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<\/p>\nFrom the Oregon Symphony:<\/p>\n
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ONE NIGHT ONLY: THE INCOMPARABLE EARTHA KITT<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n PERFORMS WITH THE OREGON SYMPHONY<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n (PORTLAND, Ore.) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The seductive Eartha Kitt \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a showbiz icon whose career has spanned more than six decades of stardom in film, theater, cabaret, television and the recording studio \u00e2\u20ac\u201c makes a rare Portland appearance on Saturday, Feb. 9, in a special pre-Valentine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s concert with the Oregon Symphony.<\/font> Kitt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s regular conductor, Daryl Waters, will lead the Oregon Symphony in the performance, which begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Because a large crowd is expected and ticket availability is limited, fans are advised to buy tickets early for the best seat selection.<\/font><\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n Tickets are available for $20 to $112 at the Oregon Symphony Ticket Office, 923 SW Washington St., in downtown Portland. Ticket office hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Tickets may also be purchased by phone at (503) 228-1353 or (800) 228-7343 during the same hours, or online at any time from the orchestra\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s web site, <\/font>www.orsymphony.org<\/u><\/font><\/a>. <\/font> Eartha Kitt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s appearance with the Oregon Symphony is sponsored by Moonstruck Chocolate Co., with additional support from Chinook Winds Casino Resort.<\/font><\/p>\n ###<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the Oregon Symphony:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[55,3666,3668,3662,62],"class_list":["post-673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-orchestra","tag-oregon","tag-oregon-symphony","tag-portland","tag-symphony"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-aR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":757,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/10\/eartha-baby\/","url_meta":{"origin":673,"position":0},"title":"eartha, baby","author":"Charles Noble","date":"February 10, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"My, oh, my! 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\nAt the age of 81, Kitt still commands the kind of stage presence that once caused actor-director Orson Welles to call her \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the most exciting woman in the world.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d She regularly performs her one-of-a-kind, one-woman show in venues from intimate clubs and cabarets to Carnegie Hall and nationally prominent jazz festivals.<\/font>
\nHer cabaret-style Oregon Symphony performance will feature many of the tunes that have become synonymous with Kitt over the decades, including La Vie En Rose<\/em>, C\u00e2\u20ac\u2122est Si Bon<\/em> and I Want to Be Evil<\/em>. Also on the program: a variety of classics ranging from Broadway to the Great American Songbook, including Stephen Sondheim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m Still Here, <\/em> Cole Porter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s What Is This Thing Called Love?<\/em> and Kander & Ebb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mein Herr<\/em>.<\/font><\/p>\n
\nTickets are also available through ticketmaster.com<\/a> or by calling (503) 790-ARTS. Discounted tickets for groups of 10 or more are available through the symphony\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s group sales hotline, (503) 416-6380.<\/font><\/p>\n