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This year’s festival features a rare Handel opera, led by director and countertenor Max Emanuel Cenčić, an unusual production of Monteverdi’s L'Orfeo, and a veritable feast of recitals.

Beginning with an unusual Puccini/Ravel double bill, and with two new productions and an array of revivals, New National Theatre Tokyo’s season 2023–24 has much to offer.

With ten new productions and a ballet world premiere, the 2023–24 season at Zurich is the opera gastronome’s delight.

With guest conductors and soloists from the around the world, and a wide range of programming, Rotterdam Philharmonic’s 2023–24 season is as cosmopolitan as their home city.

Brought to you by The Mozart, Prague, here are our picks for the best the city has to offer in spring and summer 2023.

In 2023 the Savonlinna Opera Festival once again offers a unique, summertime operatic experience – situated in a medieval lakeside castle.

A slew of youthful soloists and conductors will appear with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in their 2023 season – alongside some venerable and prestigious elder hands.

The George Enescu International Festival returns for its 26th edition in 2023, playing host to some of the most illustrious orchestras and soloists Europe has to offer.

Orchestras, chamber ensembles and soloists from all over the country flock to Saffron Walden for Saffron Hall’s new 2023 season.

Virtuosity and grace meet with impeccable provenance and immense value – in an all-Stradivarius concert at Cadogan Hall this December.

With events ranging from contemporary classical to early music and electronica, Kings Place’s Sound Unwrapped 2023 is a mind-expanding exploration of combinations of acoustic sound and electronics.

The 2022-23 ARTE Opera streaming season is available to watch now! Read our preview of the new season, featuring extraordinary opera stagings from across Europe.

The celebrated Zurich International Orchestra Series returns to the Belgravia concert hall, featuring eight visiting orchestras from around the world.

A colourful new season launches beneath the stained glass of the Palau, with many international names to light up the classical scene in Barcelona.

In the 1950s, Maria Callas helped revive the fortunes of Cherubini's Medea. In the soprano's centenary year, Greek National Opera stages a new production as part of an ambitious season. 

The LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura presents a season offering a wide variety of genres, both small scale and large, and featuring plenty of “home grown” artists and ensembles alongside plenty of international guests.

With acclaimed international pianists including Trifonov, Hough, Liseicki and violinists Faust and Hadelich, Reykjavik residents and visitors won't be short of concerti – but the season has plenty more.

With an eclectic programme including both new music and old favourites, the colder months at LSO promise something for everyone.

With 300 events to choose from, the new season at the Concertgebouw brings together the best talent from all over the globe.

From Germanic and Czech repertoire to Brazilian percussion, there's something for everyone in this new season, that sees the Bamberg Symphony travel all over Europe.

From cosy Autumn evenings to joyful Christmas cheer, Saffron Hall's programme has something to lift your spirits all the way through the colder seasons.

From beloved pieces to intriguing premieres, there's something for everyone at this year's Chamber Music Garden Festival in Tokyo.

The new season at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall at Müpa Budapest features a mix of star names and home-grown talent. 

Opera and ballet lovers have plenty to look forward to in the new season at New National Theatre, Tokyo.

Sophie de Lint addresses questions of liberty in her programming of DNO’s 2022–23 season, while Ted Brandsen offers a diverse Dutch National Ballet programme. 

We put the spotlight on highlights of over 500 shows in two newly restored venues between September and July.

Plenty of eclectic concerts to choose from, as the Festival, now in its 77th year, finally returns to full scale and capacity. 

Zurich Opera's new season is marked by a new Ring; Ballett Zürich marks the departure of long-standing Artistic Director Christian Spuck and previews the arrival of Cathy Marston.

Outstanding talent is heading to Saffron Walden this spring: here's what to look forward to.

The programme of the second edition of this festival promises a wide range of concerts and dance events.

“Bach without Boundaries” means an eclectic programme of concerts featuring several world premieres, commissions and crossover projects inspired by the composer's music.

Streaming will continue to permit “virtual travel” and ARTE’s 2021-22 opera season, just announced, is ambitious.

With a rich programme of classical, folk, jazz and even electroacoustic, this is a festival for true cultural omnivores.

Plenty to look forward to at St Luke’s this autumn: Haydn’s works will feature in a mini-series paired with later works that bear his influence and a contemporary chamber series curated by the viola superstar.

A new season sees the Chief Conductor joined by many world-class guests, as well as a tour bringing the orchestra to Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg and London.

The Auditorio de Tenerife's 2021-22 opera season offers an innovative, varied and attractive programme condensed into a small number of titles.

Argerich, Sokolov, Capuçon, the Gewandhaus and Nelsons, the Filarmonica della Scala and Chailly, the CBSO and Gražinytė-Tyla: there's plenty to tempt you to Lugano.

No fewer than 15 conductors will be joining the orchestra in addition to Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla, in an autumn season full of Romantic and post-Romantic works.

Seven new productions are set for Hungarian State Opera's stages during the autumn of its 2021-22 season. 

After a Covid-ravaged 2019-2020, DNO return to a full season of opera with their usual variety and willingness to embrace the new.

The Palau de la Música in Barcelona unfolds a strong programme for 21/22 season featuring some of the best artists from around the world.

The Estonian takes to the Tokyo podium for his final season as Music Director before handing over to Fabio Luisi, who also features prominently in the 2021-22 season. 

The orchestra moves into a new era under its new Principal Conductor.

The LSO announces a robust autumn season as concert life continues to return to the Barbican. 

Maltreated heroines, operatic behemoths, audacious new works: the new opera season awaits in Brussels!

With much of Europe tentatively reopening after the crisis, Zürich Opera and Ballet have announced a typically bold 2021–22 season with new productions, the launch of a new Ring Cycle and the arrival of new General Music Director Gianandrea Noseda. 

Six new productions grace the 2021/22 season in Tokyo, including Rossini’s take on the Cinderella fairytale and a new Meistersinger.

Severance Hall will stay closed until at least June. In the meantime, we look at the series of concerts that The Cleveland Orchestra is providing on its digital platform, Adella.

We look ahead to this year's competition to find out what to expect from this international event seeking the conducting talents of the future.

Four weekends, four of the world’s greatest orchestras: the Riga Jurmala Festival unveils its 2021 edition.