From zarzuela to Spanish song and Cuban influences, Lisette Oropesa inaugurates Santa Cecilia's new chamber music season . This year, the season opening will be held exceptionally at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma , a testament to the collaboration between the two institutions. One of the most acclaimed voices on the international opera scene, Lisette Oropesa will perform, in this unique Italian recital , alongside pianist Alessandro Praticò , a program entitled Mis amores son canciones .

Lisette Oropesa will guide spectators through the most intense and representative passages of the Hispanic repertoire. The program includes excerpts from famous zarzuelas, such as  Francisco Asenjo Barbieri's " Canción de la Paloma" and Ruperto Chapí's " Carceleras ," alongside 20th-century Spanish masterpieces such as Manuel de Falla's " Sette Canciones Populares Españolas , " Enrique Granados's " Canciones Amatorias," and Joaquín Rodrigo's " Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios ." The richness of Iberian folklore will also emerge in Joaquín Nin's "Cantos Populares Españoles ," while an imaginary bridge to overseas atmospheres will close the evening with the melodies of Cuban composers Ernesto Lecuona, Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, Jorge Anckermann, and Gonzalo Roig.

Lisette Oropesa

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Dèjà Vu

Orto Botanico di Palermo

Known for her radiant voice and deeply expressive artistry, acclaimed soprano Larisa Martínez takes listeners on a journey of passion, poetry, and vibrant musical storytelling as this program explores love in all its forms, from quiet reflection to exuberant celebration.

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Larisa Martinez, soprano

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Juan Diego Flórez

Teatro alla Scala

This concert is a fascinating musical journey through centuries, cultures, and languages, a dance-filled journey that unites the Renaissance grace of William Byrd, the Baroque elegance of J.S. Bach, the Romantic lyricism of Chopin, and the folk soul of Lecuona, Strauss, and Piazzolla.

Rexa Han – Dance in Time: A journey through styles, eras and continents

Chiaramonte Steri Palace

The ensemble Sarahbanda , founded as part of the popular Mozart y Mambo project by Berlin Philharmonic member Sarah Willis, explores the fascinating Cuban dance rhythms in a completely new way by incorporating the French horn, which is not present in traditional Cuban music. Together with a group of Cuba's most talented musicians, the star horn player creates a completely new sound with exclusive arrangements of some of the best-known Cuban songs and original compositions by the band members – fresh, innovative, and irresistible!

Latino Mozart: Opening Concert - The Sarahbanda | Master Concert

Mozarteum Foundation

Thomas Mesa and Ilya Yakushev Cello/Piano Recital

Bargemusic

Celebration Concert highlights the exceptional musicians and community partners that constitute our vibrant arts community, showcasing the profound impact of their musical contributions. Featuring orchestral selections from the greats like Duke Ellington, Beethoven, and Rogers and Hammerstein, and proudly boasting guest artists like Darrell Grant, Colin Meloy, and Thomas Lauderdale, the Celebration Concert will be a one-hour spectacular conducted by Music Director David Danzmayr. Join the musicians of the Oregon Symphony for an indelible evening of music, community, and celebration.

Celebration Concert

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Aaliyah Capili, voice - Senior Recital

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music. Lucila Zavala Pérez is a student of Ana María Martínez.

Lucila Zavala Pérez, Soprano

Alice Pratt Brown Hall

This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music. Yining Xie is a student of Robin Rice.

Yining Xie, Soprano

Latin Jazz Ensemble Concert

Rosa Antonelli, Piano

Carnegie Hall

For her Carnegie Hall recital debut, American soprano Lisette Oropesa performs a distinctive program of works by Cuban, French, and Italian composers. Carnegie Hall audiences will recognize Oropesa from recent performances with The Met Orchestra (as soloist in Brahms’s German Requiem and concert arias by Mozart). To hear her spectacular voice in the intimacy of Zankel Hall will be a special experience. She is joined by fellow Metropolitan Opera veteran Ken Noda, a renowned concert pianist and one of the finest vocal accompanists.

Lisette Oropesa, Soprano Ken Noda, Piano

All University of Texas at Austin students are allowed one free ticket as long as they are available. Student tickets must be picked up at the Box Office with valid student I.D. Seating is unassigned.

Liliana Guerrero, soprano & James Maverick, piano Canciones de latinoamérica: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

The University of Texas at Austin

The Shepherd School celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month with a Spanish-language recital performed by faculty member and international opera star Ana María Martínez, six opera department students, and surprise guests. The performance includes projected images inspired by the musical works and on-screen translations.

