Newport, RI

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This concert is made possible through the generous support of Donald W. Osborne and Frank Garofolo. Praised as a “standout” with “star quality” by Opera News, Polish-American Magdalena Kuźma is promptly establishing a name for herself in both concert and operatic...
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Young Concert Artists (YCA) on Tour offers a special program of chamber music and song, featuring rarely heard instrumentation combining voice with violin and piano featuring Chinese violinist, Lun Li, Spanish/Dutch pianist, Albert Cano Smit, American bass-baritone, Joseph Parrish, and...
Don’t miss this spectacular evening with stage and screen star Kelli O’Hara, one of Broadway & Opera’s greatest leading ladies. O’Hara now returns to The Breakers for a vocal recital celebrating her illustrious and varied career.
The Newport Colony House, built in 1739, is the fourth oldest statehouse still standing in the United States. It was designed by builder/architect Richard Munday, who also designed Trinity Church and the Seventh Day Baptist Meeting House in Newport. Munday...
Mezzo-Soprano Heather Gallagher and Baritone Joseph Parrish join our Festival Artists for an enchanting morning recital of art song ("Lieder" in German). Director of Artistic Planning, Trevor Neal, has curated an incredible recital program of songs composed in the nearly forty years between 1888 and 1922.
Join our Festival Artists for an invigorating afternoon concert at Emmanuel Church, where the stunning English Gothic Revival architecture shapes an enveloping acoustic experience. This program highlights the solo and virtuosic capabilities of these talented emerging artists.
Experience an unforgettable sunrise over Newport’s iconic Cliff Walk through this whimsical and inspiring morning concert with our Festival Artists. These works, introspective in nature and written for different string configurations, together make for a meditative and uplifting start to your day.
As the sun rises over the Atlantic, the Newport Classical Festival Artists welcome you to your day with a program of meditative musical poetics. This program explores the spaces in which we gather: physically, mentally, and spiritually. These selections highlight composers from historically underrepresented communities and from the indigenous diaspora.
This concert with our Festival Artists explores the famous feud between Brahms and Liszt, in which both sought to build upon their own legacies to match that of the great Mozart. Reacquaint yourself with these timeless classics as these composers duke it out for greatness. There’s no rivalry like a classical rivalry!
Toast the 54th Newport Classical Music Festival with this intimate performance and elegant cocktail celebration at the historic Redwood Library & Athenæum! Clarinetist Anthony McGill is one of classical music’s most recognizable and brilliantly multifaceted figures. During the special extended intermission reception, explore the Library while enjoying cocktails and an array of hors d’oeuvres.