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Czech Chamber Music Society • Alinde Quintet

Rudolfinum

Themes of power, revenge, and the supernatural make Shakespeare’s Macbeth a natural prospect for operatic treatment. Unlike the questionably loose Shakespeare adaptations from earlier in the century, Verdi and Piave’s Macbeth is one of the first Italian operas to engage directly with the original.

From the raucous witches (here magnified into a chorus) to the machinations and ravings of Lady Macbeth to a terrifying vision of Banquo’s ghost and his royal line, Verdi’s music more than rises to the dramatic challenges. This promises to be a thrilling evening for Verdians and Shakespeare lovers alike.

Verdi’s Macbeth

Cadogan Hall 

Violin virtuoso Akiko Suwanai joins Kahchun Wong for Tchaikovsky’s characterful Violin Concerto. After winning the International Tchaikovsky Competition at the age of 18, Akiko Suwanai has become a violinist of global acclaim. Following a strident opening with the overture from Verdi’s opera The Force of Destiny, her performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is sure to be a highlight. Spirited and technically demanding, the work is a real showcase for the instrument. Mendelssohn wrote his Fourth Symphony after a trip to Italy in 1830. The work is a series of affectionate musical impressions of the country, each movement evoking Mediterranean sunshine, rolling countryside and monumental architecture.

The Hallé – Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

The Bridgewater Hall

After winning the International Tchaikovsky Competition at the age of 18, Akiko Suwanai has become a violinist of global acclaim. Following a strident opening with the overture from Verdi’s opera The Force of Destiny, her performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is sure to be a highlight. Spirited and technically demanding, the work is a real showcase for the instrument.

Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

"Day of wrath, that terrible day." So begins the medieval se­quence that lies at the heart of Verdi's Requiem. Verdi's depic­tion of the Day of Judgment, and of man's terror, as well as fortitude, in the face of it, is as viscerally charged and dramati­cally poignant as any scene from the greatest of his operas. The sacred and the secular meet in this most unusual of requiems. Verdi was not a religious man. He was acutely attuned to suffering in this world but not much concerned about what might come after. The four eloquent singers - one is tempted to say "protagonists" declaim the words of the mass, but not as if preaching the word of the Lord. Rather, they depict, with sometimes harrowing explicitness, the very human reactions that they have to those words. Of all the really famous religious works of the past, the Verdi Requiem is perhaps the one most in tune with the temper of our times."

VERDI Concert

Boston Symphony Hall

A Voyage of Discovery and Fate

Albert Hall Conference Centre

At the age of almost 80, Giuseppe Verdi, who had already achieved mythical status, once again achieved sensational success with this opera. Using the brilliant libretto of the much younger Arrigo Boito as a starting point, he created a masterpiece of comic opera after five decades of tragic works. Although it is based on the same material as Otto Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, Verdi succeeded in writing a distinct, subversive version of the comedy.

Falstaff

Bebelplatz

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

Ettinger Grigorian

San Carlo Theatre

2. Philharmonic Evening

Graz Congress

Each season ticket purchase will provide you with one ticket to each of the upcoming six concerts of the season. If there is a concert you cannot attend, we can either donate your ticket to a student/veteran or provide you with extra tickets to a different concert date.

The Great New World Symphony

La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church

Giuseppe Verdi sends his protagonist Rigoletto on an emotional rollercoaster ride between feigned hilarity, honest paternal love and human abysses. Director Ute M. Engelhardt takes a look behind the facade of the joker and into the maw of the brutalised society in which the title hero finds himself. On the podium: chief conductor Vassilis Christopoulos, who once again devotes himself to a Verdi opera after his gripping interpretation of Macbeth.

Rigoletto

Oper Graz

Cycle Two: Echoes Of Triumph

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Arizona

DesertView Performing Arts Center

Verdi based his opera La Traviata on Alexandre Dumas' novel The Lady of the Camellias about the courtesan Marie Duplessis. In the opera, she is called Violetta and lives a carefree life, being courted by rich men. But Violetta is also seriously ill.

