Classical Month in Washington: July/August

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July 4, 2013 (Thu)
8 pm
A Capitol Fourth
National Symphony Orchestra
U.S. Capitol, West Lawn

July 6, 2013 (Sat)
4 pm
Castleton Chamber Players
Music of Mahler
Castleton Festival

July 6, 2013 (Sat)
7 pm
Puccini, La Fanciulla del West
With Lorin Maazel, conductor
Castleton Festival

July 7, 2013 (Sun)
2 pm
Castleton Festival Orchestra
Music of Mahler, Mendelssohn
Castleton Festival

July 11, 2013 (Thu)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Music by Baroque composers
Music Center at Strathmore

July 12, 2013 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Music by Baroque composers
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

July 12, 2013 (Fri)
8 pm
Puccini, La Fanciulla del West
With Lorin Maazel, conductor
Castleton Festival

July 12, 2013 (Fri)
8:15 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Orff, Carmina Burana
With Emil de Cou, conductor
Filene Center, Wolf Trap

July 13, 2013 (Sat)
3 pm
Poulenc, La voix humaine
With Cocteau play
Castleton Festival

July 13, 2013 (Sat)
7 pm
Verdi, Otello
With Lorin Maazel, conductor
Castleton Festival

July 13, 2013 (Sat)
8 pm
National Youth Orchestra of the U.S.A.
With Valery Gergiev (conductor) and Joshua Bell (violin)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

July 13, 2013 (Sat)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Screening of The Matrix with live music
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

July 13, 2013 (Sat)
8:30 pm
National Symphony Orchestra: Video Games Live
With Emil de Cou, conductor
Filene Center, Wolf Trap

July 14, 2013 (Sun)
11 am
Castleton Chamber Players
Music by Handel, Kodály, Beethoven
Castleton Festival

July 14, 2013 (Sun)
2 pm
Castleton Festival Orchestra
Music by Mahler, Charles Peck
Castleton Festival

July 14, 2013 (Sun)
6 pm
NSO Summer Music Institute Orchestra [FREE]
With Elizabeth Schulze, conductor
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

July 18, 2013 (Thu)
8 pm
Castleton Festival Orchestra
Music by Mahler, Mendelssohn
Hylton Center (Manassas, Va.)

July 19, 2013 (Fri)
8 pm
Verdi, Otello
With Lorin Maazel, conductor
Castleton Festival

July 19, 2013 (Fri)
8:15 pm
Verdi, La Traviata
National Symphony Orchestra
Filene Center, Wolf Trap

July 20, 2013 (Sat)
11 am
Castleton Young Artists
Opera scenes
Castleton Festival

July 20, 2013 (Sat)
3 pm
Poulenc, La voix humaine
With Cocteau play
Castleton Festival

July 20, 2013 (Sat)
7 pm
Castleton Festival Orchestra
Music by Barber
With Dmitri Berlinsky, violin
Castleton Festival

July 21, 2013 (Sun)
11 am
Castleton Chamber Players
Music by Fauré, Prokofiev, Chausson
Castleton Festival

July 21, 2013 (Sun)
2 pm
Puccini, La Fanciulla del West
With Lorin Maazel, conductor
Castleton Festival

July 26, 2013 (Fri)
8 pm
Verdi, Otello
With Lorin Maazel, conductor
Castleton Festival

July 26, 2013 (Fri)
8:15 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Ankush Kumar Bahl, conductor
Filene Center, Wolf Trap

July 27, 2013 (Sat)
11 am
Castleton Young Artists
Opera scenes
Castleton Festival

July 27, 2013 (Sat)
3 pm
Poulenc, La voix humaine
With Cocteau play
Castleton Festival

July 27, 2013 (Sat)
7 pm
Salute to Britten and Tchaikovsky
With Neil Shicoff, tenor
Castleton Festival

July 27, 2013 (Sat)
8:30 pm
Chris and Dave Brubeck, Ansel Adams: America
National Symphony Orchestra
With Emil de Cou, conductor
Filene Center, Wolf Trap

July 28, 2013 (Sun)
11 am
Castleton Young Artists
Lieder by Mahler
Castleton Festival

July 28, 2013 (Sun)
2 pm
Verdi, Otello
With Lorin Maazel, conductor
Castleton Festival

July 28, 2013 (Sun)
6 pm
NSO Summer Music Institute Orchestra [FREE]
With Elizabeth Schulze, conductor
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

July 30, 2013 (Tue)
8:30 pm
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Filene Center, Wolf Trap

August 1, 2013 (Thu)
8:30 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II
Filene Center, Wolf Trap

August 2, 2013 (Fri)
8:30 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II
Filene Center, Wolf Trap

August 9, 2013 (Fri)
8 pm
Verdi, Falstaff
Wolf Trap Opera
Barns, Wolf Trap

August 11, 2013 (Sun)
3 pm
Verdi, Falstaff
Wolf Trap Opera
Barns, Wolf Trap

August 14, 2013 (Wed)
8 pm
Verdi, Falstaff
Wolf Trap Opera
Barns, Wolf Trap

August 17, 2013 (Sat)
7 pm
Verdi, Falstaff
Wolf Trap Opera
Barns, Wolf Trap