Tickets to all Naples Philharmonic Masterworks, Visiting Orchestras and other select performances include special extended hours for The Baker Museum. Hours on day of performance are listed below. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place.
Patrons who do not have performance tickets are also welcome to visit the museum during these extended hours.
© Marco Borregreve
Beethoven and Brahms
October 29 and 30, 2026
Thursday and Friday at 7:30pm
Prelude at 6:30pm
Naples Philharmonic
Alexander Shelley, artistic and music director
Yeol Eum Son, piano
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich — Jubilation
Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms — Symphony No. 1
The Masterworks series opens with Artistic and Music Director Alexander Shelley leading the Naples Philharmonic and celebrated pianist Yeol Eum Son in Beethoven’s storm-lit Third Piano Concerto, followed by the weight and resolve of Brahms’ monumental First Symphony.
Mandy Gonzalez Sings Broadway
November 3–7, 2026
Tuesday–Friday at 7:30pm
Saturday at 2pm and 7:30pm
Naples Philharmonic
Jack Everly, principal pops conductor
Mandy Gonzalez, vocalist
Broadway superstar Mandy Gonzalez joins Principal Pops conductor Jack Everly and the Naples Philharmonic for a scintillating program of musical theater favorites. From her breakthrough performance of In the Heights to Wicked and Hamilton, experience the songs that made her a star — all delivered with her signature passion and precision.
Tickets include same-day admission to The Baker Museum. Special museum hours on the days of these Naples Philharmonic Pops performances: 10am-7:30pm. In addition, the doors to Hayes Hall will open 90 minutes prior to this performance. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place.
© Tom Zimberoff
Josefowicz and Rachmaninoff
November 20 and 21, 2026
Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm
Prelude at 6:30pm
Naples Philharmonic
Markus Stenz, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
John Adams — Scheherazade.2
Rachmaninoff — Symphonic Dances
Renowned German conductor Markus Stenz returns to lead the Naples Philharmonic and violinist Leila Josefowicz in John Adams’ dramatic Scheherazade.2, his modern take on One Thousand and One Nights, before concluding with Rachmaninoff’s singular final masterpiece, Symphonic Dances.
Hamilton
November 24–25, 27–29, 2026
Tuesday at 7:30pm
Wednesday at 1:30pm and 7:30pm
Friday at 7:30pm
Saturday–Sunday at 1:30pm and 7:30pm
The unforgettable story of passion, unstoppable ambition and the dawn of a new nation, seen by more than 28 million people around the world.
Hamilton is the epic saga that follows the rise of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton as he fights for honor, love and a legacy that would shape the course of a nation. Based on Ron Chernow’s acclaimed biography and set to a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, Hamilton has had a profound impact on culture, politics and education. Hamilton features book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and musical supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire. In addition to its 11 Tony Awards, it has won Grammy Awards, Olivier Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Tickets include same-day admission to The Baker Museum. Special museum hours on the days of the Hamilton performances: November 24, 25, 27 and 28, 10am-7:30pm, and November 29, noon-7:30pm. In addition, the doors to Hayes Hall will open 90 minutes prior to this performance. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place.
© Martin Romero
Alexander Conducts The Firebird
December 10 and 11, 2026
Thursday and Friday at 7:30pm
Prelude at 6:30pm
Naples Philharmonic
Alexander Shelley, artistic and music director
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Lera Auerbach — Icarus
Gabriel Kahane — If Love will not swing wide the gates
Stravinsky — The Firebird
Alexander Shelley and the orchestra are joined by one of America’s most recognized clarinetists, Anthony McGill, to perform Gabriel Kahane’s lyrical exploration of love and empathy before the program turns to Stravinsky’s boldly colorful and rhythmic mythic ballet score The Firebird.
Holiday Pops
Naples Philharmonic Special Performance
December 17–20, 2026
Thursday and Friday at 7:30pm
Saturday at 2pm and 7:30pm
Sunday at 2pm
Hayes Hall
Naples Philharmonic
Nicholas Hersh, conductor
Naples Philharmonic Chorus
Jeremy T. Warner, director
Naples Philharmonic Youth Chorus
Barbara Sletto, director
A cherished tradition returns as guest conductor Nicholas Hersh leads the Naples Philharmonic, Naples Philharmonic Chorus and Naples Philharmonic Youth Chorus in a festive program of classic carols and contemporary holiday favorites, capturing the warmth and joy of the season.
