Celebrating our ninth season, Miami Beach Classical Music Festival promises an exciting schedule of FREE public concerts for all community members to enjoy.
The MMF Wagner Institute returns to Miami Beach in a groundbreaking and long-anticipated performance of Das Rheingold, the thrilling prelude to Wagner's famous Ring Cycle. Experience the opera like never before in an immersive experience that places the audience inside the scenery using state-of-the-art 360 projections. It is believed this Das Rheingold will be the first fully-staged production of this masterwork in South Florida.
After the overwhelming success of Opera at the Faena, MMF is excited to return with three opera productions this summer: Georges Bizet's Carmen, Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. These productions feature MMF's talented vocalists and will take place in partnership with Faena Art and in one of the highest-profile venues in Miami Beach, the breathtaking Faena Forum.
MMF will further promote Miami Beach as a cultural destination through a summer concert series on the new Ocean Drive Promenade featuring Chamber Music, Zarzuela, and Broadway performances. Join us every Sunday in June and July at 7 PM and don't forget to bring your chairs and blankets!
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Ocean Drive Promenade Music Series
Every Sunday at 7 PM
The Miami Beach Classical Music Festival, in partnership with the Ocean Drive Association, presents a a resident-centric and family-friendly summer concert series bringing classical music outside of the concert hall and into the community. Every Sunday in June and July, music lovers can catch MMF participants on the (New) Ocean Drive Promenade performing all your favorite Aria, Broadway, and Chamber Music selections.
These event are free and open to the public - and will take place in Lummus Park between 14th Street and 14th Place as part of the Ocean Drive Association's Promenade Concert Series.
Don’t forget to bring your lawn/beach chairs, blankets, and picnics!
Next Concert:
Opera Aria Night
JULY 10 | 7:00 PM
PERFORMANCES
July 10, 17, 24, 31 | 7:00 PM
Lummus Park
Between 14th Street & 14th Place
Opera Aria Night
Featuring the MMF Wagner Institute
The Miami Beach Classical Music Festival aims to bring South Florida audiences the very best classical music experiences and offers regular opportunities to hear opera’s next-generation perform the genre’s greatest hits. Don’t miss this intimate concert with the talented singers from the MMF Wagner Institute joined by accompanist John Parr and directed by Luana DeVol and Dolora Zajick.
Independence Day Celebration
Patriotic Favorites including Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes Forever, and more!
Capture the uniquely American spirit with our annual July 4th Independence Celebration in partnership with the Ocean Drive Association. The MMF Symphony Orchestra and Alumni Division Singers, conducted by founder and artistic director Michael Rossi, will perform on Ocean Drive before and during the City’s annual Firework Show. Celebrate the holiday with your Favorite Broadway Selections from West Side Story, Les Miserables, Wicked, and more.
Patriotic Music includes Tchaikovsky’s bombastic 1812 Overture, Armed Forces Salute, Stars and Stripes and other patriotic favorites.
Bring your blankets and the family to enjoy sitting on the lush grass of Lummus Park for this annual tradition.
Conductor’s Symphony Concert
MONTGOMERY Starburst
MOZART Symphony No. 33
OKPEPHOLO Kutimbua Kivumbi
VERDI Overture to La Forza del Destino
SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3
The next generation of symphonic conductors train at MMF’s Conducting Institute. These emerging artists gain valuable experience leading a full orchestra while being coached, as they study all aspects of the art of conducting with acclaimed faculty. Institute Fellows then have a chance to show off their artistry in a public concert. See them in Miami Beach first!
The Magic Flute
By W.A. Mozart
A hero on a quest and a princess finding her way encounter enchanted creatures, an evil queen and ultimately, each other – all with the help of a Magic Flute! Part of MMF’s popular Family Opera series, this production is created specifically for young children and will be performed with English dialogue. Mozart’s classic “singspiel” includes both spoken and sung dialogue, with familiar melodies you’ll be singing along to. Allow your children to experience opera in a family-friendly, live theatre setting.
