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A concert like none other! Maestro Adam Flatt welcomes performance poet Frank Oden to share the stage with the Newport Symphony Orchestra!

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Listening for Shakespeare

Newport Performing Arts Center

The Shakespeare Festival is back, showcasing all things tragic. From the Merry Wives of Windsor to the story of star-crossed lovers, emotions run high in a Prokofiev double feature. Conductor Dane Lam leads selections from the composer's ballet Romeo and Juliet, and Gramophone Young Artist of the Year, violinist Stella Chen, performs Violin Concerto No. 2.

Shakespeare Festival: Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet

Blaisdell Concert Hall

Otto Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor (Die lustigen Weiber Von Windsor) is a German adaptation of Shakespeare’s beloved play, Falstaff, telling the story of notorious drunkard and womanizer Sir John Falstaff and his attempts to woo two married women. After receiving identical letters from Falstaff suggesting illicit affairs, Frau Fluth and Frau Reich decide to teach him a well-deserved lesson and prove their fidelity to their husbands. At the same time, the Reich’s youngest daughter must thwart her parent’s plans to marry her off.

Join us for K-State Opera's 2026 production, and celebrating the retirment of Dr. Reginald Pittman, K-State's Director of Opera since 1997.

Merry Wives of Windsor

Kansas State University

The Dance Festival continues with a remarkable fusion of music and movement, led by Andreas Delfs. The evening begins with the lively overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor before piano virtuoso Jean-Yves Thibaudet takes on a thrilling world premiere by Aaron Jay Kernis (Voices of Today commission). Rochester City Ballet then brings Shakespeare’s greatest love story to life in Delfs’ own arrangement of Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet Suite. Passion, finesse, and drama take center stage!

RPO: Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Rochester City Ballet

Eastman Theatre

DANCE FESTIVAL: Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Rochester City Ballet

“As You Like It” brings a playful spin to Gulfshore Opera concert series, combining the wit and romance of Shakespeare with beloved selections from opera and Broadway. Audiences will enjoy highlights from Romeo & Juliet, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Othello, alongside showstoppers from Kiss Me, Kate, West Side Story, and more! It’s a fresh, fun evening where timeless tales and toe-tapping tunes come together—perfect for fans of the stage and the Bard alike.

As You Like It Concert

St Leo Catholic Church

It couldn't be more Christmassy! The anticipation of the upcoming holidays is audible in this concert full of Christmas tunes, sleigh rides, and Christmas wishes. The focus is on the music for Erich Wolfgang Korngold's fairytale ballet "The Snowman": Colombine and her admirer Pierrot attempt to escape from the clutches of Uncle Pantaloon – and succeed with the help of a snowman. The story is narrated. Finally, things get particularly festive with Otto Nicolai's Christmas Overture, featuring ever-changing variations of the chorale "Vom Himmel hoch."

Christmas & Fairy Tales

Berliner Philharmonie

The Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra plays the historical program of the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra from March 29, 1945.


Music in Times of War

Bremer Philharmoniker

New Year's Concert

Globana Trade Center Leipzig/Halle

Halle Opera House

Standesamt Merseburg

Sir John Falstaff, everyone's favourite Shakespearean sleazeball, has fallen on hard times. In order to fix his finances he plans to seduce the wives of two wealthy merchants. But, wise to his wily ways, the ladies take the opportunity to punish Falstaff by playing a series of hilarious tricks on the nincompoop knight.

The Merry Wives of Windsor - The Pantaloons

Blackfriars Arts Centre

Neuruppin Summer Classic Open Air

Monastery Church of St. Trinitatis

Join us in the Coade Theatre to celebrate our 50th anniversary year with an unforgettable Gala Concert compèred by renowned writer and radio presenter Natalie Wheen. At the orchestra podium, conductors Jose Miguel Esandi, Jeremy Carnall and Sonia Ben-Santamaria, will take you on a journey through a spectacular selection of music featuring soloists Brindley Sherratt, Anna Patalong and Letitia Vitelaru, emerging artists and the wall of sound Dorset Opera Festival Chorus.

50th Anniversary Gala Concert

Bryanston School

Today’s programme begins with the overture to Otto Nicolai's The Merry Wives of Windsor, based on Shakespeare’s comedy of the same name. Masquerades and mischief-makers steal the show, duplicitous suitors fall foul of plotting friends, and a late-night wedding celebration rounds off the madness under a gleaming full moon.

An afternoon at the opera with the BBC Philharmonic

MediaCityUK

Ashley Chiang, French Horn

The Juilliard School

Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker bring 2026 to a close with wit and irony. The programme is framed by the overtures to Otto Nicolai’s Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor and Johann Strauss’s Der Zigeunerbaron. Dmitri Shostakovich’s Concerto for Piano and Trumpet offers a brilliant parody of the concerto genre, with Alexander Malofeev – making his Philharmoniker debut – and principal trumpet David Guerrier as soloists. Sergei Prokofiev’s “Classical” Symphony is an affectionate play on the traditions of Viennese style, while Richard Strauss’s tone poem Till Eulenspiegel portrays its eponymous hero with a knowing wink and a taste for the grotesque.

New Year’s Eve Concert with Kirill Petrenko and Alexander Malofeev

Berliner Philharmoniker

Wit, sparkle, and rhythmic flair take center stage. Nicolai's effervescent Merry Wives of Windsor Overture opens the festivities, followed by Bohme's spirited Russian Dance featuring SSO principal trumpet Nathan Sobieralski. The program culminates in Stravinsky's colorful Petrouchka, a dazzling orchestral masterpiece bursting with drama and Russian flair.

Composer

Otto Nicolai

Events

Upcoming events

29 - 31 Dec, 2026

New Year’s Eve Concert with Kirill Petrenko and Alexander Malofeev · Berliner Philharmoniker

Feb 20, 2027

Dances of Delights · Sequoia Symphony Orchestra

Past events

21 - 22 Mar, 2026

Listening for Shakespeare · Newport Symphony Orchestra

Mar 19, 2026

Shakespeare Festival: Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet · Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra

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