Tanglewood

Andris Nelsons, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and a cast of phenomenal singers bring Puccini’s operatic tale of love and treachery to the Shed.

Boston Symphony Music Director Andris Nelsons leads the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in the Symphony No. 2 by Brahms and Berlioz’s "Symphonie fantastique," in concert from Tanglewood.

Spanish violin virtuoso María Dueñas is the soloist in Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, and Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in works by Bach and Mahler.

Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Williams’s Piano Concerto, written for and performed by Ax, followed by the epic journey of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1.

Lang Lang is the soloist in the beautifully romantic Piano Concerto No. 2 by Saint-Saëns in a program led by Andris Nelsons that also includes Gabriela Ortiz’s exuberant "La Calaca" and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, the "Pastoral."

Renée Fleming and the Boston Symphony perform a program of dynamic, graceful, and emotionally riveting works by Richard Strauss, including a suite from the opera “Der Rosenkavalier.”

Chan makes her Tanglewood debut conducting Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 and Korngold’s virtuosic Violin Concerto, featuring acclaimed violinist Leonidas Kavakos.

In a highlight of the season, a star-studded piano quartet comprised of pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Leonidas Kavakos, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma perform Beethoven’s Trio No. 4 in B-flat for piano, violin, and cello as well as his Leonore Overture No. 3 and Symphony No. 3 with violist Antoine Tamestit.

Andrés Orozco-Estrada makes his Tanglewood debut conducting Dvořák’s much-beloved Ninth Symphony, and the inimitable Joshua Bell joins to play Lalo’s spirited Symphonie espagnole.

A cherished Tanglewood tradition, John Williams’ Film Night returns with a fabulous program of film music highlights specially curated by Pops Conductor Laureate Williams himself and featuring Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops.