Jul. 18 at Miller Outdoor Theatre
Romeo and Juliet + Shostakovich 5
From Verona’s star-crossed lovers to Shostakovich’s triumph and Reid’s Floodplain, this program spans passion, power, and transformation.
About This Concert
“In fair Verona, where we lay our scene…” Sampled in countless films and television series, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet provides a passionate and sweeping soundtrack for the ill-fated, star-crossed lovers. Premiered in 1937, Shostakovich’s Fifth was immediately received with “triumphal success”, receiving a 30-minute standing ovation. Ellen Reid’s transformational Floodplain explores both the magnificence and consequential destruction of mighty river deltas.
This concert is sponsored in part by the City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board.
Tickets
Friday, Jul. 18
8:30 P.M. at Miller Outdoor Theatre
Event Details & Ticket Information
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Artists

Anna Rakitina
conductor
Sponsored by

Presenting Sponsor
Program
E. REID
Floodplain
TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Opus 47
I. Moderato
II. Allegretto
III. Largo
IV. Allegro non troppo
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Anna Rakitina
conductor
Anna Rakitina has firmly established herself as one of the most sought-after conductors of her generation following a series of highly acclaimed appearances with Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras as well as the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Tonkünstler-Orchester, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra.
The 2024–25 season sees Rakitina make debuts with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, and North Carolina Symphony. In May 2025, as part of the Leipzig Shostakovich Festival, she conducted a specially assembled festival orchestra consisting of young musicians from the Gewandhaus Orchestra’s Mendelssohn Orchestra Academy, the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, and students from the University of Music and Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” Leipzig. She also appears with many other European orchestras this season.
Rakitina regularly collaborates with soloists including Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Inon Barnatan, Joshua Bell, Renaud Capuçon, Augustin Hadelich, Lucas and Arthur Jussen, Gil Shaham, Christian Tetzlaff, and Alisa Weilerstein. She continues to champion music by today’s composers.
Rakitina was Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 2019 to 2023, only the second woman in the orchestra’s history to hold the position. In 2025, she received the prestigious European Cultural Award in recognition of her unique talent.