2015/2016 Season
“In the 2015/2016 season the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra will perform in opera productions, great symphonic works, chamber music, ballet performances and in family concerts. A demanding and versatile programme aiming at a new and wider range of audience.”
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Past events
Sep
189pm
Opening Concert of the 15/16 Opera Season
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, LisbonOpera SeasonOpening Concert of the 15/16 Opera Season. Joana Carneiro, conductor.
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Sep
275pm
Symphony No 7 in E Minor by Mahler
Centro Cultural de Belém (Main Auditorium), LisbonConcert SeasonJoana Carneiro, conductor.
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Oct
115pm
Verdi, Händel, Wagner, Prokofiev, Forbes, Smith, Faria and Mangione
Centro Cultural de Belém (Small Auditorium), LisbonConcert SeasonAlberto Roque, conductor. With the OSP Brass and Percussion Ensemble.
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Oct
174pm
Tribute to D. Pedro de Menezes
Igreja de Santa Maria da Graça, SantarémOSP on TourConcert with Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa where it will be played Stabat Mater composed by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, in 1736
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From Oct
20 To Nov
018pm
Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Main Hall), LisbonOpera SeasonJapanese tragedy in 2 Acts.
Libreto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.Available dates:
20/Oct, 22/Oct, 24/Oct, 26/Oct, 28/Oct, 30/Oct, 01/Nov -
Nov
0111am
Madama Butterfly Workshop
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Foyer), LisbonEducational Project - Opera WorkshopsCurated by David Harrison. Entry with ticket to the corresponding opera. For Families, from 12 years of age. Capacity: 50 people.
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Nov
109pm
Beethoven, Chopin, Janácek
Centro Cultural de Belém (Main Auditorium), LisbonConcert SeasonSimon Trpceski, piano. Joana Carneiro, conductor. Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa
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Nov
1411pm
24 flutes travelling around the world
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Foyer), LisbonEducational Project - Family ConcertsFree entry. Curated by Duncan Fox.
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From Dec
03 To Dec
209pm
Sleeping Beauty
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, LisbonNational Ballet Company Season with Orquestra Sinfónica PortuguesaPedro Carneiro, conductor.
Available dates:
03/Dec, 04/Dec, 05/Dec, 06/Dec, 11/Dec, 12/Dec, 13/Dec, 17/Dec, 18/Dec, 19/Dec, 20/Dec -
From Dec
09 To Dec
1911am
The Little Girl and the Sea / The Brave Little Tailor
Teatro Camões (Stage), LisbonEducational Project - Music at Christmas Time“The Little Girl and the Sea”, by Fernando Lopes–Graça and “The Brave Little Tailor”, by Tibor Harsany. Conductor Jan Wierzba. Curated by João Paulo Santos.
Available dates:
09/Dec, 10/Dec, 11/Dec, 13/Dec, 16/Dec, 17/Dec, 19/Dec -
From Dec
09 To Dec
203pm
Peter and the Wolf / Babar, the Elephant
Teatro Camões (Stage), LisbonEducational Project - Music at Christmas Time“Peter and the Wolf”, by Serguei Prokofiev and “Babar, the Elephant”, by Francis Poulenc. Conductor Jan Wierzba. Curated by João Paulo Santos.
Available dates:
09/Dec, 10/Dec, 12/Dec, 16/Dec, 17/Dec, 18/Dec, 20/Dec -
Jan
034pm
New Year’s Concert
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Main Hall), LisbonConcert SeasonWith soprano Elisabete Matos. Miquel Ortega, conductor.
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Jan
0911am
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Foyer), LisbonEducational Project - Family ConcertsFree entry. Curated by Duncan Fox.
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Jan
105pm
Braga Santos, Bruckner
Centro Cultural de Belém (Main Auditorium), LisbonConcert SeasonPedro Neves, conductor.
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From Jan
14 To Jan
249pm
Canto da Europa [postponed]
Teatro Nacional D. Maria II (Sala Garrett), LisbonOpera Season[postponed] Canto da Europa is a work that sings a continent by looking at it from one of its corners which is Portugal situated at a Europe’s corner, singing the continent of its dreams and realities. By Nuno Maló and Jacinto Lucas Pires.
Available dates:
14/Jan, 15/Jan, 16/Jan, 17/Jan, 20/Jan, 21/Jan, 22/Jan, 23/Jan, 24/Jan -
Jan
166pm
Nobres Recitais | Henning Kraggerud
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Noble Hall), LisbonChamber Music SeasonHenning Kraggerud, violin and conductor.
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From Feb
03 To Feb
078pm
Dialogues des Carmélites by Francis Poulenc
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Main Hall), LisbonOpera SeasonOpera in 3 Acts and 12 Scenes.
Based on the play by Georges BernanosAvailable dates:
03/Feb, 05/Feb, 07/Feb -
Feb
0611am
The Jungle Book
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Foyer), LisbonEducational Project - Family ConcertsFree entry. Curated by Duncan Fox.