Noche Española with Ana María Martínez & Friends

Brockman Hall For Opera

Join us for our first ever Spring concert of four-hand piano music from Canadian piano stars Duo Fortin-Poirier combined with an illuminating presentation from Artistic Director, Michael Adams taking a close look at the importance of four-hand piano music before the age of recording. A fascinating musical event for all the family.

Spring Concert

Napa Methodist Church

Ivan Yang, Piano – Masters Recital

University of Arizona

The Université de Montréal Big Band welcomes clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen. Regarded as one of the finest clarinetists in jazz, she shines with her expressive virtuosity, her charisma and her inspired playing. Nominated for a Grammy Award on a number of occasions, Anat Cohen was also inducted into the Jazz Wall of Fame of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 2009. Consider this your invitation to attend an exceptional event with a prodigious musician and the UdeM Big Band!

The Big Band and Anat Cohen

University of Montreal

Sounds of Diversity

560 Music Center

Piano virtuosi Vijay Venkatesh and Eva Schaumkell perform music for two grand pianos in a spectacular California-modern home.

Vieness Piano Duo – music for two pianos

The Palms

Orpheus and saxophonist Branford Marsalis have spent decades fine-tuning a connection that transcends stylistic labels. They revisit Ibert’s Concertino da Camera from their landmark 2001 album together, Creation, and bask in a close-knit arrangement of Debussy’s sultry Rhapsody. Veteran Orpheus orchestrators Javier Diaz and Jannina Norpoth make the ensemble shine in foreign escapades from two geniuses of genre-hopping: George Gershwin and Cuba’s Ernesto Lecuona. Antonio Garcia, a jazz composer and trombonist steeped in the same New Orleans currents that nourished the Marsalis family, stirs the American melting pot in a new work for Orpheus.

Orpheus & Branford Marsalis

Williams Center for the Arts

Purchase College

For more than five decades, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has produced classical music interpretations as unconventional as the ensemble’s democratic structure. The Grammy Award winners have recorded over 70 albums on all major classical labels, toured 46 countries, and collaborated with hundreds of world-class soloists. Their performances “have polish and spirit, and display an infectious love for making music” (The New York Times). The incomparable saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis joins Orpheus on selections by Debussy and Ibert, as well as George Gershwin’s inventive and rhapsodic An American in Paris.

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Branford Marsalis

Lafayette College

I am so excited to bring my childhood experience of listening to the music of my Cuban heritage while growing up in Miami to my home in Madison. This program will demonstrate the tremendous versatility of our Overture Concert Organ in a way that you all have not heard before. I contacted my childhood guitar teacher, Alvaro Bermudez, to help put together a band of some of the best classical and jazz musicians in Miami. Magela Herrera, flute, Alvaro Bermudez, guitar, Yarelis Gandul, percussion, and Alex Hernandez, bass, will join forces with me and our Mighty Klais to present a bilingual program of both classical and popular Latin-American music.

¡Greg Zelek y Amigos!

Overture Center for the Arts

Collaboration with ISU Concert Choir and Camerata Singers performing Brahms’ Schicksalslied.

Caribbean Sea

Stephens Performing Arts Center

The Boston Conservatory Percussion Ensemble plays works by David Fulmer, Agata Zubel, John Cage, Lei Liang, Nyokabi Kariuki, and Ernesto Lecuona. This concert is dedicated to the memory of John Grimes (1946–2013, Boston Conservatory faculty 2005–2013).

Boston Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

Boston Conservatory Theater

Jointly presented with MDCA, this free season opener is a lively gift to the public featuring Spanish and Spanish-influenced favorites including Ravel’s Bolero, the “Ritual Fire Dance” from DeFalla’s El Amor Brujo, and Danzon No. 2 by Marquez, plus several popular Spanish songs. Joining the
orchestra will be special guest performers soprano Megan Barrera and the Doral Symphony Orchestra with singers Manuel Arvelaiz and Roque Cedeño. Enjoy a live performance by a full symphony orchestra presenting beloved masterpieces inspired by the culture of Spain.

Hispanic Heritage Concert Celebration

Miami Dade County Auditorium

Grammy Award winners Ana María Martínez and Craig Terry perform song cycles by Rodrigo, Falla, Campos Parsi, and Turina that reveal the richness of the Spanish-language art-song tradition.

Ana María Martínez & Craig Terry Recital

New Mexico Museum of Art

Multi-grammy winning opera star Ana Maria Martinez and renowned pianist César Cañón present an immersion into Spanish song, culture, and dance performed by the brilliant vocal fellows. The flamenco performance of Manuel Gutierrez, who Figaro called “incredibly explosive” is not to be missed.

Ernesto Lecuona

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Oct 14, 2026

Lisette Oropesa · Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Aug 2, 2026

Dèjà Vu · Palermo Classica

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