Featuring one of the most iconic scores of all time by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, an updated book from Harvey Fierstein based on the original classic by Isobel Lennart, tap choreography by Ayodele Casel, choreography by Ellenore Scott, and direction from Michael Mayer, this love letter to the theatre has the whole shebang!

Funny Girl

Citizens Opera House

Swan Lake is a timeless story of love, betrayal, and sacrifice. On a hunting trip, Prince Siegfried discovers Odette, a woman who was captured and transformed into a white swan. Struck by her beauty, he vows eternal love, unaware that her captor Von Rothbart has been watching them. Von Rothbart has cast a spell on Odette that can only be broken by her one true love. To prevent the couple from breaking the spell, he tricks Prince Siegfried into declaring his love for his daughter Odile. Believing that Odette has come to him in masquerade, the prince happily selects Odile as his bride and unwillingly breaks his vow to Odette, dooming her to remain a swan forever. In the final act, a heartbroken Odette and regretful Siegfried reunite and destroy the evil sorcerer, but the spell cannot be undone.

Swan Lake

Erich Korngold’s Die tote Stadt (“The Dead City”) is an incredibly tender work, embodying the twilight of the Romantic era. Korngold, a remarkable prodigy who later became one of Hollywood’s most important composers, began the opera when he was only 19 and completed it at age 23. It opened simultaneously in December 1920 in Cologne and Hamburg and became one of the biggest operatic successes of the era. The opera’s theme of struggling with the memory of a lost loved one undoubtedly resonated with audiences still traumatized by the recent catastrophe of World War I.

Andris Nelsons conducts Korngold Die tote Stadt

Boston Symphony Orchestra

French conductor Nathalie Stutzmann makes her BSO conducting debut with German violinist Veronika Eberle in her Symphony Hall debut in Beethoven’s towering Violin Concerto. Ravel's Alborada del gracioso and Stravinsky’s ballet score The Firebird are both marvels of orchestral brilliance from the 1910s: Ravel’s one of his many Spanish-influenced confections and Stravinsky’s a journey through a Russian folk tale of heroism, magic, and renewal that vaulted the composer to the forefront of modern music.

Nathalie Stutzmann conducts Beethoven, Ravel, and Stravinsky with Veronika Eberle, violin

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The Artelize Podcast and Kasper Holten - Pedefining Opera for the modern world

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The Artelize Podcast - A legacy of innovation in Opera: Celebrating Marc A. Scorca

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The Artelize Podcast: A love letter that was never sent

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Herbert Blomstedt, celebrating a seven-decade conducting career, returns to lead the BSO in Franz Schubert's light-hearted, cheerful Symphony No. 6, composed when he was 20 and notable as a satisfyingly classical work preceding his more searching later symphonies. Brahms was strongly influenced by Schubert but more so still by Beethoven, whose symphonic shadow apparently kept Brahms from completing his First Symphony until he was 43 years old. A prominent theme in its finale is a direct nod to Beethoven’s Ninth.

Herbert Blomstedt conducts Schubert & Brahms

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Boston Symphony Chamber Players

New England Conservatory of Music

Isabelle Faust and Alan Gilbert return for Stravinsky’s bracing, wry Violin Concerto, a work at the core of his sparkling and witty neoclassical period. Bracketing Stravinsky’s concerto are two Joseph Haydn works from early and late in his symphonic career, during which he largely created the foundations for the 18th-century Viennese Classical era.

Alan Gilbert conducts Haydn & Stravinsky with Isabelle Faust, violin

Acclaimed Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, known for her vibrant instrumental colors and skill with dramatic narrative, wrote her ballet score Revolución diamantina with Mexican writer Cristina Rivera Garza. The piece explores the powerful Mexican feminist “Glitter Revolution” campaign to highlight an epidemic of violence against women. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wonderfully depicts love’s passion and an infernal whirlwind in his tone poem Francesca da Rimini, inspired by a historic injustice recounted in Dante’s Inferno. Murdered by her husband, Francesca suffers in the second level of hell for her lustfulness, buffeted by an eternal storm. As a contrast, Alban Gerhardt is soloist in the composer’s charming Variations on a Rococo Theme.

High School Open Rehearsal: Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Ortiz & Tchaikovsky with Alban Gerhardt, cello

Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Ortiz & Tchaikovsky with Alban Gerhardt, cello

Playwright Mfoniso Udofia stages a family homecoming, asking what it means to draw on the wisdom and beauty of our ancestors when the bonds of family are stretched to the limit. Abasiama’s eldest daughter Adiaha wants to become a writer to make her family proud, but at her graduation party, she has to choose: fulfill her parents’ desires to settle with a traditional Nigerian man, or stay true to her own romantic match. Director Awoye Timpo (The Bluest Eye at The Huntington) reunites with longtime collaborator Udofia for a play with the rich heart of a family drama against the thrilling theatrical backdrop of a Greek chorus of ancestors.

The Grove

The Huntington at the Calderwood Pavilion / BCA

Meklit Hadero is an Ethiopian American vocalist, songwriter, composer, and former refugee known for her electric stage presence, innovative sound, and cultural advocacy. Meklit refracts American funk, soul, indie pop, and jazz through traditional Ethiopian styles, incorporating complex polyrhythms and propulsive grooves with her soulful, melismatic vocals. The result is an irresistible sound that is entirely her own. 

Meklit

Berklee College of Music

A frequent guest of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cho takes to our largest stage for music, Symphony Hall, with an epic recital that spans the entirety of Ravel’s extant works for solo piano, written before the composer turned his attention to work for ensembles, orchestras, and the stage.  

Seong-Jin Cho, piano 

Since that pivotal moment, the Quartet has consistently built upon their success, undertaking ambitious projects such as recording the complete cycle of Beethoven’s quartets and earning a Grammy Award nomination for their exemplary interpretation of Schumann’s quartets. For their Series program, the Quartet will perform Schumann’s Quartet No. 1 alongside Tchaikovsky’s moving first string quartet, and Dvořák’s 1893 “American” quartet, written in an Iowa Czech immigrant community.  

Dover Quartet

Pianists Víkingur Ólafsson and Yuja Wang have consistently wowed audiences as solo recitalists, chamber music partners, and orchestral soloists. This season, they come together on Symphony Hall’s stage for a two-piano and piano four hands recital featuring Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, John Adams’ Hallelujah Junction, and more.

Víkingur Ólafsson & Yuja Wang

Experience the evocative power of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's "Die tote Stadt," presented by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with the Boston Lyric Opera. This opera, known as "The Dead City," is a poignant exploration of memory and loss, set against the backdrop of post-World War I trauma. Korngold, a prodigious talent who later became a significant figure in Hollywood's musical landscape, began composing this work at the tender age of 19, completing it by 23. The opera debuted simultaneously in Cologne and Hamburg in December 1920, quickly becoming one of the era's most celebrated operatic achievements.

"Die tote Stadt" features a stellar cast led by soprano Christine Goerke, who brings the character of Marietta to life with her powerful voice. She is joined by Elisa Sunshine as Juliette, Karen Cargill as Brigitte, and Brandon Jovanovich as Paul. The ensemble also includes BLO Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artist alumnus tenor Neal Ferreira and baritone Elliot Madore, both of whom have recently captivated audiences in BLO’s production of Matthew Aucoin’s "Eurydice." The Tanglewood Festival Chorus, under the direction of James Burton, adds a rich choral dimension to the performance.

Conducted by the esteemed Andris Nelsons, this production promises to deliver the lush, romantic soundscapes that Korngold is renowned for. Sung in German with English supertitles, the opera's narrative delves into the protagonist's struggle with the haunting memories of a lost loved one, a theme that resonated deeply with audiences in the aftermath of the Great War. This collaboration between the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Lyric Opera offers a rare opportunity to experience a masterful work that bridges the twilight of the Romantic era with the dawn of modern cinematic music.

Die tote Stadt

Boston Symphony Hall

Berklee Composition Department faculty concert.

Berklee Composition Department Faculty Concert, Spring 2025

David Friend Recital Hall

Berklee Theater Arts Collaborative (BTAC) presents the 9th annual 48 Hour Theater Project. Led by BTAC Artistic Director Rene Pfister, students will present original 10 minute musicals created in 48 hours. 

BTAC Presents the 9th Annual 48 Hour Theater Project, Spring 2025

From breathing to calendar cycles to the orbits of the planets, a rhythmic regularity creates the fabric of our existence. Inspired by the collective rhythms and simultaneous cycles we all feel in our lives, the Nick Grondin Group will present compositions that explore the musical qualities of space and time, and the effects they create among listeners to build community. 

Nick Grondin Group: A View of Time and Space

Please join us for our annual recital of the Berklee harp students! Classical, folk, rock, jazz, blues, and original compositions will be performed. The harpists will dazzle you with solo pieces and harp and guzheng ensembles. Come see and hear harp and guzheng as you've never heard them before!

Berklee Harp Extravaganza XXIII—Berklee Harpists in Concert

Berk Recital Hall

This high-flying musical has been thrilling audiences of all ages for close to 70 years and is now being brought back to life in a new adaptation by celebrated playwright Larissa FastHorse, directed by Emmy Award winner Lonny Price and choreography by Lorin Latarro. The adventure begins when PETER PAN and his mischievous sidekick, Tinker Bell, visit the bedroom of the Darling children late one night. With a sprinkle of fairy dust and a few happy thoughts, the children are taken on a magical journey they will never forget. This extraordinary musical full of excitement and adventure features iconic and timeless songs including “I’m Flying,” “I Gotta Crow,” “I Won’t Grow Up” and “Neverland.” PETER PAN embraces the child in us all so go on a journey from the second star to the right and straight on ‘til morning – your entire family will be Hooked!

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The Grove

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Meklit

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Die tote Stadt

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Peter Pan

Citizens Opera House