The Dallas Symphony Orchestra opens its July 1 performance at Bravo! Vail with Sophia Jani’s touching new work, I Wish You Daisies and Roses, and performs the Colorado premiere of Kris Bowers’ (of Bridgerton fame) Violin Concerto For a Younger Self, featuring violinist Charles Yang. Led by conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto, the program also includes Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. https://www.bravovail.org/performances/orchestral-series/dallas-symphony-orchestra-2/beethoven-symphony-no-7
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| 0 events, | 1 event, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events, Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress closes the Des Moines Metro Opera’s season. Its libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman was inspired by William Hogarth’s famous series of paintings about a man’s path to ruin. Featuring Jonas Hacker as Tom Rakewell and Joélle Harvey and Anne Trulove. (July 5-18) https://desmoinesmetroopera.org/productions/rake/ On July 5, Aspen Music Festival will present the U.S. premiere of Thomas Adès’ The Origin of the Harp. The program, conducted by Marie Jacquot, will also feature Mendelssohn’s Reformation Symphony No. 5, plus Stefan Jackiw as soloist for Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy. https://www.aspenmusicfestival.com/events/calendar/aspen-chamber-symphony-07-05-2025 | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 1 event, Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy, a training program for the nation’s most talented high school choral singers, will present a program of socially-conscious works at Oregon Bach Festival. Led by Dr. Anton Armstrong on July 8, the program includes including Weather (a musical reflection of the 2020 murder of George Floyd) and “All of Us” from Considering […] | 0 events, | 2 events, Toronto Summer Music opens July 10 with a concert performance of Monteverdi’s opera L’incoronazione di Poppea. Leonardo García-Alarcón conducts Cappella Mediterranea and a cast led by Sophie Junker and Nicolò Balducci in a production set to tour Europe and Canada. https://torontosummermusic.com/event/opening-night-poppea/ WHO TURNS OUT THE LIGHT is an evening-length staged performance by Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion at Caramoor on July 10. Built around the current tour of their new album Rectangles and Circumstance, this performance will be augmented by songs from their previous collaborative work, Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part, as well as an interlude […] | 2 events, 2025 marks the 89th time that the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has been in residence at the Ravinia Festival. At their season opener July 11, chief conductor Marin Alsop will lead the CSO in Carlos Simon’s Amen, Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (with pianist Bruce Liu), and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. https://www.ravinia.org/events/detail/89th-residency-opening-night On July 11-12, the Grant Park Festival Orchestra and Chorus, with soprano Janai Brugger and baritone Sankara Harouna, will perform Margaret Bonds’ spirituals-inspired Credo. The program, conducted by Anthony Parnther, opens with Bruckner’s Psalm 150 and concludes with Brahms’ Second Symphony. https://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/music/2025-season/2025-brahms-symphony-no-2 | 1 event, Jeff Scott’s Grammy-winning oratorio, Passion for Bach and Coltrane, is full of inspiration from two giants of music – Johann Sebastian Bach and John Coltrane, along with the spoken-word poetry of A.B. Spellman. Performed on July 12 at Oregon Bach Festival by Imani Wind and the Harlem Quartet. https://calendar.uoregon.edu/event/passion-for-bach-and-coltrane | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, Conductor Jakub Hrůša opens the New York Philharmonic's 22nd Bravo! Vail season on July 16 with a new work from American composer Jessie Montgomery followed by Stravinsky's Violin Concerto in the hands of violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and concluding with Brahms' First Symphony. https://www.bravovail.org/performances/orchestral-series/new-york-philharmonic-2/stravinsky-violin-concerto | 0 events, | 2 events, Glimmerglass Festival will present the world premiere of The House on Mango Street, with music by Derek Bermel. He also co-wrote the libretto with Sandra Cisneros, author of the classic coming-of-age novel on which the opera is based. Chía Patiño directs. (July 18 – Aug. 16) https://glimmerglass.org/events/the-house-on-mango-street/ Milwaukee’s Florentine Opera is taking on the justice system with Derrick Wang’s Scalia/Ginsburg, a comic opera written exploring the lively, unexpected friendship between Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Bob Mollicone conducts musicians from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and Doub Clemons directs. (July 18-20) https://www.florentineopera.org/season-events/scalia-ginsburg-25-26 | 1 event, Andris Nelsons will conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a concert presentation of Puccini’s Tosca on July 19 at Tanglewood. Kristine Opolais stars as the title character, with Seok Jong Baek as Cavaradossi and Bryn Terfel as Scarpia. https://www.bso.org/events/bso-july-19-puccini-tosca?performance=2025-07-19-20:00 | 1 event, On July 20, the Ravinia Festival will present the world premiere of a string quartet by Joel Thompson, winner of the Sphinx Medal of Excellence and first-ever full-time composer-in-residence at Houston Grand Opera. This concert will be performed by fellows from the Steans Institute Piano & Strings Program. https://www.ravinia.org/events/detail/steans-chamber-music-afternoon-8 |
