Composer

The Grammy Award-winning Scottish violinist returns for another enthralling Koerner Hall concert, featuring works by Debussy, Chopin, Sarasate, and others, along with new commissions and arrangements of traditional Scottish music.

Nicola Benedetti is one of the most sought-after violinists of her generation. Her ability to captivate audiences and her wide appeal as an advocate for classical music has made her one of the most influential artists of today. Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo in 2020, as well as Best Female Artist at both 2012 and 2013 Classical BRIT Awards, Ms. Benedetti’s most recent recording features works written especially for her by jazz musician Wynton Marsalis: Violin Concerto in D Major and Fiddle Dance Suite for Solo Violin.

EPSG:4326

An Evening with Nicola Benedetti

The Royal Conservatory of Music

During the Twelfth Night weekend, Norrlandsoperan" class="css-u850">Norrlandsoperan opens its doors for a glittering, high-class opera gala with carefully selected treats for opera connoisseurs and beginners alike. Swedish rising star Rebecka Wallroth makes her debut at Norrlandsoperan and as the male counterpart we hear the well-known tenor Per Lindström.

The evening begins in the good spirit of La Scala with Italian splendor. Rebecka Wallroth sets the tone with the famous Rossini aria “Una voce poco fa” from The Barber of Seville followed by the duet “Un soave non so che” from Cinderella by the same composer. This is followed by another soprano number from the bel canto repertoire, this time from Bellini’s opera I Capuleti ei Montecchi . The first set is rounded off in grand style by Per Lindström with Puccini’s beloved tenor arias “E lucevan le stelle” from Tosca and “Che gelida manina” from La Bohème.

Thirteenth Day Concert

Norrlandsoperan

Concerts on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day should belong to the best young artists! The soloists appearing under Roberta Kružík’s baton will be some of our top players: oboist Barbora Trnčíková, French hornist Kateřina Javůrková, and trumpet player Walter Hofbauer. We promise our carefully chosen programme will thaw even the chilliest frost. There is no risk of a hangover; there will be nothing but the pure joy of music.

Czech Philharmonic • New Year’s Concerts

Rudolfinum

The 5,500 pipes of The Bridgewater Hall organ sing as Associate Artist Jonathan Scott performs a programme of some of the greatest music from the world of opera.

Jonathan Scott: The Organ at the Opera

The Bridgewater Hall

The November darkness may be thick, but we get to enjoy a dazzling opera gala with world-renowned tenor Jonas Kaufmann. This unique, generous evening offers familiar opera favourites, together with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jochen Rieder.

Opera Gala with Jonas Kaufmann

Göteborgs Symfoniker

At the heels of its 2024 hit Pagliacci, OSB returns to visceral Italian drama with a story of love, betrayal, and revenge in 19th century Sicily. A new production inspired by the Sicilian countryside, headlined by recent OSB stars, and prominently featuring the OSB chorus in the famous Easter Hymn.

Cavalleria Rusticana

Lobero Theatre

“The artist is a man, and he must write for men. … and you will see true hatred and its bitter fruit.” In the Pagliacci prologue, Tonio tells us what this opera is about – it seeks to put the reality of life on the stage. This applies for both works, which will now enjoy their first new staging at the Bayerische Staatsoper in 46 years (1978). Together Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni and Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo simply exemplify verismo. The basic situation: A woman is unfaithful. Another reveals this to the husband, and he, spurred on by this woman, takes bloody revenge on the lover. Cavalleria rusticana is about Turiddu, who returns to find his old flame Lola again, but she is now married to the carter, Alfio. Turiddu then consoles himself by seducing Santuzza. But the old love is reignited, and Lola betrays her husband, and Turiddu his girlfriend. In Pagliacci, the plot revolves around Nedda and her husband Canio, the leader of a group of comedians. Nedda’s love for him has grown cold, so she turns to the farmer, Silvio.

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci

Max-Joseph-Platz

This duo of passionate one-act operas explores the depths of spurned lovers’ grief and the lengths they’ll go to in avenging betrayal. Deadly love triangles unfold against starkly contrasted backdrops of an idyllic Sicilian countryside and a chaotic urban center.