La Traviata - The Jutland Opera

Aalborg Central Waterfront

Set in Renaissance Italy, this famous and beloved tragedy from composer Giuseppe Verdi is a dramatic tale of love, betrayal, and revenge that centers on Rigoletto, the hunchbacked jester for the morally corrupt and womanizing Duke of Mantua. Rigoletto’s latest jest at the expense of the Duke and his guests spurs a vendetta that consumes the jester’s life. Featuring a renowned cast, this is opera at its finest, filled with familiar tunes like “La donna è mobile,” “Questa o quella,” & “Caro nome,” and a story that will leave you breathless. See why this masterpiece has electrified audiences for generations with its compelling drama, historic relevance, and powerful music!

Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts

Verdi’s Requiem

Paramount Theatre Oakland

Men don't fall in love with courtesans! That's the opinion of Alfredo's father after his son moves in with the mortally ill Violetta Valéry. In her love for Alfredo Violetta even agrees. She leaves him, dies poor, ill – still dreaming of the happiness of true love. One of Verdi's most beloved operas continues to hold the mirror up to society and its hypocritical morality. An exemplary production! See it!

La Traviata

Max-Joseph-Platz

A political drama about a bloody seizure of power, namely the rise and terrible fall of the Scottish military leader Macbeth and his wife, are at the heart of Verdi’s opera, based on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. Barrie Kosky's production is «an aesthetic milestone in the work’s reception» (NZZ). It radically concentrates on the protagonists’ inner perspective in a ghostly jet-black stage space. Gianandrea Noseda navigates Verdi’s bold score. Roman Burdenko and Ekaterina Semenchuk sing the roles of the couple shattered by fears and madness.

Macbeth

Zurich Opera House

The somewhat down-and-out knight Falstaff, who is blessed with self-confidence, makes his way in life as a man of action and searches for money and amorous adventures. He may not be successful, but Falstaff always wins the hearts of the audience. Conclusion of the cheerfully witty opera:"Everything is fun on earth!"

Vienna State Opera

When the young heir falls for the good-hearted party girl, the path of love starts with romance and tenderness but ends in tragedy. La traviata (“The Fallen Woman”) sweeps you into a world where society’s judgments clash with the deepest human emotions, where passion struggles against rigid demands of family and honor. Violetta, a celebrated courtesan, dares to reach for true love in a world that denies her the right to it. Renowned director Francesca Zambello highlights the emotional depth of Verdi’s masterpiece, a score that pulses with dramatic intensity and tenderness.

La traviata

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Opera’s most powerful moments come alive as wcfsymphony partners with the Met Chorale, directed by Ryan Occeña, and Bel Canto Cedar Valley, directed by Alice Reid Pruisner, to bring the genre’s greatest choruses to the concert stage. From Verdi’s La Traviata to Mozart’s Magic Flute and beyond, this unforgettable evening of opera’s greatest hits will fill the hall with energy, emotion, and the strength of many voices singing as one.

Opera For All!

Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center

The Republic of Genoa is split into two camps headed by their respective arch rivals, Simon Boccanegra and Fiesco, who have been at loggerheads for decades. Yet the two men are connected by a long-dead woman – Fiesco’s daughter, the lover of Simon – who bore Simon a daughter named Amelia, who in turn vanished into care as an infant. When Amelia reappears 25 years later, she becomes a pawn in a power struggle that eventually claims Simon. The original version of SIMON BOCCANEGRA, which premiered in 1857, is one of Verdi’s explorations into the dichotomy between public actions and private urges. Here, the stark differences between the two old men, Simon and Fiesco, set the stage for suspicion, conspiracy and assassination – with little prospect of a happy end. And not even the victory of one side can guarantee a lasting peace.

