Carnegie Hall is set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its “Concert of the Century” on May 5, 2026. Organized by famed violinist Isaac Stern, the original 1976 event brought together some of the world’s greatest musicians for a now-legendary “concert-celebration” that commemorated the anniversary of the Hall’s opening on May 5, 1891. Fifty years later and 135 years after {…}
The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal has announced its 2026-27 season. Rafael Payare conducts Miah Persson, Rose Naggar-Tremblay, Clay Hilley, and Matthias Goerne in Gustav Mahler’s “Des Knaben Wunderhorn (extraits)” and “Das klagende Lied” (version mixte). Performance Dates: Sept. 16 & 17, 2026 Asher Fish leads the Chœur and orchestra de l’OSM in Hana Ajiashvili’s “Riddle,” Adrian Mocanu’s “de l’encra escafada”(“from faded ink”), Dalit Hadass Warshaw’s “Letter {…}
(Photo credit: Andrew Eccles) Festival Napa Valley, in association with One Mind, will present its 2026 Music & Wellness Summit on July 10 at CIA at Copia in Napa, California. Soprano Renée Fleming will deliver the keynote address at the one-day event. The Summit’s program includes lectures, case studies, and interactive workshops led by a roster of neuroscientists, psychologists, and {…}
(Photo credit: Andrew Eccles) The New Albany Symphony Orchestra (NASO) will welcome soprano Renée Fleming for its Great Artist Gala on April 24, 2026, at the McCoy Center for the Arts in New Albany, Ohio. Conducted by Luis Biava, the one-night-only event will feature Fleming’s program “Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene,” inspired by her 2023 Grammy Award-winning album of the {…}
Renée Fleming has announced a new crossover album titled “The Fiddle and the Drum.” The soprano announced the album via social media and said, “I’m excited to announce my new album with Bela Fleck, The Fiddle and the Drum, will be released on May 29 via Thirty Tigers! You can listen to our debut single “In The Pines” featuring the {…}
Festival Napa Festival has announced its 2026 season. “Opera Scenes” will feature Manetti Shrem Opera Fellows conducted by Ryan McAdams. Performance Date: July 8, 2026 Novack Concert for Kids will feature theYoung People’s Chorus of New York City Performance Date: July 9, 2026 Uytengsu Family Opening Night will feature from Beethoven to Getty to Dylan. Time for Three and the Young {…}
Renée Fleming is set to take the stage of the 2026 Telluride Bluegrass Festival. The soprano will perform a concert on June 19, 2026 alongside Béla Fleck. Fleming will collaborate with Fleck for “The Fiddle and the Drum,” featuring My Bluegrass Heart, an all-new collaboration between the legendary soprano and banjo luminary. In a statement says Planet Bluegrass’s Craig Ferguson {…}
Wolf Trap has announced its 2026 season which will include an Opera and Classical music program. Opera Rossini’s “La Cenerentola“ will be conducted by Louis Lohraseb and Joel Ivany. Angela Yam, Sophia Maekawa, Cumhur Görgün, Ziniu Zhao, Angel Gomez, and Korin Thomas-Smith star. Performance Dates: June 18, 21, 25, and 27, 2026; The Barns at Wolf Trap Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin“ will {…}
(Photo credits: chrissinger, Eccles, Gonz, Placek) The Aspen Music Festival and School announces its 2026 season. This article only features opera-related events. Thomas Hampson and pianist Myra Huang give a recital. The program will be announced in April. Performance Date: July 2, 2026 Key’mon W. Murrah solos in Jake Heggie’s “Earth 2.0” (AMFS co-commission). James Gaffigan conducts the Aspen Chamber {…}
Carnegie Hall has announced its 2026-27 season featuring a star studded lineup. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Jonas Kaufmann opens the season with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko in an all-Italian program that includes works by Verdi, Respighi, Cilea, Giordano, and Leoncavallo. Performance Date: Oct. 8, 2026 The Sphinx Virtuosi is joined by J’Nai Bridges for {…}
The Tanglewood Festival has announced its 2026 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons lead a Mozart and Mahler program with soloists pianist Emanuel Ax and soprano Erin Morley. Performance Date: July 11, 2026 Les Arts Florissants and William Christie will perform Charpentier’s “Les Arts florissants and La Descente d’Orphée aux {…}