A concert performance of Camille Saint Saëns’ opera unfolds the powerful musical drama of passion, betrayal and fate, led by Charles Dutoit with the Orchestra of the Slovenian Philharmonic.

The ensemble of Venice’s Teatro La Fenice visits Cankarjev dom with Rossini’s beloved comic opera The Barber of Seville.

Martha Argerich returns to the stage of the Ljubljana Festival, where she will join the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of maestro Charles Dutoit to create an unforgettable evening of superb music.

The Wuxi Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Daye Lin presents a programme combining Verdi’s dramatic operatic overture, contemporary Chinese symphonic music and Brahms’s monumental Symphony No. 1.

Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet comes to life in a contemporary choreography by Asun Noales, performed with the ADDA Simfònica Alicante.

Sir John Eliot Gardiner makes his first appearance in Slovenia, leading The Constellation in a performance of Brahms’s profoundly crafted Song of Destiny.

Symphony Orchestra of the Alicante Auditorium ADDA, together with Pinchas Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsyth, performs Strauss’s vivid symphonic poem Don Quixote.

A vibrant journey through the sound worlds of the 20th century, led by Yuja Wang and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Teddy Abrams.

The program features Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto and Bruckner’s monumental Ninth Symphony performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.

The evening features Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 2 performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and the Kaunas State Choir.

One of the leading pianists of her generation, Khatia Buniatishvili, appears with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Gudni Emilsson in an evening of virtuosity and expressive intensity.

Under the direction of Daniele Gatti, the Staatskapelle Dresden performs Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, one of the composer’s darkest and most uncompromising works.

The festival’s closing concert features a programme with works by Rautavaara, Bruch and Sibelius, performed by the Baltic Sea Philharmonic under Robert Treviño, with violinist Lana Trotovšek as soloist.