Juilliard’s music, dance, drama, preparatory, and extension divisions will launch New York’s performing arts season with the return of the Fall Festival.

This article specifically features opera events.

Juilliard at Joe’s Pub presents “Songs From the Tesori Sessions.”

Performance Date: September 17, 2025

The festival closes with “Departing,” an evening curated and conducted by Arnhold Creative Associate Barbara Hannigan with Rhiannon Giddens. This interdisciplinary program which features choreography and staging by Bobbi Jene Smith celebrates artists who were inspired by traditional folk music, including Ligeti, Bartók, and Ruth Crawford Seeger, and many more.

Performance Date: September 20, 2025

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*Updated: Aug. 29, 2025