Simon Boccanegra

Deutsche Oper Berlin

For the first time in over a decade, this iconic Verdi opera returns to Kentucky Opera. Immerse yourself in the world of Violetta, a determined and famed courtesan, who abandons everything for love.  

Kentucky Opera

Get ready for a grand tour of Europe with beloved travel expert Rick Steves as your guide. Rick Steves’ Symphonic Europe is a one-of-a-kind concert event that combines breathtaking symphonic music with stunning video from Rick’s acclaimed PBS travel series—projected above the orchestra in high-definition and synchronized live with the music.

From the noble beauty of Elgar and the rhapsodic sweep of Smetana’s The Moldau to the joyful grandeur of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy and the iconic charm of Strauss’s Emperor Waltz, each piece in this globe-trotting program evokes a different place, tradition, or cultural landmark. Rick Steves appears on screen throughout the concert, sharing personal insights and stories that deepen the audience’s connection to each work and destination.

Rick Steves’ Symphonic Europe

Ford Community & Performing Arts Center

Verdi’s Requiem with the Nashville Symphony Chorus

Shermerhorn Symphony Center

Two peoples find themselves in the barbaric grip of war after Nabucco and his troops attack Jerusalem. The Babylonian ruler and Zaccaria, the leader of the Hebrews, do not budge an inch from their opposing viewpoints in this profound conflict, while the daily grind of war continues to bring new suffering to both peoples. The seemingly hopeless conflict does not even stop at their own families: Zaccaria holds Nabucco's favorite daughter Fenena hostage, while she has long since changed sides out of love for Ismaele and lives among the enemy people. Nabucco's other daughter, Abigaille, envies her sister's happiness and her father's throne and forges disastrous plans...

Nabucco

Theater Duisburg

German Oper am Rhein

A concert filled with joyful singing! Follow along on a journey of discovery through the alphabet, with popular songs by Kerstin Andeby from A to Ö – performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Brunnsbo Music Classes. For ages 6-9.

School concert: Maja’s Alphabet Songs

 Verdi wrote the opera La Traviata in 1853,  based on Alexandre Dumas' novel The Lady of the Camellias about the courtesan Marie Duplessis. The novel, as well as Verdi's opera, has since been the basis for many interpretations, such as the films  Pretty Woman  and  Moulin Rouge  , as well as a long series of ballets, novels and plays. The woman's decline and her apparent lack of moral compass have always fascinated.

The Jutland Opera / La Traviata

The Royal Danish Theatre

War, flight, hatred and revenge characterize the grand portrait that Giuseppe Verdi created in «La forza del destino». Amid this unpredictable interplay of forces, Leonora and Alvaro search for each other, fight for their love, experience persecution, find refuge in faith, and are crushed by inexorable fate. Director Valentina Carrascothe Catalan, who was a member of the Catalan theater collective La Fura dels Baus, uses Verdi’s monumental scenes as an opportunity to question the values of war and peace in the 21st century, creating a dystopian fantasy. Anna Netrebko returns to Zurich as Leonora. General Music Director Gianandrea Noseda is on the podium.

The strength of destiny

La traviata opens Opera Colorado’s 2025-26 Season, inviting audiences to discover why it remains one of the most beloved operas of all time. Violetta is a courtesan who gives up everything for the man she loves, only to face a tragic fate. Set against the backdrop of glamorous 1850s Paris, La traviata is filled with unforgettable melodies, including the rousing “Drinking Song” and the sorrowful “Addio, del passato.” Don’t miss this poignant tale of love, sacrifice, and redemption, brought to life with Verdi’s exquisite music.

Denver Performing Arts Complex

The well known tragic love story between the high-class coutesan Violetta and Alfredo, son of a respected Parisian family. With Alfredo the beautiful high-class courtesan Violetta finally finds true love. After a brief spell of happiness enjoyed together Alfredo's father manages, nevertheless, to convince Violetta of the social damage this relationship causes his family. In desperation, she leaves Alfredo and throws herself into the Parisian demimonde with disastrous effects on her health,already ravaged by consumption. Reconciliation comes too late.

