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THE SOUND OF SPRING Chinese New Year Concert returns to New York City on February 14 and 15, featuring a blend of Chinese and Western music at Fisher Center and Rose Theater.
Daphne in Concert, Seattle Opera’s latest offering in their series of concert presentations initiated in 2023, proved that the series concept is a successful one.
Ludwig van Beethoven’s iconic Fifth Symphony and his equally popular Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral” will have six performances at New Jersey Symphony. Beethoven composed these symphonies in tandem, and both premiered at the same concert in 1808.
The San Francisco Symphony will present a June program conducted by Elim Chan and featuring mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke. The concerts include music by Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Wagner, and Debussy. Performances will take place at Davies Symphony Hall.
Music director Leon Botstein leads the American Symphony Orchestra (ASO) on Friday, January 30 at 8 PM at Carnegie Hall in a program celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
The Salzburg Easter Festival will return in 2026 with a bold reinterpretation of Richard Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen,” marking the start of a multi-year artistic collaboration with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Siegfried by Richard Wagner comes to Opéra Bastille next year. As part of the RING Festival 2026, performances will run from 10 to 19 November 2026. Learn more here!
With Siegfried, staged in Calixto Bieito’s new production, the Paris Opera presents the third part of Richard Wagner’s extraordinary undertaking, the Ring of the Nibelung.
San Francisco Opera has announced plans to present Richard Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung in June and July 2028, conducted by Music Director Eun Sun Kim and staged by Francesca Zambello.
Join David Hyde Pierce in Boston Lyric Opera's VALKYRIES!, a comedic take on Wagner's classic, premiering Nov. 12 in Boston.
Orquesta Académica del Teatro Colón will perform Wagner – Chaikovski at Teatro Colon, with director Juan Miceli. The performance is set for November 1. Learn more here!
As part of San Francisco Opera's 103rd season, Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim conducts Richard Wagner’s Parsifal from October 25 through November 13.
Off-Brand Opera will present the world premiere of Nietzsche – The Musical October 10–12, 2025 at the A.R.T./NY Mezzanine Theatre. Written by Kimerer LaMothe with music by Geoffrey Gee, the production explores the life and relationships of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche through a bold, multi-genre score.
Off-Brand Opera will present the world premiere of NIETZSCHE, a new musical by Kimerer LaMothe and Geoffrey Gee, appearing at the A.R.T./NY Mezzanine Theatre. Learn more!
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen opens its 2025–26 season with a new production of Wagner’s Parsifal, directed by Susanne Kennedy and Markus Selg. Conducted by Alejo Pérez in his final production with the company, the staging will premiere in Ghent on September 23 and Antwerp on October 11, featuring Benjamin Bruns in his role debut as Parsifal.
All Your Shimmering Gold is a striking and unexpected fusion of Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold and the modern-day corporate world, presented by four employees of defense contractor Northrop Grumman. The show brings a fresh, almost absurdist lens to Wagner’s opera, examining themes of power, greed, and ambition in the context of the high-stakes corporate environment these performers inhabit every day.
This season, leading up to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Scottsdale Symphonic Orchestra will deliver “The American Journey: Struggle, Spirit, and Triumph,” a six-concert series at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.
A refreshingly non-replica production design breathes new life into the sometimes-overexposed property.aOne of the fascinating things about modern musicals is also one of the most frustrating: we are experiencing them as what Richard Wagner called a Gesamtkunstwerk.
San Francisco Opera’s 2025–26 season, the tenth under the leadership of Tad and Dianne Taube General Director Matthew Shilvock, kicks off in September. Learn more about the season!
What did BroadwayWorld's critic think of THE MAINLY MOZART ALL-STA FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA at Epstein Family Amphitheater? Read the review here and learn more!
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