Special Events
Holidays at the Hotel
December 09, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Hotel du Pont Gold Ballroom
Featuring mezzo soprano Clara Osowski
Repertoire:
Eddie Pola — It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
William Grant Still — Mother and Child
Michael Praetorius — Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
Johann Sebastian Bach — Et exsultavit spiritus meus from Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243
Gustav Holst — St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2
Ottorino Respighi — Trittico Botticelliano (1927)
George Frideric Handel — I Know That My Redeemer Liveth from Messiah, HWV 56
Felix Mendelssohn — Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
George Frideric Handel — Joy to the World
Mainstage Series
Waltzing Through Winter
January 30, 2026 at 7:30 pm
The Grand Opera House
Featuring Tchaikovsky's Concerto for Violin, Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss, Ravel's La Valse, and Anna Clyne's Masquerade.
Michelle Di Russo, conductor
Chee-Yun, violin
Musicians' Series
Brass Pipes
February 24, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Including works by Tomasi and Gabrieli.
Featuring Brass & Percussion of the DSO with organ
Mainstage Series
Across the Galaxy
March 20, 2026 at 7:30 pm
The Grand Opera House
Featuring music from sci-fi favorites including Star Trek, Star Wars, Doctor Who & The X-Files
Michelle Di Russo, conductor
Mainstage Series
Flames of Renewal – Wilmington
April 24, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Carlos Simon’s Four Black American Dances, Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, and Stravinsky’s Firebird: Suite.
Michelle Di Russo, conductor
Peter Dugan, piano
Sussex County
Flames of Renewal – Lewes
April 26, 2026 at 2:30 pm
Cape Henlopen High School
Carlos Simon’s Four Black American Dances, Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, and Stravinsky’s Firebird: Suite.
Michelle Di Russo, conductor
Peter Dugan, piano