The wrong way

Volksoper Wien

The one who has strayed from the right path – that is Violetta Valéry, who leads a life as a noble courtesan in Paris between splendor and misery. Everything is mere play and illusion, even love, until Alfredo Germont awakens true feelings in her. Happiness, however, is a rare visitor and only short-lived: Violetta, suffering from consumption, is first humiliated and then, after a final flicker of vitality, expires.

Violins whisper like the wind on a stormy night, the brass section pierces through the orchestra like flashes of lightning, and cellos and basses tremble, spreading unease… In just a few bars, certain pieces conjure an atmosphere perfectly suited to a time of year when terror and death are embraced rather than feared. Under the baton of Naomi Woo, Liszt’s diabolical Mephisto Waltz, Mussorgsky’s haunting Night on Bald Mountain, Verdi’s enchanting Witches’ Dance from Macbeth and Augusta Holmès’s epic Andromeda bring timeless stories and legends to life.

Symphonic Spells

Mercier Public Library

Paroisse Notre Dame de l'Annonciation

Place des Arts

Paroisse St-Joachim de Pointe-Claire

In 1853, Verdi wrote the opera  La Traviata  based on Alexandre Dumas' novel The Lady of the Camellias about the courtesan Marie Duplessis.


The novel, as well as Verdi's opera, has since been the basis for many interpretations, such as the films  Pretty Woman  and  Moulin Rouge  , as well as a wide range of ballets, novels and plays. The woman's decline and her apparent lack of moral compass have always fascinated.

Verdi lived with the soprano Giuseppina Strepponi for 15 years before they married in 1859. She already had two children out of wedlock with two different men. Like Violetta and Alfredo, they also experienced the judgment of society. It even went so far that Verdi broke off contact with his parents in order to live with the woman he loved.

Verdi's “La Traviata” with the Danish National Opera

Alsion Concert Hall

Comwell Kolding

Esbjerg Music Hall

The tragic tale of a father’s desperate love for his daughter—and the dangerous double-edged sword of vengeance—set against a backdrop of decadence and dark intrigue.

Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Nearly two hundred people on stage, live horses, a grand set, and lavish costumes – Mark Weiss's Nabucco is a total spectacle, a true synthesis of the arts. "Opera isn't made like that anymore" – all the more reason to see it. It's a historical production in the strict sense – as a staple of the National Opera, in the repertoire since 1992, but also because the director consciously crafted his project as if Verdi's contemporaries had done it, emphasizing monumentality and additional, almost circus-like attractions. Musically, this early Verdi work is atypical, somewhere between an opera and an oratorio, because the real protagonist is the chorus. Its constant presence is crowned by " Va pensiero," the most famous choral aria in history, audible and overwhelming here, all the more so because it's sung against the backdrop of the lowered Iron Curtain (the Wailing Wall is projected onto it), which amplifies and echoes the sounds. The director himself intended his work as a pastiche of 19th-century opera, which justifies the clash of "high and low" – Nebuchadnezzar's horse-drawn aria, as tradition would have it, often sends shivers not only through the audience but also through the animal itself, which, so to speak, releases its tension, and the desert scenery is enriched with yet another prop, from a distance resembling small hamada stones.

Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera

Verdi’s timeless masterpiece tells the heartbreaking story of Violetta, a glamorous courtesan who sacrifices everything for love. Filled with sweeping melodies, romantic grandeur, and devastating drama, La Traviata is a poignant portrait of passion, society, and redemption. Since its premiere, it has stood the test of time as one of the greatest operas ever written. Verdi’s lush, emotionally charged score continues to captivate audiences, bringing new life to this deeply human story with every performance.

