Things I saw while wandering around opera houses.

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Plays

• Shakespeare

  • Hamlet
    Comédie Française, Paris, France, on 7 March 2026.

Operas

• Poulenc

  • La Courte Paille
    Clermont Auvergne Opéra, Clermont-Ferrand, France, on 30 January 2026.

• Puccini

  • Turandot
    Oper Köln, Köln, Germany, on 7 June 2026.

• Purcell

  • Dido and Æneas
    Clermont Auvergne Opéra, Clermont-Ferrand, France, on 17 January 2026.

• Verdi

  • Nabucco
    Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, Germany, on 14 June 2026.
  • La Traviata
    Aalto Musiktheater, Essen, Germany, on 16 May 2026.

• Wagner

  • Parsifal
    Aalto Musiktheater, Essen, Germany, on 17 May 2026.
  • Die Walküre
    Oper Köln, Köln, Germany, on 30 April 2026.

Concerts

• Beethoven

  • Symphony No. 4 in B♭ major, Op. 60
    Theater Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, on 20 May 2026.
  • Egmont, Op. 84
    Essener Philarmoniker, Essen, Germany, on 8 May 2026.

• Berlioz

  • Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
    Orchestre national du Capitole, Toulouse, France, on 12 February 2026.

• Brahms

  • Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
    Theater Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, on 28 April 2026.
  • Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
    Theater Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, on 28 April 2026.
  • Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
    Theater Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, on 29 April 2026.
  • Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
    Theater Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, on 29 April 2026.

• Britten

  • Simple Symphony, Op. 4
    Orchestre national d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France, on 20 March 2026.

• Debussy

  • Prélude à l'Après-midi d'une faune
    Orchestre National de Lyon, Lyon, France, on 27 March 2026.

• Dvořák

  • Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95
    Orchestre National de Lyon, Lyon, France, on 27 March 2026.

• Haydn

  • Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob.VIIb/1
    Orchestre national d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France, on 20 March 2026.

• Mendelssohn

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 21, Op. 61
    Theater Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, on 20 May 2026.
  • Violin Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 64
    Opéra National de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, on 27 February 2026.

• Mozart

  • Symphony No. 41 in C major, "Jupiter", K. 551
    Essener Philarmoniker, Essen, Germany, on 8 May 2026.

• Tchaikovsky

  • Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
    Orchestre national d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France, on 20 March 2026.
  • Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
    Orchestre National de Lyon, Lyon, France, on 14 March 2026.