| 0 events, | 1 event, Violinist Anna Štube and pianist Philip Chiu will be joined by author Thomas Wolf on July 22 at Toronto Summer Music to present The Nightingale Project. Accompanied by music and the projection of over 100 historical photographs, Wolf narrates the life of Lea Luboshutz, the first internationally known female violinist, her incomparable Stradivarius violin (the “Nightingale”), […] | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, Jon Kimura Parker is the Minnesota Orchestra’s official “Creative Partner of Summer at Orchestra Hall.” He will be the soloist for Schumann’s Piano Concerto on the orchestra’s July 25 program, conducted by Samuel Lee. Also on tap is Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Suite. https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/tickets/calendar/summer-at-orchestra-hall/parker-schumann-and-tchaikovsky | 2 events, Visitors to the Aspen Music Festival will have a rare chance to hear two important contemporary composers play their own and other artists’ music. Pekka Kuusisto (violin) and Nico Muhly (piano) will team up for a recital on July 26, featuring Muhly’s Drones & Violin and Kuusisto’s Barcarole (co-written with Iro Haarla), along with works […] U.K.-based vocal ensemble The Gesualdo Six will bring its program called Wishing Tree to Ottawa Chamberfest on July 26. The concert combines early music from the likes of William Byrd, Jacques Arcadelt, and Orlando Gibbons with 21st-century takes on earlier poetry by Owain Park, David Bednall, and others. https://www.chamberfest.com/event/2025/the-gesualdo-six-wishing-tree/ | 1 event, On July 27, members of Bang on a Can visit Caramoor for a celebration of legendary composer Terry Riley’s 90th birthday with a performance of Riley’s minimalist classic In C specifically designed for the festival’s grounds. This landmark piece from 1964 kicked off a revolution and introduced the musical style now known as Minimalism to a mainstream […] |
| 2 events, Two works by Gabriela Ortiz will be the focus of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra’s performance on July 28. Thomas Wilkins also conducts pieces by two other female composers: Gabriella Smith and Ellen Reid. https://www.bso.org/events/july-28-twd-music-ctr-orch?performance=2025-07-28-20:00 Opening night at Sun Valley Music Festival, July 28, will feature pianist Gabriela Martinez playing Mozart’s Piano Concert No. 20 in D minor, K. 466. Alasdair Neale conducts the Festival Orchestra in Mozart’s Haffner Symphony. https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/opening-night-with-gabriela-martinez/ | 1 event, On July 29, countertenor Franco Fagioli and the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles will present a program called The Last Castrato: Giovanni Battista Velluti at Toronto Summer Music. Conducted by Stefan Plewniak, this concert celebrates Velluti (1780-1861), who inspired works by Rossini, Meyerbeer, and more. https://torontosummermusic.com/event/franco-fagioli-the-last-castrato/ | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, When he got married in 2024, violinist Benjamin Beilman’s best man, composer Chris Rogerson, presented the groom with a new Arietta. Beilman and pianist Gloria Chien will perform the Arietta on Aug. 2 at Music@Menlo, along with works by Ysaÿe, Paganini, Franck, and others. https://musicatmenlo.org/cb/?evt=1815 | 3 events, West Edge Opera Festival will perform Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s 1688 opera David and Jonathan, telling the timeless story of war and how it pushes us to struggle with fate, loyalty, and the tragic conflict between love and duty. The title roles will be sung by Derek Chester and Aaron Sheehan, respectively. Adam Pearl conducts. (Aug. 3-16) […] Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), and Emanuel Ax (piano) will join forces in Aug. 3 for an all-Beethoven program at Tanglewood. On tap are piano-quartet arrangements of Leonore Overture No. 3 and the Third Symphony, plus the Trio No. 4 in B-flat, Op. 11. https://www.bso.org/events/2025-twd-ax-kavakos-ma-tamesit?performance=2025-08-03-14:30 Ten years after the opera’s premiere, Glimmerglass Festival will stage Francesca Zambello’s production of Odyssey. This “youth opera,” with music by Ben Moore and libretto by Kelley Rourke, is a retelling of Homer’s epic tale led by two members of the Young Artist Program who serve as “Bards,” and featuring the Glimmerglass Youth Ensemble. (Aug. […] |

