NDSU Challey School of Music

Follow the story of Violetta - a high-class courtesan in 19th-century Paris - and her passionate love affair with Alfredo, a young nobleman. Despite their developing romance, the relationship is soon put under pressure as societal expectations, misunderstandings and illness threaten to tear them apart - ultimately leading to a heart breaking conclusion.

Lesher Center for the Arts

Opera for everyone: BMW Classics Concert

Sportanlage Sendling-Westpark

A very special anniversary concert awaits the audience this Sunday: 35 years have passed since German reunification! To mark this anniversary, Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony will be performed exactly 201 years after it was composed. Under the direction of renowned conductor Elisabeth Fuchs, the Philharmonie Salzburg will perform Verdi’s overture to »La forza del destino« to kick off the event.

Anniversary concert: 35 years of German unity

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

CONCERT CHOIR LGV NÜRNBERG - Verdi's Requiem

Meistersinger Hall

Beethoven grasps the whole, round, complex human nature within himself. Never has a musician known more and experienced more of the harmony of the spheres, the harmony of God's nature, than Beethoven.

Beethoven's Ninth in the Elbphilharmonie

Le Trouvère is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi, a French version of Il Trovatore. The story is about two brothers, separated at birth under tragic circumstances, who unknowingly become enemies. Manrico, has been raised as a troubadour, while the other, Count di Luna, grows up as a nobleman. Their rivalry leads to war, love triangles, and a tragic ending when one brother accidentally orders the execution of the other. They do not realise they are brothers until much later. Their rivalry becomes deadly, especially as both fall in love with the same woman, Leonora.

Le Trouvère

National Opera House

What would opera be without its unforgettable arias? La Traviata , Romeo and Juliet , The Barber of Seville … These melodies that inhabit us, these emotions that transport us, are at the heart of this exceptional concert. Under the inspired baton of Marco Crispo, the Montpellier Orchestra, accompanied by the Opera Choir, invites us to rediscover the greatest masterpieces of the Franco-Italian lyric repertoire. Soprano Sheva Tehoval, dazzling with virtuosity and expressiveness, will bring to life the moving arias that make the magic of opera. A festive concert accessible to all, with these timeless arias that you will find yourself humming when you get home!

Revise your lyrical classics

Opéra Comédie

Verdi’s masterwork Il trovatore is a tangled web of vengeance, rivalry, and regret. This is grand opera at its most dramatic.

When a gypsy woman is burnt at the stake for allegedly bewitching a child, her daughter, Azucena, swears revenge.

Azucena steals the child’s brother to throw him into the flames of her mother’s burning pyre, however, accidentally throws in her own child. Horrified by her mistake, she brings up the stolen child as her own. This haunting family secret lays the groundwork for Verdi’s tragedy.

Il trovatore

His Majesty's Theatre

Violetta is one of opera's most iconic heroines
. However, the premiere of La Traviata
scandalized the audience with its critique of the bourgeoisie and its vices,
resulting in an initial failure. This work, based on
a contemporary text, anticipates the dramas of the
realist school.
The score shows Verdi at his best:
with dramatically effective music and innovative
in harmony, melody, and rhythm. The prelude is exemplary,
alluding both to Violetta's frivolous life and to the
central themes of love and death. Verdi breaks
musical molds by opening with the image of
the protagonist's death, then moving on to her
suffering, her love for Alfredo, and, finally, the
carefree Parisian party.

Altea Palace

Astoria Cinema Theater

Auditorium and Congress Palace Infanta Doña Elena

CAEM (CYL performing arts center)

Jofre Theatre

León City Auditorium

Paredes Cultural Centre

Principal Theatre of Alicante

Circus Theatre

Alcobendas City Auditorium

Calderón Theater

Amaia Theatre

Falla Theatre

Auditorium & Convention Center The Batel

Theater of Castres

José Luis Perales Auditorium Theatre

Municipal Theater of Fontainebleau

Serrano Theatre

Buero Vallejo's Theatre

Huesca Congress Palace

Theatre of the Vesinet

Breton Theatre, Logroño

Margarita Lozano Auditorium

Le Pin Galant

Romea Theatre

Silo Theatre

Mira Theatre

The Lantern, Rambouillet

Cultural Center of the Palace of the Audience

Palenque Theater

Antonio Pinheiro Municipal Theater

Teulada Auditorium

La Vall d'Uixó Auditorium

El Greco Auditorium

Torrent Auditorium

Enrique de la Cuadra Theater

Olympia Theatre, Valencia

Montansier Theatre

Chapí Theater

Principal Theatre, Zaragoza

If you've never been through these doors, this is the perfect opportunity. Come enjoy a free and exceptional evening: discover a place steeped in history, listen to a live orchestral concert with choir, or simply spend a unique moment with friends. On the evening's program: the "Revise your operatic classics" concert, a food court, competitions... and many other surprises!

Opera for Students

Whether singing, dancing, or instrumental music – you can expect a diverse program in an intimate setting, performed by ensemble members, dancers from the Graz Ballet, members of the Graz Philharmonic, and guests. Admission is free!

Espresso concert

At the now traditional recitals, you will experience internationally renowned singers not in the usual opera productions, but with specially compiled song and aria programs.

Recital Rolando Villazon

Rigoletto wants to protect his daughter Gilda from the abusive Duke at all costs – but his revenge turns into the cruelest of all defeats: It's not the Duke, but Gilda who falls victim. Is this the fulfillment of the gruesome curse imposed on Rigoletto at the beginning? Verdi combines the dark force of a revenge thriller with the tragedy of an unconditional, yet one-sided love – and at the same time creates an explosive political drama, which Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito bring to the fore in their production.

Stuttgart Opera

Otello, black, a stranger and yet having risen to the top of Venetian society through military merit and eloquence, marries the beautiful Desdemona. Naturally, this disturbs those around him. His closest confidant, Iago, instigates a jealous intrigue that leads to Otello killing first his bride and then himself. Arrigo Boito, Verdi's congenial librettist, places Jago's commitment to evil at the center as an equal element to virtue. With recourse to Otello's socially agreed otherness, Iago succeeds in bending the circumstances back into a supposed order by relegating Otello to the bottom of the racialized hierarchy. In collaboration with the renowned British video artist John Akomfrah, Silvia Costa scrutinises the underlying social constructions: Who actually defines from where what is foreign and what is their own, who is worthy and who is discarded?

Otello

Experience an unforgettable performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem – a masterpiece that transcends the traditional boundaries of sacred music. This monumental work is Verdi’s deeply personal response to loss, and a stirring tribute to Italian cultural identity, inspired by the deaths of two great national figures: composer Gioachino Rossini and writer Alessandro Manzoni. With its sweeping drama, haunting beauty, and explosive intensity, Requiem will move your soul and ignite your spirit.

Verdi's Requiem

Heymann Performing Arts Center

“If Falstaff got thinner, what would he be?” Sir John Falstaff loves food, wine and women – and urgently needs cash to pay off his debts. Despite his advanced age, he considers himself an irresistible heartthrob and writes two identical love letters to Mrs Alice Ford and Mrs Meg Page in order to get his hands on their husbands’ money. But the two women see through his plan and begin to play him at his own game ...

Semperoper Dresden

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

Our season opener kicks off with Verdi’s electrifying La Forza del Destino Overture, a masterwork of operatic tension and sweeping emotion, where the power of fate is announced with bold brass and lyrical fervor. Soloist Alexi Kenney then takes the stage with Korngold’s Violin Concerto, a fusion of Romantic concert tradition with the shimmering warmth of Hollywood film music, featuring sweeping melodies, dazzling virtuosity, and heartfelt emotion.

Symphonic Metamorphosis

Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center

The Los Angeles Master Chorale begins its 2025-26 season with TWO TITANS: THE MUSIC OF BEETHOVEN AND VERDI featuring Beethoven’s Mass in C major, Op. 86 and Verdi’s Four Sacred Pieces—monumental works that embody themes of spiritual devotion, human empathy, and the search for solace in times of uncertainty. Beethoven’s Mass in C major, Op. 86, with its grandeur and intricate choral harmonies, reflects a deep sense of reverence and aspiration.

Two Titans | The Music Of Beethoven And Verdi

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Pathétique’ means ‘full of feeling’ and there’s still no better description of the unchained melodies and raw emotion of Tchaikovsky’s extraordinary final symphony. But the same goes for every note of this concert from conductor Pablo González, whether it’s Verdi’s epic drama of love and jealousy in ancient Egypt, or the heartfelt beauty and musical fireworks of Bruch’s hugely popular First Violin Concerto. According to Classic FM, it’s Britain’s favourite romantic violin concerto, and with the ‘soaring and entrancing’ (Bachtrack) Alena Baeva as the soloist, we think you’ll hear why today.

Tchaikovsky’s Sixth

Brighton Dome

Congress Theatre

The Master's program in Wind Orchestra Conducting is a state-of-the-art, comprehensive, and practice-oriented program, and is demonstrated through contemporary original compositions and symphonic arrangements for wind instruments.

Master Recital Blasorchesterleitung

Mozarteum University Salzburg

Violetta Valéry is a noble courtesan in Paris who has "strayed from the path of virtue" and leads a life that oscillates between splendour and misery. For her everything is a game – even love – until Alfredo Germont awakens true feelings in her. But this rare happiness only lasts fleetingly for Violetta, who suffers from tuberculosis, and who is first publicly humiliated before passing away.

Fate & Fury: Beethoven’s Fifth

Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center

From the hushed opening of the Requiem aeternam to the thunderous cries of the Dies irae, Verdi’s Requiem is one of the most powerful choral masterpieces ever written.

University of Michigan

The LPO opens the 2025-2026 season in collaboration with the New Orleans Opera to perform Guiseppe Verdi's soaring and dramatic Requiem, his personal statement of both grief and cultural pride, inspired by the deaths of two Italian artists, composer Gioachino Rossini and writer Alessandro Manzoni.

Orpheum Theater

“Having escaped the storm of the elements, Otello will succumb to the storms of his own self.”
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What an opening to an opera! Amid an apocalyptic storm, a naval battle rages off the coast of Venice. Without warning, Giuseppe Verdi transports us into the action with thunder, lightning, and cannon shots; we can almost feel the storm and spray on our skin. The situation seems hopeless for the Venetian fleet—then their general, Otello, appears unscathed and victorious at the harbor. He has defeated not only his enemies, but also the forces of nature. But how will this war hero cope in civilian life? Traumatic memories haunt him; an all-encompassing mistrust has taken hold of him; he feels isolated from society; no one can get through to him. In this atmosphere, his relationship with his wife crumbles before our eyes and ears. Desdemona was once the only person with whom Otello could be completely himself; now he eyes her suspiciously and threatens her. Verdi's music depicts Othello's journey from celebrated soldier to murderer of his wife, whose love he simultaneously longs for.

Composer

Giuseppe Verdi

Events

Upcoming events

Sep 14, 2025 - Mar 1, 2026

Rigoletto · Deutsche Oper Berlin

Oct 14, 2025 - Apr 28, 2026

Recital Rolando Villazon · Wiener Staatsoper

Oct 15, 2025 - Jun 24, 2026

Espresso concert · Oper Graz

Nov 2 - Dec 21, 2025

The strength of destiny · Opernhaus Zürich

Nov 4, 2025 - Jun 14, 2026

Nabucco · Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Past events

Dec 1, 2025

Czech Chamber Music Society • Alinde Quintet · Czech Philharmonic

Nov 30, 2025

Verdi’s Macbeth · Cadogan Hall

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