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EVENTS

Season events

The IVC season at a glance - finals, premieres, masterclasses, recitals, and pop-up performances across the Netherlands.

September 2026

Soprano Irene Hoogveld during an IVC Opera PopUp
POP-UP PERFORMANCE Past event

Opera PopUp

12 Sept 2026 · Huis 73, Reinier van Arkel and Grote Kerk, 's-Hertogenbosch
Soprano Irene Hoogveld during an IVC Opera PopUp
FESTIVAL Past event

Opera PopUp

19 Sept 2026 · Bourgondisch Brabant, Parade, 's-Hertogenbosch
Soprano Eunsoo Lee
RECITAL Past event

Opera brunch · Flight of Fancy

20 Sept 2026 · Theater aan de Parade
Bach Collegium 's-Hertogenbosch choir and instrumentalists in concert, a photograph of the Bach op Zaterdag series
RECITAL

Bach op Zaterdag - Cantata 69a

26 Sept 2026 · Grote Kerk, 's-Hertogenbosch

October 2026

Finalists of the 2024 IVC Opera and Oratorio competition with General and Artistic Director Andrew Watts
MAIN ROUNDS

59th IVC Opera & Oratorio - Main Rounds

02 Oct 2026 · Pleinzaal, Theater aan de Parade
Sir David Pountney
MASTERCLASS

Masterclass · Sir David Pountney

07 Oct 2026 · Pleinzaal, Theater aan de Parade
Finalists of the 2024 IVC Opera and Oratorio competition with General and Artistic Director Andrew Watts
FINALS

59th IVC Opera & Oratorio - Finals

10 Oct 2026 · Casinozaal, Theater aan de Parade

November 2026

Bach Collegium 's-Hertogenbosch choir and instrumentalists in concert, a photograph of the Bach op Zaterdag series
RECITAL

Bach op Zaterdag - Cantata 148

14 Nov 2026 · Grote Kerk, 's-Hertogenbosch
Annabelle Kennedy, second-prize laureate of the 2024 IVC
RECITAL

Elgar - The Music Makers & Fauré Requiem (Deventer)

14 Nov 2026 · Lebuinuskerk, Deventer
Annabelle Kennedy, second-prize laureate of the 2024 IVC
RECITAL

Elgar - The Music Makers & Fauré Requiem (Enschede)

15 Nov 2026 · Muziekcentrum Enschede
Concert stage, illustrative
GALA

Laureate gala · season close

15 Nov 2026 · De Vereeniging

January 2027

Portrait of bass Rueben Mbonambi
RECITAL

Opera brunch · Far from Home

17 Jan 2027 · Theater aan de Parade
Bach Collegium 's-Hertogenbosch choir and instrumentalists in concert, a photograph of the Bach op Zaterdag series
RECITAL

Bach op Zaterdag - BWV248 (Weihnachtsoratorium)

30 Jan 2027 · Grote Kerk, 's-Hertogenbosch

March 2027

Bach Collegium 's-Hertogenbosch choir and instrumentalists in concert, a photograph of the Bach op Zaterdag series
RECITAL

Bach op Zaterdag - BWV23 & Stabat Mater

06 Mar 2027 · Grote Kerk, 's-Hertogenbosch
Guests applauding at brunch tables during an earlier Opera & Brunch concert at Theater aan de Parade
RECITAL

Opera brunch · Tenor Travels

21 Mar 2027 · Theater aan de Parade

April 2027

Bach Collegium 's-Hertogenbosch choir and instrumentalists in concert, a photograph of the Bach op Zaterdag series
RECITAL

Bach op Zaterdag - BWV31

17 Apr 2027 · Grote Kerk, 's-Hertogenbosch

May 2027

Soprano Madison Horman
RECITAL

Opera brunch · Heroines

31 May 2027 · Theater aan de Parade

June 2027

Bach Collegium 's-Hertogenbosch choir and instrumentalists in concert, a photograph of the Bach op Zaterdag series
RECITAL

Bach op Zaterdag - BWV109

19 Jun 2027 · Grote Kerk, 's-Hertogenbosch

September 2027

Bach Collegium 's-Hertogenbosch choir and instrumentalists in concert, a photograph of the Bach op Zaterdag series
RECITAL

Bach op Zaterdag - BWV70

18 Sept 2027 · Grote Kerk, 's-Hertogenbosch

November 2027

Bach Collegium 's-Hertogenbosch choir and instrumentalists in concert, a photograph of the Bach op Zaterdag series
RECITAL

Bach op Zaterdag - BWV180

20 Nov 2027 · Grote Kerk, 's-Hertogenbosch