The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “enigma” in three ways: “something hard to understand or explain,” “an inscrutable or mysterious person,” and “an obscure speech or writing.” It’s only fitting that this weekend’s performance, The Enigmatic Voice, features three separate pieces. The first is George Frideric Handel’s beloved “Zadok The Priest” written for the coronation of England’s King George II. The second takes the audience forward in time to 1936’s “Dona Nobis Pacem,” an emotional plea for peace composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams with words from the poetry of Walt Whitman. The night closes with a jump back to 1899 and Edward Elgar’s “Enigma Variations,” a masterpiece in storytelling. Performance on March 8 also.
Sat, Mar 7, 7:30pm, $24-$122
California Theatre, San Jose
