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"Man is an abyss, it makes you dizzy when you look down."
With incomparably stirring, moving music, Alban Berg focuses on the inner life of a person who is neither a hero, nor a privileged person, nor a chosen one: the penniless soldier Wozzeck could hardly be worse off. Derided, mistreated and abused by society, he barely has enough to feed Marie and their illegitimate child. The progressive deterioration of his physical and mental health leads to catastrophe.

Wozzeck

Staatstheater Darmstadt

Aux armes! Aux armes! – To arms! The performance of Daniel Auber's "La muette de Portici" in August 1830 at the Brussels Opera House so enraged the audience that they rose up, stormed out of the theater and started a revolution that led to the founding of the Belgian state.

The Mute of Portici (La Muette de Portici)

Reality or magic? The familiar or the strange? Control or love? The sorceress Alcina goes quite far for love: on her island she uses her magical powers to seduce the chosen one of the hour, while those who are rejected are transformed into plants, animals or rocks and thus decorate the island. But then the fiancée of her current lover Ruggiero lands on the island to find the missing groom. And Alcina increasingly loses control, because for the first time she really loves, and her magical powers are visibly fading... With "Alcina", Georg Friedrich Handel created one of his most successful operas. The bewitchingly beautiful, moving baroque arias illuminate the entire spectrum of human emotions: hope, tenderness, anger, joy - and the insatiable longing for love.

Alcina

It all begins at sea: The knight Tristan takes the Irish princess Isolde as an unwilling bride to his uncle, the king of the victorious power Cornwall. Humiliated and tormented by unspeakable feelings for each other, a death potion is supposed to end both of their lives before the ship docks in Cornwall. But unknowingly, instead of the poison, they take a love potion that changes everything: Tristan and Isolde plunge into an unstoppable affair that consumes their entire existence. The insatiable desire for each other leads to an obsessive longing for death in a mutual love death.

Tristan and Isolde

The NSO kicks off its summer season at Wolf Trap with Beethoven’s Ninth, the symphony by which all others are measured. Witness the cosmic drama of this colossal masterwork, along with Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto performed by Sphinx Concerto Competition winner Njioma Grevious.

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NSO at Wolf Trap: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

When Messiah premiered in Dublin in 1742, the reception was mixed. Now, nearly 300 years later, Handel's famous oratorio is an annual tradition for orchestras around the world, a regular celebration of music and holiday cheer.

Handel's Messiah

Will Rogers Memorial Center

The greatest story ever told. The most majestic music ever conceived. Experience music’s most inspiring message of faith. Donato Cabrera conducts the “Messiah” of the season as Las Vegas’s favorite holiday musical tradition returns featuring the Las Vegas Master Singers and four soloists. Rejoice greatly!

Handel’s Messiah

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts

Some would call it Verdi’s best opera, his Messa da Requiem is one of the most profound works ever written for orchestra, chorus, and soloists. Written in memory of a friend, this sacred work carries the expressive weight of Verdi’s dramas — at once intimate and monumental. It isn’t a spectacle, but a deep exploration of human emotion: mourning, questioning, hope.

Tenor

Ricardo Garcia

Events

Upcoming events

Apr 23, 2026

Verdi Requiem · Chattanooga Symphony & Opera

Past events

May 17 - Jul 3, 2025

Wozzeck · Staatstheater Darmstadt

Apr 26 - Jun 27, 2025

The Mute of Portici (La Muette de Portici) · Staatstheater Darmstadt

Future and recently performed repertoire

Andres in Wozzeck by Berg

Staatstheater Darmstadt

A Shepherd/A Sailor in Tristan and Isolde by Wagner

Staatstheater Darmstadt

Oronte in Alcina by Handel

Staatstheater Darmstadt

Singer in Messa da Requiem by Verdi

Chattanooga Symphony & Opera

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