Music for Hope
Benefit Concert for Ukraine
The Career Institute of the Miami Music Festival in partnership with Temple Emanu-El announce a special benefit concert to raise funds to support humanitarian relief efforts for the people of Ukraine. The evening will highlight music by Ukrainian, Tartar, and Georgian composers in various chamber music and vocal selections.
This performance is free and open to the public. Seating is general admission.
Check out this video of the stunning 360° projections.
Das Rheingold
By Richard Wagner
The MMF Wagner Institute, conducted by Founder and Artistic Director Michael Rossi, returns to Miami Beach in a groundbreaking and long-anticipated performance of Das Rheingold, the thrilling prelude to Wagner's famous Ring Cycle. Experience the opera like never before in an immersive environment that places the audience inside the scenery using state-of-the-art 360° projections.
In the depths of the Rhine, the three Rhinemaidens guard the Rhinegold: a treasure of immeasurable value. The Nibelung dwarf Alberich is dazzled by the sight of it. The girls explain that whoever wins the gold and forges it into a ring will gain power over the world, but must renounce love. Frustrated by his unsuccessful attempts to catch one of the girls, Alberich curses love and steals the gold. The ring he forges is fought over by gods and giants alike, setting into motion events beyond what even the powerful Wotan can prevent.
It is believed this Das Rheingold will be the first fully staged production of this masterwork in South Florida.
Chamber Music Concert
MMF’s Orchestral Institute draws a remarkable pool of talent from around the globe each season. This Chamber Concert is comprised of student musicians who select their own programs and coach with our distinguished faculty and artists-in-residence.
Carmen
By Georges Bizet
Carmen tells the story of Don Jose, a Spanish soldier who falls in love with the fiery and tempestuous Carmen. After two months away, Jose finds that he has a rival for Carmen's affections in the form of the toreador Escamillo. Love, anger, and jealousy explode as the three become embroiled in this passionate Romance, containing some of the most iconic songs in opera.
Written by the French composer Georges Bizet, with the libretto produced by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy, the Carmen opera premiered on 3rd March 1875. It has been hailed as a masterpiece and remains one of the most popular operas today.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By Benjamin Britten
A haunting and mystical take on one of William Shakespeare's most iconic comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream follows four Athenian lovers and a troupe of would-be actors into a fairy wood, ruled by the feuding King Oberon and Queen Titania. At the center of the tale is love-in-idleness, a magic flower struck by Cupid's arrow that can make anyone fall in love with the next person (or thing) they see. The course of true love never did run smooth, as friends are torn apart, actors are scared witless, and the Queen of the Fairies finds herself sharing her bower with a monster.
L'Orfeo
By Claudio Monteverdi
Performed by our Baroque Institute, L'Orfeo is an old song— one of the earliest written operas still performed today. The opera retells the classic Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheus is a poet and musician, son of the muse Calliope. After his true love dies the day of their wedding, Orpheus takes a harrowing journey way down through the Underworld to convince Pluto, the Lord of the Dead, to allow Eurydice to return with him.
Bernadette Peters, Headliner
Maestro Michael Rossi
POSTPONED
Miami Beach Live: Bernadette Peters with MMF Orchestra
Due to the city's March 22, 2022 Declaration of a State of Emergency relating to the public safety impacts of excessively large crowds during the Spring Break 2022, the Bernadette Peters concert scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 26 at Miami Beach Live will be rescheduled to a later date.
Celebrate Miami Beach’s diverse music, art, and culture during Miami Beach Live’s final weekend. The Miami Beach Classical Music Festival Orchestra will open the night with symphonic and broadway selections before playing for headliner Bernadette Peters.
For the opening act, singers from our MMF Alumni and Pre-College Programs will join the full MMF Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Michael Rossi. Enjoy the iconic rhythms of Gershwin’s Cuban Overture and An American in Paris and medley selections from your favorite Broadway musicals, Grease and West Side Story.
Throughout the weekend, MMF invites children and families to experience classical instruments up close at our Instrument Petting Zoo located in the Kids and Family Zone. Children gain hands-on access to test out various instruments before watching them come together in a beautiful symphony on-stage.
Don’t forget to bring your own blankets and beach chairs!