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Bluebeard’s Castle
The immersive concert experience of the season.

A bride enters her new husband’s home. What she finds there will change her forever.

From visuals that immerse you from the moment you walk into Jones Hall to a dream cast comprised of two of the world’s greatest opera stars—together with the sonic power of the full Houston Symphony—May 16 & 17 is your chance to see a one-of-a-kind performance of Bartók’s chilling psychological thriller. This must-see event is musical storytelling at its most powerful.

Beethoven’s Eroica

Heroic. Ferocious. Groundbreaking.

Hear the Symphony that changed music when Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts Beethoven’s Eroica, a staggering musical vision too powerful to be contained. A monumental weekend also features the grand unveiling of Composer-in-Residence Jimmy López’s Aurora, which combines in-hall light displays with musical luminescence to immerse you in the beauty of the Aurora Borealis.

Music to carry you away:
Debussy’s La mer + Susan Graham

Breathe in the iridescent beauty of Debussy’s sonic portrait of the sea, led by Grammy Award-winning conductor Ludovic Morlot. Also on the program: mezzo-soprano Susan Graham performs Berlioz’ dreamy songs of love and loss, Les nuits d’ été.

Eschenbach Conducts Bruckner

Dive into bold new worlds of color and sound in a program that pairs the romance of the past with the racing pulse of the 21st century. Here are the top three reasons not to miss this weekend’s performances:

1. Soar through limitless sonic landscapes in Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4, music inspired by the colorful knights and castles of medieval romance.
2. Give a warm Houston welcome to former Music Director and Bruckner master Christoph Eschenbach.
3. Rock and roll rhythms meet staggering virtuosity in Esa Pekka Salonen’s roller coaster ride of a concerto which, in the words of the composer, “pushes the violin to its very limits.”