Virginia Opera will mount a new production of Jake Heggie’s Intelligence. Set in Richmond, VA, the opera is inspired by a gripping true story of espionage, sacrifice, and the fight for freedom in the shadows of the Civil War. Conducted by Adam Turner, and Directed by Kyle Lang. (Jan. 30 – Feb. 15) https://vaopera.org/intelligence/
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| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, Precipice sets an intimate story of a young woman’s struggle in the epic landscape of America’s mountain west. The opera, based on a concept by Susan Zeeman Rogers, with music by Rima Fand and libretto by Karen Fisher, will receive its world premiere at Prototype Festival. (Jan. 8-11) https://prototypefestival.org/ | 3 events, Ravel is the center of attention Jan. 9-10 when the Grand Rapids Symphony plays three of his orchestrals works, including Tzigane with violinist Guido Sant’Anna. The program, conducted by Marcelo Lehninger, opens with Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole. https://www.grsymphony.org/bolero Prototype Festival will present the world premiere of Hildegard, an opera with music and libretto by Sarah Kirkland Snider. The story deals with a moment in the life of the 12th-century nun, visionary, and composer. Elkhanah Pulitzer directs and Gabriel Crouch conducts. (Jan. 9-11) https://prototypefestival.org/ Cellist Sterling Elliott makes his Phoenix debut Jan. 9-11 playing Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 2. Francesco Lecce-Chong leads the program, which also includes Gabriela Ortiz’s Antrópolis and Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. https://www.phoenixsymphony.org/shows/pictures-at-an-exhibition/ | 1 event, A choreographed version of Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite will be presented Jan. 10-11 in a collaboration between the St. Louis Symphony and St. Louis Dance Theatre, with choreography by Kirven Douthit-Boyd. The program, conducted by Stéphane Denève, also includes Stravinsky’s Dumbarton Oaks Concerto, Debussy’s Jeux, and a suite from Albert Roussel’s Bacchus et Ariane. https://shop.slso.org/8640 | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, A new work by Canadian composer Isabella Gellis will open the Jan. 15-17 Montreal Symphony program. Emanuel Ax will solo in Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, and Rafael Payere concludes the concert with Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5. https://www.osm.ca/en/concert/emanuel-ax-plays-beethoven/ | 3 events, Teddy Abrams, who recently renewed his contract as music director of the Louisville Orchestra, will conduct the ensemble in Mahler’s Ninth Symphony Jan. 16-17. https://my.louisvilleorchestra.org/teddy-conducts-mahlers-ninth/coffee Julius Eastman was a shooting star of a composer. Born in 1940, Black and gay, he wrote his tender and shattering Second Symphony as a farewell to a former lover. The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Dalia Stasevska, will perform Eastman’s work, along with John Williams’s jaunty Tuba Concerto, featuring Carol Jantsch. The Jan. 16-17 program […] The Minnesota Orchestra’s Nordic Soundscapes Festival is back, and the Jan. 16-17 program features let me tell you, a moving song cycle by Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen that tells the story of Hamlet’s Ophelia from her perspective, sung by soprano Lauren Snouffer. Moving over to Finland, the program ends with Sibelius’ First Symphony. Thomas Søndergård conducts. […] | 3 events, A new symphony by Jeff Beal will receive its world premiere with the Las Vegas Symphony on Jan. 17. Leonard Slatkin also conducts Olga Kern in Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto. https://lvphil.org/events/rachmaninoff-concerto-no-3/ The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra presents a Grand Baroque Salon Jan. 17-18, featuring harpsichordist and leader Pierre Hantaï and violinist Margaret Batjer. Works include C.P.E. Bach’s Symphony No. 3, a violin concerto by Leclair, and Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. https://www.laco.org/events/grand-baroque-salon/ Stéphane Denève will conduct the New World Symphony in a program of the music of John Adams on Jan. 17-18. Works include The Chairman Dances, Doctor Atomic Symphony, and After the Fall with pianist Víkingur Ólafsson. https://www.nws.edu/events-tickets/concerts/2025-2026/john-adams-with-deneve-olafsson/#/tickets/26C3 | 2 events, The Boston Symphony Chamber Players, featuring pianist Seong-Jin Cho, will give the world premiere of a new work by Carlos Simon. The Jan. 18 program also includes Valerie Coleman’s Rubispheres, for flute, clarinet, and bassoon plus Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor. https://www.bso.org/events/jan-18-bso-chamber-players?performance=2026-01-18-15:00 “Vivaldi Meets the Middle East” is an innovative program by Symphony Nova Scotia on Jan. 18. Discover the intersection of baroque and folk with Persian and Swedish music and instruments in this orchestral concert of Middle Eastern and European classics, including works by Vivaldi, Geminiani, Telemann, Purcell, and Mozart as well as traditional music. https://symphonynovascotia.ca/concerts-and-tickets/concerts/st-andrews-united-church/vivaldi-meets-the-middle-east/ |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 4 events, Continuing its theme of programs devoted to a single composer, the North Carolina Symphony will present an all-Mozart concert Jan. 22-25. Keitaro Harada conducts two opera overtures plus the Symphony No. 35, Haffner, and the Piano Concerto No. 23, with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason. https://ncsymphony.org/events/all-mozart-01-22-26-730pm-wm03/ Two New York premieres will be performed on the Jan. 22 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center program. These are works by Sean Shepherd and Ye Ziaogang. The program, part of the Sonic Spectrum series, also includes pieces by Charlotte Bray and Jörg