Music Director Enrique Mazzola leads a a world-class cast that includes Lyric favorites Russell Thomas, Quinn Kelsey, and Gabriella Reyes in Elijah Moshinsky’s original production.

Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci

Lyric Opera House

In the first of three candlelight concerts of the season, join The Syracuse Orchestra for classical favorites by candlelight at the gorgeous Inspiration Hall.

Classical By Candlelight

Inspiration Hall

It was a young, desperate love that inspired the young Frederic Chopin. Too shy to declare his feelings, he wrote: “I say to my piano what I would like to be saying to you…” The legendary Emanuel Ax performs Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto. The Washington Post describes his artistry as “thoughtful, lyrical, lustrous…” “He has long been, and continues to be, one of the finest American pianists…” says The New York Times. This concert of great romantics also features Rachmaninoff’s ravishing Second Symphony.

Emanuel Ax Plays Chopin

Dominion Energy Center

Mascagni’s emotional orchestral intermezzo from the opera Cavalleria Rusticana will open this program after which we welcome back the gifted pianist, Clayton Stephenson, for a performance of Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2. Schumann’s “Rhenish” Symphony, which captures the sights and sounds of the landscape along Germany’s scenic Rhine River, will bring a peaceful conclusion to our evening.

Passionate Dialogues

Isaac Harris Cary Memorial Building

Opera for everyone: BMW Classics Concert

Sportanlage Sendling-Westpark

Celebrate Maestro Muspratt’s 25th anniversary season with a concert full of his favorite Italian pieces. From the soaring drama of Cavalleria Rusticana to the sweeping grandeur of Pines of Rome, this program brings Italy’s most beloved music to life. Tenor Jesse Donner lends his powerful voice to favorites like Nessun dorma, O sole Mio and Funiculì, Funiculà, while the orchestra shines in the lush beauty of Cinema Paradiso and Mendelssohn’s vibrant Italian Symphony. Music about Italy, music written by Italians, and even a little Sinatra too! It’s going to be one big party!

La Dolce Sinfonia

Living Hope Church

Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are two classic Italian operas, rich in passion, drama, and musical brilliance.

Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci – Two Italian Opera Classics

Royal Danish Opera

Roaring brass heralds the beginning of our 75th season with Shostakovich, followed by a lush and soothing intermezzo from Mascagni, and the incessant heavenly crescendo of Ravel’s Bolero. Tension fills the air with the exquisite drama of Brahms’ 1st Symphony until soaring strings and distant alpine horn-calls announce the Beethoven-esque heroic finale of your new favorite symphonic masterpiece.

Brahms’ 1st Symphony

The Capitol Theater

Chic fashion, great cars, fine food, and excellent wine are what many people immediately associate with the Italian way of life. But Bella Italia naturally has much more to offer, especially when it comes to music: "Italia, Terra di Musica!" - Italy, the land of music! Opera and bel canto are among its trademarks – the "beautiful singing" with which the opera's heroes and heroines express their great emotions. Bel canto highlights – from voluptuous cantabile to igniting bravura arias – are presented by the young British bass-baritone William Thomas, who has already made a name for himself through performances in Milan and London, Vienna, and Paris. Richard Strauss made "Bella Italia" a declaration of love with his composed recollections of his trip to Italy in 1886. The piece is titled "From Italy ," and takes us through the Campagna to Naples.

Belcanto With William Thomas

Meistersinger Hall

Rimsky-Korsakov’s depiction of tales from One Thousand and One Nights features Artist in Residence and Concertmaster Nancy Zhou representing Scheherazade on her violin. Acclaimed SCS principal cellist Jonah Kim performs Elgar’s intensely moving Cello Concerto. The program opens with Mascagni’s breathtaking Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana.

Scheherazade

Civic Auditorium Santa Cruz

Watsonville High School

Cavalleria rusticana: opera in one act, with a libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci. Premiered in Rome at the Teatro Costanzi on May 17, 1890 / Pagliacci: opera in two acts, with a libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. Premiered in Milan at the Teatro dal Verme on May 21, 1892.

Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci

Opéra Berlioz

Jim Cornelison, famed for singing the Star-Spangled Banner, steps off the ice and joins Maestro Stephen Alltop and the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra to puck drop the 2025/2026 Season!

