Festivals

A feast of color from Ohlsson and Bychkov in Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States Summers at Severance 2026 [1] – Various: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), The Cleveland Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 16.7.2026. (MSJ)

Pianist Garrick Ohlsson with conductor Semyon Bychkov and the Cleveland Orchestra © Yevhen Gulenko/TCO

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Oscar Wilde’s bubbling comedy becomes a surreal hard-hitting farce in Barry’s adaptation at Garsington

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Garsington Opera 2026 [4] – Gerald Barry, The Importance of Being Earnest: Soloists, Philharmonia Orchestra / Douglas Boyd (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 10.7.2026. (CR)

Garsington Opera’s The Importance of Being Earnest © Richard Hubert-Smith

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Magical evening with Itzhak Perlman, Beethoven and the Cleveland Orchestra

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2026 [2] – Beethoven: Itzhak Perlman (violin & conductor), Cleveland Orchestra. Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 9.7.2026. (MSJ)

Itzhak Perlman conducts the Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Music Festival © Kevin Libal/TCO

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Szymanowski’s King Roger gets an ambitious anniversary revival at Des Moines Metro Opera

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United StatesUnited States Szymanowski, King Roger: Soloists, Orchestra of Des Moines Metro Opera / David Neely (conductor). Blank Performing Arts Center Pote Theatre, Indianola, 4.7.2026. (ZC)

Christopher Sokolowski (Shepherd) and Alexander Birch Elliott (Roger) © Cory Weaver

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