allison has written over 150 songs, several of which have been covered by such pop artists as Bonnie Raitt, Van Morrison, Tracy Nelson, the Who and Elvis Costello. And while wide-scale attention has eluded the 73-year-old jazz pianist/singer, Allison continues to perform 125 gigs a year.

"Mose Allison is nothing less than a National Treasure." - The New Yorker

Sponsored in part by the Napa Valley Jazz Society, Bill and Margie Hart
Hotel sponsor: Embassy Suites.

Emmylou Harris
Wednesday, September 29, 8:00 p.m.
$65 / $95 / $125

Grammy Award-winning recording artist Emmylou Harris takes the Opera House stage to share highlights from her 40-year career. Her most recent album, All I Intended To Be, is a catalogue of her many gifts-as an interpreter, as an eloquent composer herself, as an inveterate musical explorer who's been able to discover, rescue, and/or give new life to many a beautiful but overlooked country, bluegrass or folk tune.