(Single tickets go on sale to Donors of $75+ on July 27; Email Club members on August 3; and to the general public on August 10, 2008.)

The Right to Change Your Mind
Subscribers and Producers Circle Donors enjoy ticket-exchange privileges free of charge for Cal Performances 2008/09 events (subject to conditions and availability). Please see our Ticket Exchanges page for complete details.

Guaranteed Convenience
Avoid waiting in line (or not getting a ticket at all) for our most popular performances. Order now and you can relax knowing your seat is reserved.

Advance Ordering
Select any 2008/09 Series or Choose-Your-Own Subscription, or become a Donor at the $1,200+ level, and you'll have the opportunity to purchase tickets to this year's Special Events before they go on sale to the general public. Plus, Subscribers and Donors also have the opportunity to purchase single tickets before they go on sale to the general public.

Special Treatment
Subscribers and Donors always get the red-carpet treatment. You'll have the opportunity to order tickets in advance of the general public to events added during our 2008/09 season. You'll have the opportunity to order tickets in advance of the general public to events added during our 2008/09 season. (Previous added events have included Mikhail Baryshnikov, David Sedaris, Stephen W. Hawking, and more!)

Order early for best selection and avoid "Sold Out" signs!

SERIES OPTIONS

Dance A  |  Dance B  |  Theater  |  Koret Recital A  |  Koret Recital B  |  Koret Recital C  | 
20th Century Music and Beyond  |  Music Before 1850  |  Chamber Music  |  Orchestra  |  Jazz  | 
Strictly Speaking  |  Family Fare  |  World Stage A  |  World Stage B

Please note that subscriptions, including Choose-Your-Own subscriptions, are not available for purchase online. If you plan on purchasing six or more events on a single order, you must call and order through our Ticket Office directly to receive your initial 10% discount.

Choose-Your-Own
Our Choose-Your-Own (CYO) Subscription allows you the widest possible choice of performances, plus savings on single-ticket prices! Select six or more events on a single order and take 10% off single-ticket prices. CYO Subscribers may add more 2008/09 events all season long at a 10% discount. (Special Events excluded)

Dance A
Mark Morris Dance Group, Romeo & Juliet, On Motifs of Shakespeare (Sept 25)
Kirov Ballet & Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre (Oct 14)
Mark Morris Dance Group, L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (May 29)
Bolshoi Ballet, La Bayadère (Jun 4)
$150/$230/$320/$360

Dance B
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Nov 7)
Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre (Jan 30)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater with Sweet Honey in the Rock (Mar 3)
Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg, Onegin (May 1)
$105/$140/$190

Theater
Druid Theatre Company, The Playboy of the Western World & The Shadow of the Glen (Oct 8)
Laurie Anderson, Homeland (Oct 24)
Ex Machina, The Blue Dragon (June 9)
$150/$160/$175

Koret Recital A
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano (Sept 21)
Piotr Anderszewski, piano (Oct 16)
Conrad Tao, piano (Nov 2)
Vadim Repin, violin & Nikolai Lugansky, piano (Nov 9)
Sergey Khachatryan, violin with Lusine Khachatryan, piano (Mar 22)
$200

Koret Recital B
Richard Goode, piano (Oct 5)
Murray Perahia, piano (Mar 19)
Krystian Zimerman, piano (Apr 24)
$90/$120/$160

Koret Recital C
Salvatore Licitra, tenor (Jan 10)
Danielle de Niese, soprano (Feb 8)
Nicole Cabell, soprano (Mar 1)
Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo-soprano (Apr 19)
$150/$160/$180/$195

20th Century Music & Beyond
Peter Sellars's production of Kafka Fragments with Dawn Upshaw (Nov 23)
Sarah Cahill, piano (Nov 25)
Kronos Quartet (Feb 1)
$130

Music Before 1850
Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall, viola da gamba & director (Feb 27)
The Tallis Scholars (Mar 28)
Quatuor Mosaïques (Apr 22)
$135

Chamber Music
Takács Quartet with with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet (Feb 15 )
Takács Quartet with with Peter Wyrick, cello (Mar 8)
Brentano String Quartet with Peter Serkin, piano & Richard Lalli, baritone (Mar 13)
American String Quartet with Menahem Pressler, piano (Apr 5)
Cypress String Quartet (May 3)
$215

Orchestra
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra (Oct 26)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Julia Fischer, violin & leader (Feb 14)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra with Joyce Yang, piano (Mar 29)
Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti, artistic director & leader, with Andreas Scholl, countertenor (Apr 26)
$125/$190/$255

Jazz
Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary Tour (Jan 15)
Chick Corea, John McLaughlin & Christian McBride (Mar 21)
Dianne Reeves (Apr 25)
$80/$110/$145

Strictly Speaking
Seymour Hersh (Sept 29)
Alexander McCall Smith (Oct 1)
Ang Lee & James Schamus (Oct 29)
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! (Feb 19)
David Rakoff (Apr 4)
$85/$115/$145

Family Fare
Golden Dragon Acrobats (Nov 29, 2 pm)
National Acrobats of China (Jan 17, 2 pm)
Circus Oz 30th Birthday Bash! (Feb 7, 2 pm)
Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu (Mar 28, 2 pm)
Ages 16 and under: $50/$65/$85
Adults: $80/$115/$145

World Stage A
Cesaria Evora (Oct 9)
Ballet Flamenco José Porcel (Dec 5)
Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Fiesta Navidad (Dec 21)
Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca (Jan 23 )
Afro-Cuban All Stars (Feb 25)
Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu (Mar 28)
$120/$170/$220

World Stage B
Milton Nascimento & The Jobim Trio (Nov 1)
Pomegranates & Figs: A Feast of Jewish Music, featuring Nikitov & Teslim (Dec 20)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Mar 12)
Simon Shaheen, Aswat (Voices), Celebrating the Golden Age of Arab Music (Mar 17)
Habib Koité & Bamada (Apr 3)
$115/$150/$200