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  • WedFebruary 1:

    Reprising a role that won her huge acclaim at the Vienna State Opera last season, superstar soprano ANNA NETREBKO makes her company role debut as Donizetti's Anna Bolena, the doomed Tudor Queen, in the Met’s season-opening production. Fast-rising Philadelphia-born tenor STEPHEN COSTELLO performs the role of Lord Percy in the new production by David McVicar.  The October 15 performance will be transmitted to movie theaters worldwide as part of the “Met: Live in HD” series.  [Met; Sep 26, 30, Oct 3, 6, 10, 15, 18, 21*, 24*, 28*, Feb 1, 4; *Netrebko not performing]

  • WedFebruary 1:

    SUSAN GRAHAM returns to Carnegie Hall for a solo recital with her frequent collaborator pianist Malcolm Martineau in a program that includes Bizet’s “Chanson d’avril”. [CH]

  • FriFebruary 3:

    DEBORAH VOIGT sings Brünnhilde in Götterdämmerung for the first time in her career, in the final installment of the Met’s new Robert Lepage production of Wagner's "Ring" cycle.  [Met; Jan 27, 31, Feb 3, 7, 11]

  • SatFebruary 4:

    Reprising a role that won her huge acclaim at the Vienna State Opera last season, superstar soprano ANNA NETREBKO makes her company role debut as Donizetti's Anna Bolena, the doomed Tudor Queen, in the Met’s season-opening production. Fast-rising Philadelphia-born tenor STEPHEN COSTELLO performs the role of Lord Percy in the new production by David McVicar.  The October 15 performance will be transmitted to movie theaters worldwide as part of the “Met: Live in HD” series.  [Met; Sep 26, 30, Oct 3, 6, 10, 15, 18, 21*, 24*, 28*, Feb 1, 4; *Netrebko not performing]

  • TueFebruary 7:

    DEBORAH VOIGT sings Brünnhilde in Götterdämmerung for the first time in her career, in the final installment of the Met’s new Robert Lepage production of Wagner's "Ring" cycle.  [Met; Jan 27, 31, Feb 3, 7, 11]

  • ThuFebruary 9:

    LEIF OVE ANDSNES returns to the U.S. for a major solo recital tour whose program includes works by Debussy and Chopin. The pianist plays at the Herbst Theatre, Spivey Hall, Carnegie Hall, Carolina Performing Arts, and Chicago's Symphony Center. [Feb 9, San Francisco, CA; Feb 11, Morrow, GA; Feb 12, North Bethesda, MD; Feb 15, New York, CH; Feb 17, Chapel Hill, NC; Feb 19, Chicago, IL]

  • SatFebruary 11:

    DEBORAH VOIGT sings Brünnhilde in Götterdämmerung for the first time in her career, in the final installment of the Met’s new Robert Lepage production of Wagner's "Ring" cycle.  [Met; Jan 27, 31, Feb 3, 7, 11]

  • SatFebruary 11:

    LEIF OVE ANDSNES returns to the U.S. for a major solo recital tour whose program includes works by Debussy and Chopin. The pianist plays at the Herbst Theatre, Spivey Hall, Carnegie Hall, Carolina Performing Arts, and Chicago's Symphony Center. [Feb 9, San Francisco, CA; Feb 11, Morrow, GA; Feb 12, North Bethesda, MD; Feb 15, New York, CH; Feb 17, Chapel Hill, NC; Feb 19, Chicago, IL]

  • SunFebruary 12:

    LEIF OVE ANDSNES returns to the U.S. for a major solo recital tour whose program includes works by Debussy and Chopin. The pianist plays at the Herbst Theatre, Spivey Hall, Carnegie Hall, Carolina Performing Arts, and Chicago's Symphony Center. [Feb 9, San Francisco, CA; Feb 11, Morrow, GA; Feb 12, North Bethesda, MD; Feb 15, New York, CH; Feb 17, Chapel Hill, NC; Feb 19, Chicago, IL]

  • SunFebruary 12:

    DANIEL HOPE pays tribute to one of the greatest violinists of the 19th century with "Inspired by Joachim," a program Hope has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon and which he now plays with the musicians of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.   Hope will talk about the great Austro-Hungarian violin virtuoso, a friend and trusted collaborator of Brahms and the first interpreter and dedicatee – and reviser/editor – of works by Bruch and Dvorák, in a pre-recital conversation at the Rose Studio. [ATH]

  • SunFebruary 12:

    LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO presents a seminal masterpiece of American musical theater – Jerome Kern's Show Boat – for the first time, in a brand new production directed by Francesca Zambello. Nathan Gunn, one of People’s sexiest men alive, stars as Ravenal opposite Broadway star Ashley Brown as Magnolia. Alyson Cambridge is Julie; Angela Renée Simpson and Morris Robinson make their Lyric debuts as Queenie and Joe respectively. [Chicago, IL; Feb 12, 13, 17, 18, 22, 25, 28, March 1, 2, 7, 9, 14, 17]

  • MonFebruary 13:

    LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO presents a seminal masterpiece of American musical theater – Jerome Kern's Show Boat – for the first time, in a brand new production directed by Francesca Zambello. Nathan Gunn, one of People’s sexiest men alive, stars as Ravenal opposite Broadway star Ashley Brown as Magnolia. Alyson Cambridge is Julie; Angela Renée Simpson and Morris Robinson make their Lyric debuts as Queenie and Joe respectively. [Chicago, IL; Feb 12, 13, 17, 18, 22, 25, 28, March 1, 2, 7, 9, 14, 17]

  • WedFebruary 15:

    LEIF OVE ANDSNES returns to the U.S. for a major solo recital tour whose program includes works by Debussy and Chopin. The pianist plays at the Herbst Theatre, Spivey Hall, Carnegie Hall, Carolina Performing Arts, and Chicago's Symphony Center. [Feb 9, San Francisco, CA; Feb 11, Morrow, GA; Feb 12, North Bethesda, MD; Feb 15, New York, CH; Feb 17, Chapel Hill, NC; Feb 19, Chicago, IL]

  • ThuFebruary 16:

    JEREMY DENK plays Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto with the Orchestra of St. Luke's, conducted by Sir Roger Norrington, at Carnegie Hall.  [CH]

  • ThuFebruary 16:

    Legendary Bartók interpreter PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD, described by Stuart Isacoff in the Wall Street Journal as “a brilliant musician and an extraordinary visionary,” performs the Hungarian composer’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by his frequent collaborator Pierre Boulez. [Cleveland, OH; Feb 16, 17, 18]

  • FriFebruary 17:

    LEIF OVE ANDSNES returns to the U.S. for a major solo recital tour whose program includes works by Debussy and Chopin. The pianist plays at the Herbst Theatre, Spivey Hall, Carnegie Hall, Carolina Performing Arts, and Chicago's Symphony Center. [Feb 9, San Francisco, CA; Feb 11, Morrow, GA; Feb 12, North Bethesda, MD; Feb 15, New York, CH; Feb 17, Chapel Hill, NC; Feb 19, Chicago, IL]

  • FriFebruary 17:

    LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO presents a seminal masterpiece of American musical theater – Jerome Kern's Show Boat – for the first time, in a brand new production directed by Francesca Zambello. Nathan Gunn, one of People’s sexiest men alive, stars as Ravenal opposite Broadway star Ashley Brown as Magnolia. Alyson Cambridge is Julie; Angela Renée Simpson and Morris Robinson make their Lyric debuts as Queenie and Joe respectively. [Chicago, IL; Feb 12, 13, 17, 18, 22, 25, 28, March 1, 2, 7, 9, 14, 17]

  • FriFebruary 17:

    Legendary Bartók interpreter PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD, described by Stuart Isacoff in the Wall Street Journal as “a brilliant musician and an extraordinary visionary,” performs the Hungarian composer’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by his frequent collaborator Pierre Boulez. [Cleveland, OH; Feb 16, 17, 18]

  • FriFebruary 17:

    The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra plays a world premiere by its "Composer of the Year," Pulitzer Prize-winner STEVEN STUCKY, conducted by Manfred Honeck. Stucky's work was commissioned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, a book that helped launch the environmental movement in the early ‘60s. A week later, the same forces present the New York premiere of the work at Lincoln Center. [Feb 17, 18, 19, Pittsburgh, PA; Feb 26, AFH]

  • SatFebruary 18:

    LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO presents a seminal masterpiece of American musical theater – Jerome Kern's Show Boat – for the first time, in a brand new production directed by Francesca Zambello. Nathan Gunn, one of People’s sexiest men alive, stars as Ravenal opposite Broadway star Ashley Brown as Magnolia. Alyson Cambridge is Julie; Angela Renée Simpson and Morris Robinson make their Lyric debuts as Queenie and Joe respectively. [Chicago, IL; Feb 12, 13, 17, 18, 22, 25, 28, March 1, 2, 7, 9, 14, 17]

  • SatFebruary 18:

    Legendary Bartók interpreter PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD, described by Stuart Isacoff in the Wall Street Journal as “a brilliant musician and an extraordinary visionary,” performs the Hungarian composer’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by his frequent collaborator Pierre Boulez. [Cleveland, OH; Feb 16, 17, 18]

  • SatFebruary 18:

    The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra plays a world premiere by its "Composer of the Year," Pulitzer Prize-winner STEVEN STUCKY, conducted by Manfred Honeck. Stucky's work was commissioned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, a book that helped launch the environmental movement in the early ‘60s. A week later, the same forces present the New York premiere of the work at Lincoln Center. [Feb 17, 18, 19, Pittsburgh, PA; Feb 26, AFH]

  • SunFebruary 19:

    LEIF OVE ANDSNES returns to the U.S. for a major solo recital tour whose program includes works by Debussy and Chopin. The pianist plays at the Herbst Theatre, Spivey Hall, Carnegie Hall, Carolina Performing Arts, and Chicago's Symphony Center. [Feb 9, San Francisco, CA; Feb 11, Morrow, GA; Feb 12, North Bethesda, MD; Feb 15, New York, CH; Feb 17, Chapel Hill, NC; Feb 19, Chicago, IL]