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Feb
145pm
Faria Gomes, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovitch
Centro Cultural de Belém (Main Auditorium), LisbonConcert SeasonJohannes Moser, cello. Joana Carneiro, conductor.
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Feb
1511am
Faria Gomes, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovitch (Educational Concert)
Centro Cultural de Belém (Main Auditorium), LisbonEducational Project - Family ConcertsJohannes Moser, cello. Joana Carneiro, conductor. Part of the Educational Project.
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Feb
206pm
Nobres Recitais | Johannes Moser – Joana David
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Noble Hall), LisbonChamber Music SeasonJohannes Moser, cello and conductor.
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From Mar
05 To Mar
138pm
Iphigénie en Tauride by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 – 1787)
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Main Hall), LisbonOpera SeasonDavid Peter Bates, conductor.
Tragedy in four Acts
Libreto by Nicolas-François GuillardAvailable dates:
05/Mar, 07/Mar, 09/Mar, 11/Mar, 13/Mar -
Mar
0511am
Dido and Aeneas
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Foyer), LisbonEducational Project - Family ConcertsFree entry. Curated by Duncan Fox.
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Mar
12-
Nobres Recitais | Ana Quintans – João Paulo Santos
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Noble Hall), LisbonChamber Music SeasonAna Quintans, soprano.
João Paulo Santos, piano.Works by Francis Poulenc and Benjamin Britten
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Mar
205pm
Bach, Respighi, Strauss, Brahms
Centro Cultural de Belém (Main Auditorium), LisbonConcert SeasonWith Soprano Jessica Rivera. Johannes Stert, conductor.
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From Apr
06 To Apr
088pm
A Flowering Tree by John Adams
Centro Cultural de Belém (Main Auditorium), LisbonOpera SeasonOpera in 2 Acts. Libreto by John Adams and Peter Sellars.
Available dates:
06/Apr, 08/Apr -
Apr
0911am
Santarém’s Siege
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Foyer), LisbonEducational Project - Family ConcertsFree entry. Curated by Duncan Fox.
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Apr
1711am/4pm
Adams, Rodney Bennett, Strauss
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, LisbonConcert SeasonAndré Dias, percussion. Joana Carneiro, conductor.
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Apr
245pm
Dias da Música – Imperial Russia
Centro Cultural de Belém (Main Auditorium), LisbonConcert SeasonThis event is part of the Dias da Música Programme.
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Apr
249.30pm
Dias da Música – The Voyage of Phileas Fogg
Centro Cultural de Belém (Main Auditorium), LisbonConcert SeasonClosing concert from the Dias da Música Programme.
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Apr
306pm
Nobres Recitais | Freddy Kempf
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Noble Hall), LisbonChamber Music SeasonFreddy Kempf, piano and conductor.
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From May
05 To May
078pm
Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Main Hall), LisbonOpera SeasonGianpaolo Bisanti, conductor.
Available dates:
05/May, 07/May -
May
155pm
Tinoco, Ravel, Bartók
Centro Cultural de Belém (Main Auditorium), LisbonConcert SeasonJoana Carneiro, conductor. Artur Pizarro, piano.
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From May
20 To May
238pm
Lindane and Dalmiro by João Cordeiro da Silva
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Noble Hall), LisbonOpera SeasonJoão Paulo Santos, conductor. Serio-comica Opera in 2 Acts. Libreto by Gaetano Martinelli.
Available dates:
20/May, 22/May, 23/May -
From May
21 To May
229.30pm
Onheama by João Guilherme Ripper
Cineteatro Nicolau Breyner, SerpaOSP on TourMarcelo de Jesus, conductor. Opera in 3 Acts based on the poem A Infância de Um Guerreiro, by Max Carphentier.
Available dates:
21/May, 22/May -
From Jun
09 To Jun
188pm
Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Main Hall), LisbonOpera SeasonAntonio Pirolli, conductor. Lyrical play in 4 parts. Libreto by Temistocle Solera.
Available dates:
09/Jun, 11/Jun, 14/Jun, 16/Jun, 18/Jun -
Jun
1111am
Nabucco Workshop
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Foyer), LisbonEducational Project - Opera WorkshopsCurated by David Harrison. Entry with ticket to the corresponding opera. For Families, from 12 years of age. Capacity: 50 people.
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From Jun
16 To Jun
269pm
Carnaval
Teatro Camões, LisbonNational Ballet Company Season with Orquestra Sinfónica PortuguesaCarnaval: a fantasy after Camille Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of Animals.
Available dates:
16/Jun, 17/Jun, 18/Jun, 19/Jun, 23/Jun, 24/Jun, 25/Jun, 26/Jun -
Jun
259pm
Tinoco, Ravel, Bartók
Casa da Música, PortoConcert SeasonJoana Carneiro, conductor. Artur Pizarro, piano.