Tickets include same-day admission to The Baker Museum. Special museum hours on the days of these Naples Philharmonic special performances: Thursday-Saturday, December 17-19, 10am-7:30pm, and Sunday, December 20, noon-4pm. In addition, the doors to Hayes Hall will open 90 minutes prior to this performance. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place.
Death Becomes Her
December 29, 2026–January 3, 2027
Tuesday–Wednesday at 7:30pm
Thursday at 1pm
Friday at 7:30pm
Saturday–Sunday at 2pm and 7:30pm
Some people will do anything to look eternally fabulous. But famous actress Madeline Ashton and her best frenemy Helen Sharp are about to go too far… thanks to a mysterious woman named Viola Van Horn and a secret potion that’s to die for.
Death Becomes Her is the Tony Award-winning, drop-dead hilarious new musical comedy based on the classic 1992 film with direction and choreography by Tony winner Christopher Gattelli. Death Becomes Her is “a laugh-filled, tuneful musical to die for” (Variety) and “a cheek-aching laughter roller coaster — the most fun night out!” (The Daily Beast). Experience the “savagely funny” (Time Out) pop-culture phenomenon that’s been certified “hilarious” by The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Goldie Hawn, Beyoncé (!!) and countless fans on Instagram, TikTok and beyond.
Tickets include same-day admission to The Baker Museum. Special museum hours on the days of the Death Becomes Her performances: December 29, 30, 31 and January 2, 10am-7:30pm, and January 3, noon-7:30pm. In addition, the doors to Hayes Hall will open 90 minutes prior to this performance. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place.
© Andrew Eccles
Fleming and Hampson
January 7 and 9, 2027
Thursday and Saturday at 7:30pm
Prelude at 6:30pm
Naples Philharmonic
Alexander Shelley, artistic and music director
Renée Fleming, soprano
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Naples Philharmonic Chorus
Jeremy T. Warner, director
Beethoven — Overture to Fidelio
Shostakovich — Symphony No. 9
John Adams — Three Scenes from Nixon in China
Acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming and baritone Thomas Hampson join Alexander Shelley and the orchestra for a joyously varied program featuring Beethoven’s overture to his lone opera, Shostakovich’s sardonic Ninth Symphony and three scenes from Nixon in China, John Adams’ operatic fusion of jazz, big band and wry political theater.
© Roger Mastroianni
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, music director
January 26 and 31, 2027
Tuesday at 7:30pm
Sunday at 3pm
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, music director
Tuesday Performance
Strauss — Metamorphosen
Beethoven — Symphony No. 5
Sunday Performance
Schubert — Symphony No. 6
J. Strauss — Overture to Carnival in Rome
Ballet Music from Carnival in Rome
Entr’acte from A Night in Venice
Angelica Polka
With Us at Home (Bei uns z’Haus) Waltzes
Quadrille from The Gypsy Baron
In the first of two performances, The Cleveland Orchestra returns to Naples with its acclaimed precision and depth under Music Director Franz Welser-Möst. The program moves from Strauss’ searching Metamorphosen to Beethoven’s majestic Symphony No. 5, a work whose iconic opening and relentless forward momentum have come to define the symphonic tradition, reshaping its scale, structure and expressive force.
In the second of its two performances, The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst perform a program that contrasts Schubert’s buoyant Sixth Symphony with the sparkling wit and color of Johann Strauss Jr., featuring selections drawn from polkas, waltzes and operetta.
Tickets include same-day admission to The Baker Museum. Special museum hours on day of The Cleveland Orchestra performances: January 26, 10am-7:30pm, Sunday, January 31, noon-7pm. In addition, the doors to Hayes Hall will open 90 minutes prior to these performances. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place.
© Darron Silva
Zachary and Rachmaninoff
January 28 and 29, 2027
Thursday and Friday at 7:30pm
Prelude at 6:30pm
Naples Philharmonic
Teddy Abrams, conductor
Zachary DePue, violin
Gabriel Kahane — Judith
Szymanowski — Violin Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninoff — Symphony No. 2
A Naples Philharmonic program shaped by Gabriel Kahane’s portrait of an aging widow and Szymanowski’s shimmering Second Violin Concerto brings Concertmaster Zachary DePue to the fore under the baton of Grammy-winning conductor Teddy Abrams, concluding with the broad lyricism of Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2.