  • SunFebruary 19:

    The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra plays a world premiere by its "Composer of the Year," Pulitzer Prize-winner STEVEN STUCKY, conducted by Manfred Honeck. Stucky's work was commissioned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, a book that helped launch the environmental movement in the early ‘60s. A week later, the same forces present the New York premiere of the work at Lincoln Center. [Feb 17, 18, 19, Pittsburgh, PA; Feb 26, AFH]

  • WedFebruary 22:

    LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO presents a seminal masterpiece of American musical theater – Jerome Kern's Show Boat – for the first time, in a brand new production directed by Francesca Zambello. Nathan Gunn, one of People’s sexiest men alive, stars as Ravenal opposite Broadway star Ashley Brown as Magnolia. Alyson Cambridge is Julie; Angela Renée Simpson and Morris Robinson make their Lyric debuts as Queenie and Joe respectively. [Chicago, IL; Feb 12, 13, 17, 18, 22, 25, 28, March 1, 2, 7, 9, 14, 17]

  • ThuFebruary 23:

    ALAN GILBERT conducts a seductive program featuring Berlioz's Les nuits d'été, with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato; Son et lumière, an orchestral work by STEVEN STUCKY; and Ravel's orchestral arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. [AFH; Feb 23, 25, 28]

  • FriFebruary 24:

    PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD plays Schoenberg’s Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony conducted by Pierre Boulez; he also joins members of the orchestra to play the same composer’s Pierrot lunaire – in the seminal work’s 100th anniversary year. [Chicago, IL; Feb 24, 25, 26, 28, Mar 1, 2, 3]

  • SatFebruary 25:

    LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO presents a seminal masterpiece of American musical theater – Jerome Kern's Show Boat – for the first time, in a brand new production directed by Francesca Zambello. Nathan Gunn, one of People’s sexiest men alive, stars as Ravenal opposite Broadway star Ashley Brown as Magnolia. Alyson Cambridge is Julie; Angela Renée Simpson and Morris Robinson make their Lyric debuts as Queenie and Joe respectively. [Chicago, IL; Feb 12, 13, 17, 18, 22, 25, 28, March 1, 2, 7, 9, 14, 17]

  • SatFebruary 25:

    ALAN GILBERT conducts a seductive program featuring Berlioz's Les nuits d'été, with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato; Son et lumière, an orchestral work by STEVEN STUCKY; and Ravel's orchestral arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. [AFH; Feb 23, 25, 28]

  • SatFebruary 25:

    PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD plays Schoenberg’s Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony conducted by Pierre Boulez; he also joins members of the orchestra to play the same composer’s Pierrot lunaire – in the seminal work’s 100th anniversary year. [Chicago, IL; Feb 24, 25, 26, 28, Mar 1, 2, 3]

  • SunFebruary 26:

    The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra plays a world premiere by its "Composer of the Year," Pulitzer Prize-winner STEVEN STUCKY, conducted by Manfred Honeck. Stucky's work was commissioned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, a book that helped launch the environmental movement in the early ‘60s. A week later, the same forces present the New York premiere of the work at Lincoln Center. [Feb 17, 18, 19, Pittsburgh, PA; Feb 26, AFH]

  • SunFebruary 26:

    PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD plays Schoenberg’s Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony conducted by Pierre Boulez; he also joins members of the orchestra to play the same composer’s Pierrot lunaire – in the seminal work’s 100th anniversary year. [Chicago, IL; Feb 24, 25, 26, 28, Mar 1, 2, 3]

  • TueFebruary 28:

    LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO presents a seminal masterpiece of American musical theater – Jerome Kern's Show Boat – for the first time, in a brand new production directed by Francesca Zambello. Nathan Gunn, one of People’s sexiest men alive, stars as Ravenal opposite Broadway star Ashley Brown as Magnolia. Alyson Cambridge is Julie; Angela Renée Simpson and Morris Robinson make their Lyric debuts as Queenie and Joe respectively. [Chicago, IL; Feb 12, 13, 17, 18, 22, 25, 28, March 1, 2, 7, 9, 14, 17]

  • TueFebruary 28:

    ALAN GILBERT conducts a seductive program featuring Berlioz's Les nuits d'été, with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato; Son et lumière, an orchestral work by STEVEN STUCKY; and Ravel's orchestral arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. [AFH; Feb 23, 25, 28]

  • TueFebruary 28:

    PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD plays Schoenberg’s Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony conducted by Pierre Boulez; he also joins members of the orchestra to play the same composer’s Pierrot lunaire – in the seminal work’s 100th anniversary year. [Chicago, IL; Feb 24, 25, 26, 28, Mar 1, 2, 3]

  • WedFebruary 29:

    In its third new production of the season, LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO presents Handel's Rinaldo (company stage premiere), starring David Daniels in the title role. LUCA PISARONI, whose “lightning vocal attack…nimble upper range…and ringing vivacity” have been praised by Opera News, makes his Lyric debut as Argante. IESTYN DAVIES also makes his Lyric debut as Rinaldo. [Chicago, IL; Feb 29, Mar 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24]