An opera afternoon﻿

Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church

Fancy a coffee break like no other? The artists of the National Opera Choir and their choirmaster Noëlle Gény offer you a musical (and gourmet!) break during your day. Join us at 2:30 p.m. for a coffee before the concert!

Coffee Break #1

Opéra Comédie

Tony, Emmy, and five-time Grammy Award-nominated singer, songwriter, actor, and philanthropist Josh Groban possesses one of the most outstanding and instantly recognizable voices in music. A powerhouse vocalist and dynamic renaissance man, he’s sold over 35 million albums worldwide, headlined legendary venues on multiple continents, and has also entertained audiences with acclaimed film and television appearances. His catalog spans a series of chart-topping blockbuster albums: Josh Groban, Closer, Noël, Awake, Illuminations, All That Echoes, Stages, Bridges, and his most recent release, Harmony.

Josh Groban with the LA Phil

Hollywood Bowl

Another evening of the best symphonic music in the world with stunning pyrotechnic and fireworks finale! Classic pieces include The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, immortalised by Mickey Mouse in Disney’s Fantasia, Tchaikovsky’s rousing Polonaise and Waltz from Eugene Onegin, Borodin’s fiery Polovtsian Dances and instantly recognisable pieces by Dvořák, Sibelius and Elgar, as well as music from film maestro John Williams.

Classical Extravaganza 2.0 Meyrick Park Proms 2025

The Club at Meyrick Park

Step into a world of musical masterpieces as Matthew Hamilton leads the combined forces of the Hallé orchestra and Choir in an evening of choral and orchestral brilliance.

The Hallé: Summer Choral Classics

“… the waves of sound produced by the Hallé Choir instilled a sense of uplift that can only be produced by an exceptional chorus at the peak of its form”. The Guardian

Step into a world of musical masterpieces as Matthew Hamilton leads the combined forces of the Hallé orchestra and Choir in an evening of choral and orchestral brilliance.

Feel the power of Handel’s Zadok the Priest, the soaring melodies of Parry’s I Was Glad, the drama of Mozart’s Magic Flute Overture and the sweeping intensity of Verdi’s Force of Destiny Overture.

Summer Concert: Choral Classics

For years, this special summer concert at Kleinhans Music Hall has been our way of saying thank you to our valued Donors and Subscribers. This year, we’re thrilled to open the doors to everyone — because the BPO loves Buffalo, and we want to share the music with our entire community! Led by Music Director JoAnn Falletta, this annual concert features a vibrant and personal program showcasing pieces the BPO musicians love, but don’t always get to perform during the season. Come celebrate the music, the summer, and the community that makes it all possible!

Patron Appreciation Concert

Kleinhans Music Hall

L’Amico Fritz

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra concert is made possible through the generosity of Assembly Member Jonathan Rivera and Wegmans.

Front Park

Voice and charisma – that is the unanimous, enthusiastic judgement of the critics when it comes to Jonathan Tetelman. »A star par excellence« is how the New York Times describes him. The Chilean-American tenor is on stage as Alfredo in »La Traviata« at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden or as Pinkerton in »Madame Butterfly« at the Metropolitan Opera and demonstrates his skills in a »dark-coloured tenor timbre« (SZ) and with »balsamic verve« (Der Tagesspiegel), while the audience listens spellbound. Jonathan Tetelman makes his Elbphilharmonie debut with a sonorous journey through the most beautiful tenor arias from the great operas of Puccini, Verdi and others.

Jonathan Tetelman / Hamburger Camerata / Frédéric Chaslin

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Operatic favourites with the Chorus of English National Opera and the Hallé.

Manchester Classical 2025 – The Hallé and Chorus of ENO: Opera Favourites

Join us for this FREE family-friendly concert presented by the City of Portsmouth! Give your brain a rest and spend a heart-felt and nerve-free evening under the stars at Opera & Oz with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Soprano Symone Harcum. Let the melodious sounds of the VSO send you over the rainbow as you enjoy beloved pieces like “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi, “Home” from The Wiz, “The Rainbow Connection”, Selections from Wicked, and more!

