A new production of Benjamin Britten's The Rape of Lucretia on June 8 and 11, the first here for 30 years, marks the 25th anniversary of the composer's death. www.aldeburgh.co.uk

Among the highlights of this Belgium-wide festival are performances of Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil on June 29 and July 3 in Limburg and Gustav Leonhardt performing harpsichord music from the 17th and 18th centuries in Bruges on Aug. 7. www.festival-van-vlaanderen.be

As part of this four-week event (June 9-July 3), John Eliot Gardiner conducts an out-of-season performance of Handel's Messiah at the 6th century basilica of Hagia Eirene on June 15. www.istfest.org

Verdi isn't the only one getting the full treatment this summer. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Arnold Schönberg, part of this year's Vienna festival will be devoted to works of the Austrian composer, including Moses und Aron and all of the String Quartets. Through July 13.

Zubin Mehta conducts Berlioz's The Trojans in a National Theater concert on June 30 that will be simultaneously broadcast to an audience in the city's Max-Joseph-Platz. www.bayerische.staatsoper.de

Along with its dose of Verdi offerings (including a performance of the Requiem on June 30), this festival features violin soloist Shlomo Mintz performing works by Brahms and Bruckner with Bologna's Teatro Comunale Orchestra on June 27. Teatro Comunale, Florence, Italy. www.maggiofiorentino.com

Montserrat Caballé is among the luminaries on hand to mark the 15th anniversary of this festival. Running from July 14 to Aug. 23, the program includes works by Donizetti, Strauss, Puccini and, yes, Verdi, with the ubiquitous Requiem. Peralada, Spain. www.festivalperalada.com

Recitals by leading Czech, European, Asian and American pianists from July 8 to 21 are performed in the impressively preserved Masquerade Ballroom. Greece's Janis Vakarelis plays Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Brahms, Shostakovich and Prokofiev on opening night. Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic. www.czechmusic-festival.com

Over the years, music lovers who have trekked to a small Welsh village have seen the British debuts of such opera greats as Pavarotti and Domingo. This year's lineup includes soprano Angela Gheorghiu on July 8. Llangollen, Wales. www.international-eisteddfod.co.uk

Die Meistersinger with Robert Holl opens the festival on July 25; closing night (Aug. 28) features Poul Elming in the title role of Parsifal, with the Ring Cycle sandwiched in between. Meanwhile, some of the best action can be found offstage, where a feud has broken out between Wagner's heirs over the future direction of the festival. Bayreuth, Germany. www.bayreuther-festspiele.de

Prominent artists, among them James Levine, collaborate with tomorrow's stars here. July 20-Aug. 5; Verbier, Switz. www.verbierfestival.com

The English National Opera presents Verdi's Rigoletto, directed by Jonathan Miller, on Aug. 16, 18, 20, while on Aug. 31, Lorin Maazel directs the Philharmonia Orchestra in Mahler's 5th. San Sebastian, Spain. www. quincenamusical.com

Two world premieres: Rolf Urs Ringger's Luci di Prometéo is performed by the NHK Symphony of Tokyo and the Swiss Chamber Chorus on Aug. 23. And violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs André Previn's Tango, Song and Dance on Aug. 26. Lucerne, Switzerland. www.lucernefestival.ch

Rico Saccani and the National Opera of Hungary perform Aida on Aug. 1 and 4, while the Helikon Opera offers Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk on Aug. 10 and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin on Aug. 11. Santander, Spain.

This summer's productions include the world premiere of a choral work by Patrick Gowers, as well as Elgar's The Apostles and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Aug. 18-25. Gloucester, England. www.3choirs.org