Kaija Saariaho’s final opera, Innocence, gets a new production at the Metropolitan Opera, directed by Simon Stone. The cast is anchored by mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and Finnish ethno-pop singer Vilma Jää as a grieving mother and the daughter she lost in a school shooting. (April 6-29) https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/innocence/
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2 events,Led by Marin Alsop, the Juilliard Orchestra performs a world premiere by Joan Tower on April 6 at Carnegie Hall. The rest of the program, part of the America250 celebration, is still to be announced. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/04/06/Juilliard-at-Zankel-Hall-0730PM | 0 events, | 1 event,A new work by George Lewis for two pianos and percussion will receive its world premiere on April 8-10 with the New York Philharmonic under Kwamé Ryan. The program also includes Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, featuring Golda Schultz, and Ives’ The Unanswered Question. https://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2526/golda-schultz-sings-barber-and-stravinsky/ | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,Susanna Mälkki will conduct the world premiere of a new work by Andrew Norman for two pianos and orchestra. Piano duo Lucas and Arthur Jussen join the Boston Symphony for this program April 16-18. Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances completes the bill. https://www.bso.org/events/apr-16-18-ravel-norman-rachmaninoff?performance=2026-04-16-19:30 | 1 event,The Danish String Quartet and the Danish National Girls’ Choir for an eclectic program on April 17 at Carnegie Hall. The program includes the U.S. premiere of a work by Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, the New York premiere of a work by David Lang, and pieces by Caroline Shaw. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/04/17/Danish-String-Quartet-Danish-National-Girls-Choir-0730PM | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,The world premiere of Sleepers Awake, a new opera by Gregory Spears, will be presented by Philadelphia Opera. “In this opera, the chorus has the starring role.” Spears creates a dream-like rendering of the fairytale “Sleeping Beauty,” inspired by modernist writer Robert Walser. Corrado Rovaris conducts. (April 22-26) https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/2526-season/sleepers-awake/ | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 1 event,On April 28 at Carnegie Hall, violinist Lisa Batiashvili and pianist Giorgi Gigashvili will play the U.S. premiere of a new work by Josef Bardanashvili. The recital will also include sonatas by Beethoven, Bartók, and Franck. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/04/28/Lisa-Batiashvili-Violin-Giorgi-Gigashvili-Piano-0730PM | 0 events, | 1 event,The Opera Lafayette Orchestra, featuring soprano Lauren Snouffer, will give performances of the solo show New Woman in Washington, DC and New York. Snouffer will sing arias by 18th-century opera composers Marianna Martines and Maria Antonia Walpurgis as well as music by Gluck and J.C. Bach. (April 30-May 2) https://operalafayette.org/new-woman/ | 1 event,John Adams’ Harmonium, using texts by John Donne and Emily Dickinson, will be paired with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on the April 30-May 3 Boston Symphony program. Soloists include Andrea Carroll, Zoie Reams, Andrew Haji, and Morris Robinson. Dima Slobodeniouk conducts. https://www.bso.org/events/apr-30-may-3-adams-beethoven?performance=2026-04-30-19:30 | 0 events, | 0 events, |
