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Claude Brendel, director of the Conservatory of Rouen in France, will lead the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) in a concert at the Opera House on August 29.

A concert entitled Autumn Melody 2018 will be held at the Hanoi Opera House on August 16 under the baton of conductor Le Phi Phi.

Violinist Lidya Dobrevska and oboist Gordana Josifova Nedelkovska from Macedonia will perform in a concert featuring famous compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House next week.

Tours to Hanoi’s Opera House, a historic landmark in the capital, have been put on hold after less than a year.

A concert will be held on July 19 night at the HCM City Opera House to mark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Belgium diplomatic ties, announced the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera on July 17.

Internationally acclaimed conductor Honna Tetsuji will lead a concert featuring works by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak at the HCM City Opera House on June 19 night.

Mozart’s most famous opera The Magic Flute will be restaged at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on June 9 and 10.

The show “Summer Symphony” is taking place at the Hanoi Opera House on June 5 and 6, bringing together artists from Vietnam and Japan.

The Firebird Suite, an orchestral work for the ballet The Firebird by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, will be performed in Ho Chi Minh City on May 27.

A gala night was held at the Opera House Square in the northern port city of Hai Phong on May 12 as the first out of more than 50 activities within the Hoa Phuong Do (Red Flamboyant Flower) Festival.

Vietnamese-French violinist Stéphane Tran Ngoc will perform in a concert featuring pieces by Shostakovich and Elgar at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on May 9.

Choreographer Chun Yoo-oh from the Republic of Korea (RoK) will stage a contemporary dance based on Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu), a masterpiece by the great poet Nguyen Du, at the HCM City Opera House this weekend.

Vietnamese overseas dan bau (monochord) musician Pham Duc Thanh returns for his milestone concert at the Hanoi Opera House on March 3, where he will perform the first Vietnamese traditional instrument.

The 11th “Spring for children” programme will be held at the Hanoi Opera House on January 21 and broadcast live on VTV2 of the Vietnam Television.

Ballets by Vietnamese and international choreographers will appear on stage at HCM City Opera House on January 19, with the night’s highlight being a new contemporary ballet titled Falling Angels.

Artists from the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB) will perform classical and contemporary works at Hanoi Opera House on January 18.

Beautiful tunes praising the fatherland and patriotism will be presented during a special music show to welcome the new year on January 6.

The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet and Symphony Orchestra is due to stage the operetta Die Fledermaus (The Bat) by Austrian composer Johann Strauss II at the Opera House on December 29 evening.

The Vietnam National Symphony and Orchestra (VNSO) will play Vietnamese and world masterpieces at a concert at Hanoi Opera House on January 1.

Finnish conductor Kalle Kuusava will lead a concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of Finland at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on December 19.