Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: America at 250 festival presents an America-centered program by the Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble on May 18. The program includes works by Valerie Coleman, Gabriela Lena Frank, Bernstein, and Steve Reich, plus Dvořák’s String Quintet, which he wrote while living in America. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/05/18/The-Met-Orchestra-Chamber-Ensemble-0730PM
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1 event, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,Spoleto USA will present Gian Carlo Menotti’s comic one-act opera The Old Maid and the Thief May 22-29. Originally a 1939 radio broadcast, the work is reimagined as a live radio broadcast—complete with onstage Foley sound effects, object manipulation, and the thrill of storytelling in real time. Directed by Daisy Evans. https://spoletousa.org/events/the-old-maid-and-the-thief/ | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, on May 29, is Spoleto USA’s surprising choice to mark America250. The work was premiered in 1783, the same year the British crown recognized the American Colonies as an independent entity. Amanda Quist conducts the Spoleto Festival USA Chorus and Orchestra in her debut as the chorus’ music director. https://spoletousa.org/events/mozarts-mass-in-c-minor/ | 0 events, | 0 events, |

