Opera & Oz: Symphony on the River

Portsmouth City Park

Join us for this FREE family-friendly concert presented by the Cavalier Hotel, and sponsored by TowneBank; TowneBank Mortgage; Towne Insurance! Give your brain a rest and spend a heart-felt and nerve-free evening under the stars at Opera & Oz with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Soprano Symone Harcum. Let the melodious sounds of the VSO send you over the rainbow as you enjoy beloved pieces like “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi, “Home” from The Wiz, “The Rainbow Connection”, Selections from Wicked, and more!

Opera & Oz: Symphony on the Lawn

The Historic Cavalier Hotel and Beach Club

Join us for this FREE family-friendly concert presented by the Chesapeake Parks, Recreation and Tourism on the Bagley Stage! Give your brain a rest and spend a heart-felt and nerve-free evening under the stars at Opera & Oz with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Soprano Symone Harcum. Let the melodious sounds of the VSO send you over the rainbow as you enjoy beloved pieces like “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi, “Home” from The Wiz, “The Rainbow Connection”, Selections from Wicked, and more!

Opera & Oz: Symphony Under the Stars

Chesapeake City Park

One of the world's most successful one-act operas, Mascagni’s gripping thriller about love, jealousy, and betrayal is set in an Italian village where a simmering love triangle reaches boiling point. 

Cavalleria rusticana

Canadian Opera Company

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

Cello x 12

Cologne Philharmonie

Italy. Land of sun, sea and serious culture – look no further than its great operatic Hall of Fame led by Giuseppe Verdi (that’s Joe Green to you and me). Inspired by Shakespeare’s tragic Othello, soprano Mariangela Sicilia joins us for Desdemona’s poignant soliloquy.

There’s a cameo from Giacomo Puccini, making his mark as a passionate dramatist with his early Symphonic Prelude. The silken Intermezzo from the opera Cavelleria rusticana provides some serenity amidst Pietro Mascagni’s torrid Sicilian drama.

Roman Holiday

Start your morning with the lively charm of Rossini’s Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia, followed by the expressive beauty of Grand Rapids Symphony's own Alexander Miller’s Oboe Concerto, a recent commission. The program continues with Mascagni’s stirring Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana and concludes with the joyful brilliance of Haydn’s Symphony No. 96, 'Miracle Symphony', offering a perfect balance of lightness and depth. Coffee and doughnuts will be available before the concert.

Coffee with Duo

St. Cecilia Music Center

Two operas, two betrayed husbands, two tragic ends. In Cavalleria rusticana the calm of a Sicilian Easter morning is broken by a betrayed lover who sets off a chain of events culminating in violent tragedy. In true theatrical tradition Pagliacci’s clown tries to go on with the show, but his real-life humiliation and despair lead to a grim climax. The violent passions and raw emotions of these two works changed the direction of Italian opera forever.

Sarasota Opera House

The DSO has commissioned DSO Principal Flute Timothy Hagen’s first Flute Concerto - an exciting world premiere featuring the composer as soloist!

Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Maestro William’s signature piece with the DSO, has been performed countless times over the years, yet keeps inspiring and moving both performers and audiences.

Beethoven’s 5th

Five Flags Center

This captivating program, featuring soprano Avery Boettcher, traverses the emotional landscapes of love and fate through music. Beginning with Tchaikovsky’s powerful Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, the evening continues with evocative arias by Gounod, Verdi, Puccini, and others, highlighting Avery’s vocal range and expressiveness. The performance concludes with Prokofiev’s selections from Romeo and Juliet, finishing a night replete with the most impassioned pieces of classical music.

Your Youngstown Symphony Presents Shakespeare In Love: Romeo & Juliet

Stambaugh Auditorium

Join the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a Valentine’s night to remember, featuring some of the most romantic pieces of music ever written, from the worlds of film, opera and classical music – performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Enjoy well-known themes from Spartacus, Out of Africa, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Doctor Zhivago, much-loved classics by Tchaikovsky, Bizet and Bruch’s Violin Concerto performed by Irene Duval.

Valentine’s Gala

Royal & Derngate

Celebrate Valentine’s weekend with the symphony! Enjoy a favorite from the Romantic era, Dvořák Cello Concerto performed by the rising star Zlatomir Fung. Experience the magic of Mascagni’s beloved Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana and Stravinsky’s Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss, inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale.

