April 21
Da Camera Houston
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Joshua Rubin, clarinetist
Sarah Rothenberg, pianist
Reich: Different Trains
Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
7:30 p.m. Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
Dallas Opera
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Mariusz Kwiecien, Kyle Ketelsen, Laura Claycomb, Katie Van Kooten, David Portillo, Virginie Verrez, Craig Verm, Morris Robinson; Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
7:30 p.m. Winspear Opera House
dallasopera.org; 214-443-1000
April 22
Dallas Opera Orchestra
Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
Andrew von Oyen, pianist
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
2 p.m. Winspear Opera House
dallasopera.org; 214-443-1000
Houston Grand Opera
Bernstein: West Side Story
Andrea Carroll, Norman Reinhardt, Gabrielle McClinton, Brian Vu; Timothy Myers, conductor
2 p.m. George R. Brown Convention Center
houstongrandopera.org; 713-228-6737
Ken Cowan, organist
2:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
mydso.com; 214-692-0203
April 26
Cliburn Concerts
Emanuel Ax, piano
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 15 in F
Liszt: Tre Sonetti del Petrarca
J.S. Bach: Partita No. 5 in G
Beethoven: Sonata No. 21 in C (“Waldstein”)
7:30 p.m. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Louis Lortie, pianist
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Dallas Symphony Chorus
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Durufle: Requiem
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
mydso.com; 214-692-0203
Houston Symphony
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Evgeni Bozhanov, pianist
Nicolai: Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
8 p.m. Jones Hall
April 27
Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition Semi-Final Round
11 a.m. Winspear Opera House
dallasopera.org; 214-443-1000
Cliburn Concerts
Emanuel Ax, piano
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 15 in F
Liszt: Tre Sonetti del Petrarca
J.S. Bach: Partita No. 5 in G
Beethoven: Sonata No. 21 in C (“Waldstein”)
7:30 p.m. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth
Dallas Opera
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Mariusz Kwiecien, Kyle Ketelsen, Laura Claycomb, Katie Van Kooten, David Portillo, Virginie Verrez, Craig Verm, Morris Robinson; Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
7:30 p.m. Winspear Opera House
dallasopera.org; 214-443-1000
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Louis Lortie, pianist
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Dallas Symphony Chorus
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Durufle: Requiem
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
mydso.com; 214-692-0203
Fort Worth Opera
Piazzolla: Maria de Buenos Aires
Solange Merdinian, Luis Alejandro Orozco, Gaby Natale; Scott Terrell, conductor
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall
Houston Grand Opera
Bellini: Norma
Liudmyla Monastyrska, Jamie Barton, Chad Shelton, Peixin Chen; Patrick Summers, conductor
7:30 p.m. George R. Brown Convention Center
houstongrandopera.org; 713-228-6737
April 28
Austin Opera
Verdi: La traviata
Marina Costa-Jackson, Scott Quinn, Michael Chioldi
7:30 p.m. Dell Hall
Chamber Music International
Sheryl Staples, violinist
Cynthia Phelps, violist
Carter Brey, cellist
Joyce Yang, pianist
Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor
Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat
Faure: Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor
7:30 p.m. Moody Performance Hall, Dallas
Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition Final Round
7:30 p.m. Winspear Opera House
dallasopera.org; 214-443-1000
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Louis Lortie, pianist
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Dallas Symphony Chorus
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Durufle: Requiem
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
mydso.com; 214-692-0203
Fort Worth Opera
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Burak Bilgili, Audrey Luna, Andrew Wilkowske, Ji-Min Park; Joe Illick conductor
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall
Houston Grand Opera
Bernstein: West Side Story
Andrea Carroll, Norman Reinhardt, Gabrielle McClinton, Brian Vu; Timothy Myers, conductor
7:30 p.m. George R. Brown Convention Center
houstongrandopera.org; 713-228-6737
Houston Symphony
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Evgeni Bozhanov, pianist
Nicolai: Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
8 p.m. Jones Hall
April 29
Dallas Opera
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Mariusz Kwiecien, Kyle Ketelsen, Laura Claycomb, Katie Van Kooten, David Portillo, Virginie Verrez, Craig Verm, Morris Robinson; Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
2 p.m. Winspear Opera House
dallasopera.org; 214-443-1000
Houston Grand Opera
Bellini: Norma
Liudmyla Monastyrska, Jamie Barton, Chad Shelton, Peixin Chen; Patrick Summers, conductor
2 p.m. George R. Brown Convention Center
houstongrandopera.org; 713-228-6737
Houston Symphony
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Evgeni Bozhanov, pianist
Nicolai: Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
2:30 p.m. Jones Hall
Fort Worth Opera
Brief Encounters: Three 45-minute Operas
Adamo: Avow
Heggie: Again
Illick: Feel the Tango
Maren Weinberger, Kate Tombaugh, Javier Abreu, John Brancy, Zachary James; Joe Illick, conductor
5 p.m. Botanic Gardens Lecture Hall
Voices of Change
Music of the Holocaust
Pigovat: Silent Music for viola and harp
Haas: Four Songs on Chinese Poetry for baritone and piano
Klein: String Trio
Schulhoff: Sonata for piano and flute
Sargon: Shema for piano and flute
7:30 p.m. Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University, Dallas
April 30
Da Camera Houston
Poetry and Music: Exile and Return
Sarah Rothenberg, pianist
Adam Zagajewski, poet
7:30 p.m. Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH)
Fort Worth Opera
Brief Encounters: Three 45-minute Operas
Adamo: Avow
Heggie: Again
Illick: Feel the Tango
Maren Weinberger, Kate Tombaugh, Javier Abreu, John Brancy, Zachary James; Joe Illick, conductor
7:30 p.m. Botanic Gardens Lecture Hall
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