2026-2027

The 36th Bard Music Festival: Mozart and His World The Bard Music Festival returns with an exploration of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, the most celebrated and recognized name in classical music. Program 9: Friends, Family, and Students Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos and his sophisticated “Linz” Symphony, composed in just four days, are two of the…

The ASO continues its celebration of Louis Armstrong with a first-time performance in partnership with Bronx Music Hall the day before the legendary trumpeter’s 125th birthday. Curated by longtime orchestra member Louis Bruno, the ASO Jazz Ensemble will perform a program of his lesser-recorded works including Cool Cart Blues, Don’t Forget to Mess Around, Hear Me Talkin’…

A hypnotic blend of myth, melodrama, and psychological intrigue, Richard Strauss’s seldom heard The Egyptian Helen (Die ägyptische Helena) receives a lavish, rare U.S. staging at Bard SummerScape. Botstein, and his annual opera production at Bard, seem more invaluable by the year. —The New York Times Strauss and librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal reimagine the Helen myth, set in the…