Love Stories

The Palace Theatre Greensburg

Escape with that special someone into a night filled with passion featuring Tchaikovsky's searing "Romeo & Juliet", Massenet's haunting "Meditation" from Thaïs, and a trio of works by influential women composers.

Valentine's Romance

Washington Pavilion

Start your New Year's Eve fireworks in a musical way with us in the Great Hall - with the Konzerthausorchester, our chief conductor Joana Mallwitz, cello soloist Nicolas Altstaedt and festive and cheerful orchestral pieces from Johann Strauss' rousing Fledermaus Overture to Antonín Dvořák's turbulent “Carnival” and Ottorino Respighi's tone poem “Roman Festivals”.

New Year's concert

Kleiner Saal

The Opera Classica Europa ensemble, consisting of international vocal soloists, salon orchestra and chamber choir, presents a varied concert evening with many well-known pieces such as 'Alleluia' from 'Exsultate, jubilate' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 'The Little Sandman and Evening Blessing' from 'Hansel and Gretel' by Engelbert Humperdinck, the 'Intermezzo' from Pietro Mascagni's opera 'Cavalleria rusticana' and 'Panis Angelicus' by César Franck. The concert program is also enriched by popular Christmas carols that invite you to hum along.

Advent concert

Alte Börse Leipzig

Jealousy, two-timing, and revenge unite the back-to-back tragedies of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. Possessiveness, machismo, and rage fuel their bloody conclusions.

Cavalleria Rusticana: On Easter Sunday, Alfio discovers his wife Lola has rekindled her old romance with Turiddu.

Pagliacci: Just before a performance of his traveling circus troupe, clown Canio discovers the infidelity of his wife Nedda.

 Cavalleria Rusticana/ Pagliacci

Benedum Center for the Performing Arts

Casco Phil is present for an accessible concert packed with beloved classics. A few highlights have been selected from the heyday of symphonic music, which together form an anthology of the best that orchestral literature has to offer. From the enchanting Morgenstimmung by Grieg and Pavane by Fauré, to the Spanish fire of De Falla's Danza Ritual del Fuego, to the lurid Intermezzo from Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana, Casco Phil traverses almost the entire emotional spectrum in a bird's eye view. In addition, we are looking forward to two solo works: the beautiful Romance No. 2 by Beethoven and the devilishly difficult Polonaise de Concert by Wieniawski. Rino Yoshimoto, a Japanese violinist from the ranks of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, invites her audience to an evening full of memorable melodies, intimate lyricism and symphonic splendor. 

Festival Of Zeeuwsch-vlaanderen

Scheldetheater

Die Münchner Symphoniker verzaubern mit „Viva Italia!“, ein Programm das die Herzen aller Musikliebhaber höher schlagen lässt. Sorgfältig ausgewählte Ausschnitte aus herausragenden Werken der Opernliteratur versprechen ein Schwelgen in Emotionen. Dieses Konzert ist nicht nur eine Vorführung von unvergänglichen Opernwerken, sondern auch eine Hommage an die Einzigartigkeit und zeitlose Schönheit der Opernkunst. Réka Kristóf singt Opernarien von Rossini, Bellini, Puccini und Verdi, mit denen die legendäre, griechische Sopranistin Maria Callas zu Weltruhm gelangte.

Viva Italia!

Congress Center Villach

It’s Mascagni’s homage to Rossini and to the Italian opera buffa and commedia dell’arte traditions. It was premiered simultaneously in six Italian opera houses but, apart from Rome, the reception was subdued. While it has often been held that Mascagni was a ‘one opera man’ who could never repeat the success of Cavalleria rusticana, this verdict has already been debunked by Wexford’s four previous Mascagni productions, most recently Guglielmo Ratcliff in 2015.

Le maschere

National Opera House

Firecracker conductor Nil Venditti will lead us in this gala of operatic favourites. From Bizet’s iconic and seductive Carmen, to Donizetti’s yearningly romantic O mio Fernando, journeying via Puccini’s dramatically passionate and soaring Preludio Sinfonico and Mascagni’s hymnal Intermezzo Cavalleria there is something for everyone to enjoy.