The Great Gatsby
February 2–7, 2027
Tuesday–Friday at 7:30pm
Saturday–Sunday at 2pm and 7:30pm
The Great Gatsby is a “Broadway extravaganza that explodes with life and energy” (Entertainment Weekly). Based on the classic American novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the Tony Award-winning new musical is an unforgettable journey of love, wealth and tragedy that brings the roaring twenties to life on stage.
Directed by Marc Bruni (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), this story of extravagance and longing features choreography by Dominique Kelley (So You Think You Can Dance), a book by Kait Kerrigan (The Mad Ones) and a jazz- and pop-influenced original score by Jason Howland (Little Women) and Nathan Tysen (Paradise Square).
Tickets include same-day admission to The Baker Museum. Special museum hours on the days of The Great Gatsby performances: February 2–6, 10am-7:30pm, and February 7, noon-7:30pm. In addition, the doors to Hayes Hall will open 90 minutes prior to this performance. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place.
© Ben Ealovega
James Plays Mozart
February 12 and 13, 2027
Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm
Prelude at 6:30pm
Naples Philharmonic
James Ehnes, violin, leader and artistic partner
Jessie Montgomery — Strum
Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 4
Dvořák — Serenade for Strings
Renowned worldwide for his serene lyricism and effortless virtuosity, Artistic Partner James Ehnes leads the Naples Philharmonic in a program centered on the vitality of strings — pairing Mozart’s graceful Fourth Violin Concerto with Dvořák’s warm, folk-inflected Serenade for Strings.
© Co Merz
Munich Philharmonic
Lahav Shani, chief conductor
February 15, 2027
Monday at 7:30pm
Munich Philharmonic
Lahav Shani, chief conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Brahms — Violin Concerto
Schubert — Symphony in C Major, “Great”
The Munich Philharmonic makes its Artis—Naples debut under Chief Conductor Lahav Shani with celebrated violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter in Brahms’ formidable Violin Concerto, followed by Schubert’s expansive Great Symphony — a landmark work of momentum, lyrical breadth and sweeping scale.
Tickets include same-day admission to The Baker Museum. Museum hours on the day of the Munich Philharmonic performance: 10am-7:30pm. In addition, the doors to Hayes Hall will open 90 minutes prior to this performance. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place.
Beethoven 1 and 2
March 4, 2027
Thursday at 7:30pm
Prelude at 6:30pm
Naples Philharmonic
Alexander Shelley, artistic and music director
Beethoven — Symphony No. 1
Beethoven — Symphony No. 2
A program devoted to Beethoven’s early symphonies, led by Alexander Shelley, reveals the composer’s growing ambition as the clarity and wit of the First Symphony give way to the broader scale, bolder color and emerging fire that animate the Second.
Beethoven 3 and 4
March 6, 2027
Saturday at 7:30pm
Prelude at 6:30pm
Naples Philharmonic
Alexander Shelley, artistic and music director
Beethoven — Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
Beethoven — Symphony No. 4
Alexander Shelley leads the Naples Philharmonic in Beethoven’s groundbreaking Symphony No. 3, “Eroica,” a powerful and dramatic work that redefined the possibilities of the symphonic form, before taking on the light and exuberant Fourth Symphony.
© Musacchio & Ianniello
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano, chief conductor
March 9, 2027
Tuesday at 7:30pm
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano, chief conductor
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Beethoven — Violin Concerto
Shostakovich — Symphony No. 8
The London Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor Sir Antonio Pappano return with violinist Maxim Vengerov in Beethoven’s serene Violin Concerto, set against the dark brooding of Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony — a gripping wartime work marked by stark intensity and uncompromising force.
Tickets include same-day admission to The Baker Museum. Special museum hours on the day of the London Symphony Orchestra performance: 10am-7:30pm. In addition, the doors to Hayes Hall will open 90 minutes prior to this performance. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place.
Beethoven 5 and 6
March 18, 2027
Thursday at 7:30pm
Prelude at 6:30pm
Naples Philharmonic
Alexander Shelley, artistic and music director
Beethoven — Symphony No. 5
Beethoven — Symphony No. 6, "Pastorale"
Alexander Shelley conducts a program built around two contrasting Beethoven symphonies. Beginning with this revolutionary and arguably most famous work, the Fifth Symphony, the storminess of the opening half subsides in the Pastorale, a five-movement depiction of peaceful countryside scenes interrupted by a brief yet powerful thunderstorm.
