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Borrowed and Blue

We kick off our 36th season with music shaped by African and African American traditions. Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 5, written during his time in Egypt, is infused with exotic melodies and dazzling virtuosity. Gershwin and Weill both wove blues and jazz into a classical framework in their groundbreaking operas, Porgy and Bess and The Threepenny Opera, whose unforgettable tunes—like Mack the Knife and Summertime—have become standards of both the concert hall and the Great American Songbook.

Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director

Considered among the greatest orchestras in the world, The Cleveland Orchestra returns under the direction of famed Music Director, Franz Welser-Möst. Their program will include Mozart’s last and longest symphony – No. 41 the “Jupiter” – and Shostakovich’s 11th Symphony for the anniversary of the Russian Revolution of 1905.

Program to include:
Mozart, Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 “Jupiter”
INTERMISSION
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 103

Courtney Lewis, Music Director
Limmie Pulliam, tenor

The Kravis Center revives the lost art of the Vocal Recital with tenor LIMMIE PULLIAM and the JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY! Considered one of the most thrilling opera singers of his generation, Limmie recently became the first African American in the history of the Metropolitan Opera to perform the role of Radamès in Verdi’s Aida. He will be joined by the Jacksonville Symphony–one of Florida’s oldest cultural institutions and professional orchestras–in a program featuring works by Puccini, Verdi, Strauss and more.

Program to include:

To Be Announced

Into the Night

For our second Masterworks, we welcome violinist Hina Khuong-Huu, winner of the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition, whose expressive brilliance and fiery virtuosity will ignite Prokofiev’s darkly lyrical Second Violin Concerto.

Framing the program are two vivid fairytales: Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, a gripping, ghostly tone poem made famous by Fantasia, and Tchaikovsky’s luminous Sleeping Beauty Suite, culminating in the waltz beloved the world over. As a final touch of enchantment, we close with the glittering Waltz from Swan Lake.

Into the Night

For our second Masterworks, we welcome violinist Hina Khuong-Huu, winner of the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition, whose expressive brilliance and fiery virtuosity will ignite Prokofiev’s darkly lyrical Second Violin Concerto. Framing the program are two vivid fairytales: Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, a gripping, ghostly tone poem made famous by Fantasia, and Tchaikovsky’s luminous Sleeping Beauty Suite, culminating in the waltz beloved the world over. As a final touch of enchantment, we close with the glittering Waltz from Swan Lake.

Into the Night

For our second Masterworks, we welcome violinist Hina Khuong-Huu, winner of the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition, whose expressive brilliance and fiery virtuosity will ignite Prokofiev’s darkly lyrical Second Violin Concerto. Framing the program are two vivid fairytales: Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, a gripping, ghostly tone poem made famous by Fantasia, and Tchaikovsky’s luminous Sleeping Beauty Suite, culminating in the waltz beloved the world over. As a final touch of enchantment, we close with the glittering Waltz from Swan Lake.

Opera's Greatest Hits!
Take a beautiful and emotional journey through some of the best and favorite repertoire from operas by Puccini, Verdi, Mozart and others.
Featuring soprano, mezzo, tenor and baritone voices, and contextual guidance by master of ceremonies Ian Campbell.

Vero Beach Opera presents "Opera Showcase" on Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 7 pm at the Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Center.

Marc-André Hamelin, piano

New York’s Grammy Award®-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra returns, joining forces with pianist Marc-André Hamelin, who has been called “a performer of near-superhuman technical prowess.” Together they will perform arrangements for Piano and Orchestra including Liszt’s Wanderer Fantasy (after Schubert’s D. 760) and Schubert’s Chamber Symphony in B-flat Major (after D. 960).

Program to include:
Michi Wiancko, Chopiniana Suite
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414
INTERMISSION
Schubert/Breuer, Chamber Symphony in B-Flat Major, after D. 960

Andris Nelsons, conductor

Following their sold-out debut performances, the Vienna Philharmonic will take the stage in our Matinee Series. Led by Grammy Award®-winning conductor, Andris Nelsons (Music Director of Boston Symphony Orchestra), their Matinee Series program includes Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 – written in 4 days while in Linz – and Dvořák’s Sixth Symphony.

Program to include:
Mozart, Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425 “Linzer”
INTERMISSION
Dvořák, Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60, B. 112

Andris Nelsons, conductor
Lang Lang, piano

In their Evening Series performance, the Vienna Philharmonic and Maestro Andris Nelsons will be joined by “one of the most gifted classical artists on the planet”, Lang Lang! Their program features Bartók’s stunning Third Piano Concerto – completed as a gift for his wife during the final stages of leukemia – and Mahler’s dramatic First Symphony, the “Titan”.

Program to include:
Bartók, Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Major, Sz. 119, BB 127
INTERMISSION
Mahler, Symphony No. 1 in D Major