Opera & Elgar with BBC NOW

NPTC Group of Colleges - Newtown College

Join us for a magical evening at the "Concert on the Lawn" hosted by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. This enchanting event is set to take place on Sunday, June 9, 2024, at 8:30 PM, promising a kickoff to your summer that you won't forget.

The concert will feature a delightful POPS performance under the starlit sky, with a repertoire that includes familiar and beloved pieces such as "Eleanor Rigby," "The Magnificent Seven," "Hoe Down from Rodeo," and many more. It's an opportunity to enjoy some of the most recognizable tunes in a picturesque setting, as the sun sets and the stars come out to shine.

To make the evening even more special, Frios Gourmet Pops will be on-site, offering a selection of COOL summer treats for everyone to enjoy. With options that cater to dairy and gluten-free preferences, and accepting cash, card, and digital payments, there's something for everyone to indulge in.

Guests are encouraged to bring their own seating, with blankets or folding camp chairs recommended, to settle in comfortably for the concert. Please note that RSVP is required to secure your FREE concert ticket, ensuring your spot at this not-to-be-missed summer event.

The concert will take place at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, located at 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107. A parking map will be provided to assist attendees.

The evening's program will feature works by Rossini, Aaron Copland, Leroy Anderson, arrangements of The Beatles, Elmer Bernstein, Pietro Mascagni, Charles Ives, Alan Schulman, John Williams, Bob Mathews, and John Philip Sousa, showcasing a wide range of musical styles and eras. The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of conductor Taichi Fukumura, is set to deliver a performance that will captivate and entertain audiences of all ages.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to experience music and community in the beautiful setting of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. RSVP now to ensure your place at the "Concert on the Lawn" and prepare for an unforgettable start to your summer.

Concert on the Lawn

Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Westphalian Music Festival Hamm

Sattel-Fest Hamm 20. Juli 25

Internationally-acclaimed Tenor Eric Fennell makes his SPSO debut featuring some of the most beloved moments from the operas of Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti and more!  Allow yourself to be serenaded by this unforgettable music.

Concert IV: Tenor Eric Fennell in Concert

Calvary Baptist Church

Grammy Award-nominated soprano Chelsea Basler continues to make her mark on an extensive array of operatic roles with her unique combination of vocal appeal and artistry. Praied for her "luminous voice" with its "easy soaring range," she has been noted for her "wonderful acting" and declared "simply superb" by Opera Today. In the spring of 2019, Ms. Basler appeared with the Boston Lyric Opera as Moira in Poultries Ruder's The Handmaid's Tale and made a company debut with Boston Midsummer opera as Clorinda in La Cenerentola. In the fall of 2019, Ms. Basler joined the Metropolitan Opera roster, covering Pousette in Manon. Her other roles include Micaëla in Carmen, the High Priestess in Aida, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, Glasha in Katya Kabonova, and the title role of Carlisle Floyd's Susannah.

A Night at the Opera

Bishop McVinney Auditorium

SPO Special Concert 2024

Enjoy familiar opera choruses, orchestral interludes and arias from favorite composers like Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, Rossini, and Wagner. Our award-winning cast includes soprano Jasmine Habersham, mezzo-soprano Laurel Semerdjian, tenor Miles Mykkanen, and baritone Jarrett Ott, along with the Syracuse University Oratorio Society and The Syracuse Orchestra!

Opera's Greatest Hits

The Oncenter Civic Center Theaters

A Night At The Opera

Mt Olive Lutheran Church

The passionate melody and lyrics of arias, duets, trios, and choruses by Mozart, Bizet, Puccini, Verdi, Masagni, and Wagner come to life when the South Bend Lyric Opera and Vesper Chorale join the Symphony for this dynamic performance.

Symphony Orchestra

The University of Texas at Austin

Sinfonia Romantika

Atonement Lutheran Church

Faculty Concert

Pasadena Conservatory of Music

Experience the intense drama of "Cavalleria Rusticana," a masterpiece by Pietro Mascagni, brought to life in a series of performances that promise to captivate and move audiences. Set against the backdrop of a small Sicilian village in the late 19th century, this powerful opera, performed in Italian with English supertitles, tells a tale of love, betrayal, and redemption that unfolds during the Easter festivities.

Join us on March 2, 3, 9, & 10, 2024, with a special free performance featuring piano on February 27, 2024. Each performance begins at 3 PM, with an additional evening show on March 9 at 7 PM. Under the baton of Scott Jackson Wiley and staged by Sabrina Palladino, the opera features a talented cast led by Sara Beth Pearson, Dilara Unsal, and Lara Tillotson as Santuzza, and Christopher Trapani, Paolo Buffagni, and Giwooung Kim as Turiddu, among others.

The event will open with a Mozart Concerto, adding a classical touch to the already rich musical experience. Whether you're drawn to the allegro aperto of the Oboe Concerto in C or the allegro maestoso of the Flute Concerto in G, these performances by Ellen Gruber and Richard Paratley are not to be missed.

Tickets are available online, offering a chance to immerse yourself in the emotional depth and musical brilliance of "Cavalleria Rusticana." Don't miss this opportunity to witness a timeless story of passion and vengeance, brought to life through Mascagni's unforgettable score.

Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

The WVS will reach for the grease paint once again in an orchestral salute to 19th century opera. You don’t want to miss this one!

Orchestra Bon Bons From Favorite Operas

The Vista Center for the Arts

La Mer: an endless source of inspiration for artists from Claude Debussy to Charles Trenet. It really doesn’t have to be the Côte d’Azur or the Mediterranean coasts. Ostend was Europe’s leading seaside town in the late 19th century. A place where you could enjoy sun, sea and beach. Where one could parade among the beau monde. Where you could simultaneously listen and be seen at the Kursaal’s renowned concerts and recitals. They had the very greatest conductors and composers on the rostrum and the largest stars in classical music were visiting… and one James Sidney Edouard Ensor was in the loyal audience. The quirky painter was a loyal guest at the Théâtre Royale d’Ostende.

Caruso & Friends | Ensor Festival

Kursaal Oostende

Helmed by Anne Marie Ketchum, who is celebrating forty consecutive years as Artistic Director of the organization, Cavalleria Rusticana will star award-winning mezzo soprano Audrey Babcock as Santuzza, tenor Todd Wilander as Turiddu, who comes to the production direct from the Metropolitan Opera, and renowned baritone Roberto Perlas Gómez, who, with over 100 roles to his credit, has performed extensively throughout the United States. The Verdi Chorus, the only choral group in Southern California that focuses primarily on the dramatic and diverse music for opera chorus, will join the opera.

Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana is considered the first verismo opera, which is focused not on mythological figures, or kings and queens, but of the much earthier daily struggles and emotions of men and women. And it depicts the emotionally charged, and sometimes violent situations that can result. According to Opera Online, “Cavalleria Rusticana, which could be translated as “rustic chivalry,” is characterised by the extreme simplicity of its plot in which fits of jealousy clash with the exaltation of honour. Mascagni was able to retain all the power of a bloody news story. Verdi himself, after hearing the work, said ‘I can die in peace.’”

First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica

Please note: San Francisco will be hosting the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit this week. Street and highway closures will cause delays in transit into and out of the SFCM area. Please plan accordingly in attending our concerts this week, as we do hope to see you in the audience! For those of you who cannot make it to the concerts, SFCM will be livestreaming most concerts for the week

SFCM Fall Opera

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Sicily, 1900. A beautiful place with a passionate underbelly. The perfect setting for Pietro Mascagni’s legendary Cavalleria rusticana, a compelling story of love and betrayal. Turiddu and Lola have happily rekindled their old love, but Lola’s husband finds out, and Santuzza feels betrayed, all with dire consequences. Conductor James Gaffigan brings an international reputation as an opera conductor, and he tells this tale with white-hot intensity. 

Opera in Concert: Cavalleria rusticana

Stifel Theatre

Cavalleria Rusticana. Mascagni’s most loved opera that evolves in a domestic drama in a Sicilian village of love, betrayal, jealousy and death. Great melodies and one of the most beautiful Intermezzo (musical intermission) ever written. A young man Turiddu is in love with his friend’s wife Lola before departing for the army. At his return he promises to marry Santuzza a villager girl pregnant by Turiddu while he still secretly sees Lola while her husband Alfio is out of town for work. Santuzza offended by the betrayal encounters Lola’s husband to tell him all about Turiddu and his wife. That bring to revenge, honor recovery and drama.

