The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights.

Matthias Pintscher conducts the May Festival Chorus in Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “The Bells.” The program also includes Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.

Performance Dates: Nov. 8 & 9, 2025

Lauren Snouffer, Sasha Cooke, Nicholas Phan, and Jonathan Lemalu perform George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah.” Cristian Măcelaru conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 5 & 6, 2025

Cristian Măcelaru conducts American Voices with Morris Robinson and Rita Dove. The evening includes Margaret Bonds’ Select movements from “Montgomery Variations,” Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings with poetry commissioned by the CSO from Rita Dove and Wynton Marsalis’ Select movements from Blues Symphony.

Performance Dates: Jan. 16 & 17, 2026

Tabita Berglund and Camilla Tilling team up for Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s “ARCHORA,” and Gustav Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder and Symphony No. 4.

Performance Dates: Feb. 6 & 7, 2026

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