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

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



Eight of the 17 productions at Berlin's "Dance in August" festival (Aug. 10-Sept. 2) are world premieres, such as Michael Laub's Total Masala Slammer and Felix Ruckert's 3 Choreografen — three x two. Mikhail Baryshnikov makes an appearance leading the festival's highlight: the White Oak Dance Project's performance of PASTForward. Berlin. www.tanzwerkstatt.bkv.org