Suor Angelica. One of Puccini’s Tryptic that includes Il Tabarro and Gianni Schicchi is a true gem of musical drama of a young woman later called Suor Angelica (Sister Angelica) a daughter of a noble Florentine family, has spent the last seven years in the seclusion of a convent as punishment for her sin. Having become an expert at crafting herbal remedies, her true, hidden desire is to hear from her family once again, and to gather news of her illegitimate son whom she has not seen since his birth and her banishment. She is being stripped of her wealth and inheritance rights forced by her aunt The Principessa (The princess) Finally dies by poisoning herself with the vision of her son walking to her before dying while a celestial chorus of angels is heard.

Cavalleria Rusticana and Suor Angelica

Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center

Join the Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra for an unforgettable evening at the Numerica Performing Arts Center on November 4, 2023, as we present "Concert II: Hooray for Hollywood." This special concert celebrates the magic of movie music, featuring some of Hollywood's greatest composers and their unforgettable soundtracks that have captivated audiences around the world.

Experience the jazzy escapades of John Williams' music from "Catch Me If You Can," the electronic depth of Hans Zimmer's "Time" from "Inception," the whimsical tunes of Michael Giacchino from "Up," and the movie musical style of Justin Hurwitz for "La La Land." In addition to these modern masterpieces, the concert will also pay homage to the use of classical music in film, with works by legendary composers such as Richard Wagner, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Pietro Mascagni serving as aural backdrops in cinema.

The program includes a diverse range of music, from Alfred Newman's iconic 20th Century Fox Fanfare to Scott Bradley's memorable scores for "Tom and Jerry" at MGM, showcasing the orchestra's versatility and the wide-reaching influence of movie music. Special guest artist Kendra Wheeler will also be featured, adding an extra layer of excitement to the performance.

Don't miss this opportunity to relive the magic of the movies through their scores, which have become as iconic as the films themselves. Tickets are available now for this celebration of Hollywood's musical genius. Join us for an evening of great fun and unforgettable melodies that have shaped the cinematic experience.

Hooray for Hollywood!

Numerica Performing Arts Center

Studio Recitals feature students who all study with the same faculty instructor. These young artists represent their studio with a program curated by their teacher.

Voice Students of César Ulloa

Taken from newspaper headlines, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci are two tragic tales of love, infidelity, and betrayal juxtaposing in the lives of ordinary people — emotionally intense, passionate, and dramatic.

Pagliacci with Cavalleria Rusticana

Blumenthal Performing Arts Center

Be transported to another time and place as you listen to the Chamber Orchestra's first ever performance in the new Conrad Prebys Theatre at SDSU's Performing Arts District.

Setting the Scene - SDSU Chamber Orchestra

San Diego State University

Turiddu returns from war to find his love, Lola, married to another. In a scheme to induce jealousy, he seduces Santuzza. As swiftly as she is beguiled, Santuzza is discarded while Turiddu begins an affair with his old flame. After the conclusion of Easter Mass, passions erupt and expose the ugliness of jealousy. With stirring melodies as iconic as the story, Cavalleria rusticana reveals the consequences of infidelity and the lengths we might go to for revenge.

Composer

Pietro Mascagni

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 14, 2026

Valentine's Day Concert · Düsseldorfer Symphoniker

14 - 15 Feb, 2026

Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia - Masterworks 3 - Romance · Charlottesville Symphony

Feb 15 - Mar 1, 2026

Cavalleria Rusticana | Pagliacci · Opera San Jose

Mar 14, 2026

An Evening Concert with Duo · Grand Rapids Symphony

Mar 26, 2026

Opera without words · Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Feb 4, 2026

An Evening with Nicola Benedetti · The Royal Conservatory of Music

5 - 6 Jan, 2026

Thirteenth Day Concert · Norrlandsoperan

About

Pietro Mascagni hasn't added a bio