The Dandelion Chandelier Luxury Events Calendar for The Arts showcases the best museum exhibits this June. And the best June ballet, modern dance, classical music, opera, jazz performances. Looking for the best in arts and culture this June? It’s all here.
the best in arts and culture in june
June’s Arts calendar looks both forward and back.
For the best in opera in June, look to the new composition Mats Ek at the Paris Opera. In what will surely be one of the best events in classical music in June, the New York City Opera marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots with the world premiere of Stonewall.
Meanwhile, Moscow’s Garage Museum looks to the future with The Coming World: Ecology as the New Politics 2030–2100. And Singapore’s National Gallery explores how past artwork has inspired social change at Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia 1960s – 1990s.
If that’s too much back and forth for you, you can always enjoy the here and now at the Paris Jazz Festival.
performing arts
1. best in dance this June
One of the best dance performances this June promises to be the literary classic Jane Eyre. The American Ballet Theater brings it to life at the Metropolitan Opera House – June 4 – 10
Jane Eyre at the American Ballet Theater
The English National Ballet debuts its most significant production to date with Cinderella in-the-round at the Royal Albert Hall – June 6 – 16
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Lincoln Center for Ailey at Lincoln Center in one of the best dance programs in June. There will be 5 thematic performances. Bold Visions; the Ailey Spirit Gala; Trailblazers; Timeless Ailey; and An Evening Honoring Carmen de Lavallade. Alvin Ailey’s masterful Revelations will close each performance – June 12 – 16
20th-century choreographer Mats Ek returns to the Paris Opera with two new creations that showcase the best in dance in June. Boléro is set to Maurice Ravel’s mythical score. Another Place interprets Franz Liszt’s Sonata in B Minor – June 22 – July 14
2. best in classical music this June
The Met Orchestra takes the stage at Carnegie Hall in one of the best classical music and opera performances in June. Mezzo-sopranos Isabel Leonard and Elīna Garanča will perform guest solos – June 3 and 14
For its 10th season the Chelsea Music Festival will celebrate the best in classical music with a party for the 200th anniversary of the birth of Clara Schumann. The Clara Schumann Ten, a distinguished group of women composers from across the globe, will present new work – June 6 – 15
In celebration of its 100th year, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing at Beijing’s National Grand Theater – June 15
The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
The New York Philharmonic will bring a free concert to every borough with its annual Concerts in the Park series – June 11 – 16
3. best in opera this june
The dramatic and twisting La Forza del destino from Verdi is at the Paris Opera – June 6 – July 9
New York City Opera marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots with the world premiere of Stonewall by Iain Bell and Mark Campbell – June 21 – 25
Bizet’s great opera, Carmen, is at London’s Royal Opera – June 22 – July 20
The world’s most famous love story, Pucini’s Madame Butterfly, is at the Sydney Opera House – June 28 – Aug 10
Madame Butterfly at the Sydney Opera June 2019
4. best in jazz and new music this June
At BAM, the vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth will perform original music based on the photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe in Triptych – June 6 – 8
Jazz at Lincoln Center hosts Portraits of America: A Jazz Story, which promises to bring together visual art and jazz with a night of world premieres – June 7 – 8
Portraits of America: A Jazz Story at Jazz at Lincoln Center in June
Located in the beautiful Parc Floral, you will find the Paris Jazz Festival this month and next – June 30 – July 22
The Saratoga Jazz Festival is at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. This is the festival’s 42nd season, featuring Grammy award-winning artist Norah Jones- June 29 – 30
Triptych at BAM
visual arts
1. best art museum exhibits in europe, middle east and africa this June
Centre Pompidou in Paris is celebrating the influence of Dora Maar with an exhibition of her photography and paintings that promises to be one of the best museum exhibits this June. The show includes her Surrealist photo-montages, portraits, and examples of her commercial fashion and advertising photography – June 5 – July 29
Keith Haring is getting a major UK exhibition. More than 85 examples of his era-defining work will be on view at Tate Liverpool, including paintings, drawings, and sculptures – June 8 – Nov 10
Keith Haring exhibit at Tate Modern in London June 2019
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is collaborating with Madrid’s Prado on the exhibition Velázquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer: Parallel Visions. The exhibit will compare and contrast the way Dutch and Spanish masters painted life in their respective countries during the 16th and early 17th centuries – June 25 – Sep 29
The Coming World: Ecology as the New Politics 2030–2100 at Moscow’s Garage Museum brings together historical and new works by over 50 Russian and international artists. The exhibition will occupy the entire museum and will explore important issues around environmentalism and ecology – June 28 – Dec 1
2. best art museum exhibits in north and south america this June
Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists at the Minneapolis Institute of Art will include objects from across more than 1,000 years. It involves over 115 artists and is the first major art show to concentrate on Native women. The exhibition will include pottery, painting, textiles, digital art and photography – June 2 – Aug 18
Selection from the exhibit Hearts of Our People Native Women Artists
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will exhibit The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China. The show will examine the close relationship between contemporary Chinese artists and their materials – June 2 – Jan 5, 2020
In the late 1970’s, the children’s author Maurice Sendak embarked on a wild rumpus of his own designing costumes and sets for ballets and operas. This summer, The Morgan Library & Museum will share 150 of his works on paper in the exhibition Drawing the Curtain – June 14 – Oct 6
Sendak, Maurice, Show Scrim (The Magic Flute) 1979-1980
The Guggenheim’s exhibition Basquiat’s ‘Defacement’: The Untold Story centers on the artist’s response to a notorious instance of police brutality. In 1983, graffiti artist Michael Stewart was killed following his arrest in a New York City subway station. 20 related paintings and drawings by Basquiat accompany works by Andy Warhol, David Hammons, and Keith Haring – June 21 – Nov 6
3. best art museum exhibits in asia this June
Catch The National 2019: New Australian Art at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The exhibition presents the work of 24 Australian artists – through June 23
Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia 1960s – 1990s at the National Gallery in Singapore investigates how experimental artists acted as catalysts for change – Jun 14 – Sep 15
Awakenings Art in Society in Asia
That’s it. The best in arts and culture this June 2019. The most difficult issue will be deciding whether to start with the best in dance, classical music, opera, or jazz this June. Or perhaps we begin with one of the best museum exhibits in June? So many choices, so little time!
Have a brilliant month.
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