Beethoven 7 and 8
March 19, 2027
Friday at 7:30pm
Prelude at 6:30pm
Naples Philharmonic
Alexander Shelley, artistic and music director
Beethoven — Symphony No. 7
Beethoven — Symphony No. 8
Beethoven’s inventive genius coalesces as Alexander Shelley leads the orchestra through Beethoven’s relentlessly energetic Seventh Symphony, where rhythm drives the music forward, and the bright, rapid-fire Eighth — the shortest and most concentrated of his symphonies.
Beethoven 9
March 20, 2027
Saturday at 7:30pm
Prelude at 6:30pm
Naples Philharmonic
Alexander Shelley, artistic and music director
Karen Slack, soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
Michael Spyres, tenor
TBD, baritone
Naples Philharmonic Chorus
Jeremy T. Warner, director
Jake Runestad — A Silence Haunts Me
Beethoven — Symphony No. 9
The final Masterworks program devoted to Beethoven sees Alexander and the orchestra — along with the Naples Philharmonic Chorus — for Jake Runestad’s touching choral reflection on Beethoven’s struggle with deafness before turning to the Ninth Symphony, his monumental finale that shattered the traditional symphonic form.
Pops Hits and Power Ballads
March 30–April 3, 2027
Tuesday–Friday at 7:30pm
Saturday at 2pm and 7:30pm
Naples Philharmonic
Stuart Chafetz, conductor
Dee Donasco, vocalist
Micah Wilshire, vocalist and guitar
From the arena-ready hits of rock legends like Aerosmith to the soaring power ballads of pop music’s greatest songstresses like Adele, guest conductor Stuart Chafetz leads the Naples Philharmonic in a high-voltage program celebrating some of popular music’s most iconic songs and electrifying moments.
Tickets include same-day admission to The Baker Museum. Special museum hours on the days of these Naples Philharmonic Pops performances: 10am-7:30pm. In addition, the doors to Hayes Hall will open 90 minutes prior to this performance. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place.
Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony
April 9 and 10, 2027
Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm
Prelude at 6:30pm
Naples Philharmonic
Stephanie Childress, conductor
Time for Three
Nicolas Kendall, violin
Charles Yang, violin
Ranaan Meyer, bass
Mary Kouyoumdjian — Commissioned Work
Jennifer Higdon — Concerto 4:3
Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
The penultimate Masterworks program of the season sees Franco-British conductor Stephanie Childress make her Naples Philharmonic debut, joining the “classically trained garage band” Time for Three and the orchestra for Jennifer Higdon’s Concerto 4:3 before closing with Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony, inspired by the composer’s travels in sun-soaked Italy.
© Marco Borregreve
Alexander Conducts The Planets
April 29 and May 1, 2027
Thursday and Saturday at 7:30pm
Prelude at 6:30pm
Naples Philharmonic
Alexander Shelley, artistic and music director
Clara-Jumi Kang, violin
Women of the Naples Philharmonic Chorus
Jeremy T. Warner, director
Nokuthula Ngwenyama — Primal Message
Britten — Violin Concerto
Holst — The Planets
Alexander Shelley and the Naples Philharmonic close out the Masterworks series with Britten’s brilliant Spanish-influenced violin concerto, framed by two works inspired by deep space: Holst’s innovative orchestral suite, The Planets, and Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s Primal Message, which imagines how a musical missive to distant life might sound.
Patriotic Pops
Naples Philharmonic Special Performance
May 27 and 28, 2027
Thursday and Friday at 7:30pm
Hayes Hall
Naples Philharmonic
Manuel López-Gómez, associate conductor
Naples Philharmonic Chorus
Jeremy T. Warner, director
Naples Philharmonic Youth Chorus
Barbara Sletto, director
Honor our veterans and the nation’s history in this stirring annual tribute to America’s rich musical heritage. Featuring the Naples Philharmonic, Naples Philharmonic Chorus and Naples Philharmonic Youth Chorus, this patriotic program blends powerful orchestral and choral works in an evening marked by pride, gratitude and remembrance.
Tickets include same-day admission to The Baker Museum. Special museum hours on the days of these Naples Philharmonic special performances: 10am-7:30pm. In addition, the doors to Hayes Hall will open 90 minutes prior to this performance. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place.
All programming, performers and dates are subject to change.