Widmann. https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/our-concerts/at-lincoln-center/events/25-26/sonic-spectrum-ii/ Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Du Yun's Ears of the Book is a virtuosic concerto for award-winning pipa master Wu Man. She will play the work with the Philadelphia Orchestra, under Elim Chan, on Jan. 22-24. Musorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition is also on the program. https://philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/2025-26-season/pictures-from-an-exhibition Edward Gardner leads the Dallas Symphony in the U.S. premiere of James Macmillan’s Where the Lugar meets the Glaisnock on Jan. 22-24. This new concerto for euphonium will be performed by David Childs. The Dallas Symphony Chorus will open the program with Walton’s Coronation Te Deum, and Holst’s The Planets concludes the performance. https://www.dallassymphony.org/productions/holsts-the-planets-2/ | 3 events, On Jan. 23-25, the Colorado Symphony will present a special weekend called Mozart & Now. The event features with three unique performances contrasting the music of Mozart alongside contemporary works by Joel Thompson, Vivian Fung, and Gabriela Lena Frank, among others. Peter Oundjian conducts. https://tickets.coloradosymphony.org/7397 Vocalist Julia Bullock, cellist Seth Parker Woods, and pianist Conor Hanick will play the world premiere of a new work by Tania León at 92NY on Jan. 23. The program also includes works by George Walker, John Tavener, Ravel, André Previn, and Nina Simone. https://www.92ny.org/event/julia-bullock-seth-parker-woods-and-conor-hanick Tap dance will be used as a percussive instrument on the Jan. 23 Carnegie Hall appearance by Sō Percussion, featuring dancer Michael J. Love. Works include a world premiere by Bryce Dressner and New York premieres by Love, Caroline Shaw, and Kendall K. Williams. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/01/23/So-Percussion-0900PM | 2 events, Conductor Dima Slobodeniouk and Wu Wei, master of the traditional Chinese sheng (mouth organ), both make their St. Louis Symphony debuts Jan. 24-25. Wu Wei plays Jukka Tiensuu’s Teoton. The second half of the program is Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. https://shop.slso.org/8641 Symphonies during wartime is the theme of the San Diego Symphony’s Jan. 24-25 program, conducted by Rafael Payare. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 was written as the Napoleonic War was getting started, whereas Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8 was composed in the depths of World War II. https://www.sandiegosymphony.org/performances/tragedy-and-triumph/?performance=9658 | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events, On Jan. 29-31 the Atlanta Symphony will give the U.S. Premiere of Leonard Slatkin’s Schubertiade: An Orchestral Fantasy, with the composer on the podium. Slatkin will also lead Randall Goosby in Barber’s Violin Concerto, and the program concludes with Copland’s Symphony No. 3, part of the orchestra’s Copland 250 celebration. https://www.aso.org/events/detail/america250-copland-barber Norway, Finland, Sweden. It’s a pan-Scandinavian program for the Oregon Symphony Jan. 29-Feb. 1. David Danzmayr conducts Sibelius’ The Swan of Tuonela, Grieg’s Piano Concerto (with Yeol Eum Son, and Stenhammar’s Symphony No. 2. https://www.orsymphony.org/productions/2526/sibelius-and-grieg | 5 events, The American Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday with an evening of rarities called “Forging an American Musical Identity” on Jan. 30 at Carnegie Hall. Conductor Leon Botstein and the Bard Festival Chorale join forces to perform George Bristow’s Niagara Symphony plus works by Dudley Buck and Harry Burleigh. https://americansymphony.org/2025-2026/forging-an-american-musical-identity/ Soprano Angel Blue makes her debut with the Annapolis Symphony in a Jan. 30-Feb. 1 program of songs and arias. Bookending Blue’s appearance will be two orchestral works: Strauss’ Don Juan and Copland’s Suite from Billy the Kid. https://annapolissymphony.org/events/legends/ It’s an ornithology-centered program as the St Paul Chamber Orchestra performs two world premieres on Jan. 30-Feb. 1. The first is Gabriela Lena Frank’s new work inspired by naturalist John James Audubon. That’s followed by Eric Stokes’ arrangement of Robert Schumann’s Prophet Bird. Opening the program is Honneger’s Pastorale d’été. https://content.thespco.org/events/franks-sandbox-premiere/ Experimental early-music ensemble Ruckus pairs with singer Davóne Tines at Carnegie Hall on Jan. 30. The program includes New York premieres of arrangements of a wide range of songs, plus new commissioned works by Tines and Ruckus leader Doug Balliett. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/01/30/Ruckus-and-Davone-Tines-0730PM In her Cincinnati Symphony debut on Jan. 30-31, Ukranian conductor Oksana Lyniv leads a program that weaves together powerful Slavic stories: Evgeni Orkin’s Five Interrupted Lullabies, Dvořák’s Golden Spinning Wheel, and Smetana’s “The Moldau.” Violinist Esther Yoo will solo in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto. https://www.cincinnatisymphony.org/tickets-and-events/buy-tickets/cso/2526-cso-season/slavic-legends/ | 2 events, Swedish composer Lisa Streich’s new concerto will receive its world premiere with the Kansas City Symphony on Jan. 31-Feb. 1. The other two works are by Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Tamara Stefanovich, soloist) and Symphony No. 4, under the baton of Matthias Pintscher. https://tickets.kcsymphony.org/beethoven/23639 Lyric Opera of Orange County travels to New York’s Carnegie Hall to present the world premiere of The Yellow Wallpaper, a chamber opera by composer Brooke deRosa and librettist Diana Farrell. The opera, based on the haunting 1876 novella by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is scored for three voices and six instruments. (Jan. 31) https://lyricoperaoc.org/shows/the-yellow-wallpaper/ | 0 events, |

























