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1. Blues in Brussels
The Brussels Blues Jazz Marathon Weekend in May includes a varied programme of free blues and jazz gigs, ensembles and open-air concerts from more than 400 musicians from all over the world.

2. Verdi in Milan
This Plácido Domingo at La Scala tour is run by Travel for the Arts. It visits Milan to listen to the Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo sing Francesco Foscari in the new production of Verdi’s I due Foscari at the Teatro alla Scala.

3. Voyage along the Danube with Aled Jones
Aled Jones, the classic FM presenter and Ivan Hewett, The Telegraph’s classical music critic lead the new Telegraph Tours Voyage along the Danube. Based on a Scenic river cruiser which will travel through Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, Dürnstein, Linz and Passau, highlights include a private Strauss and Mozart concert and a special performance from Aled Jones in the Garden Palace of the Palais Liechtenstein in Vienna.

4. Puccini’s Lucca
Arblaster & Clarke is running a new four-day Wine and Opera tour to the Puccini Festival, which has taken place near the Massaciuccoli Lake, just outside Lucca, almost every year since 1930.

5. Musical train ride through Germany and Austria

6. Opera festival in Verona

7. Ring Cycle in Leipzig
The Ring has not been performed in Leipzig – the city where Wagner was born – for several decades, but this year the Leipzig Opera will stage two complete cycles for their 2016 season.

8. Southern sights and sounds
New Orleans will be celebrating its annual Jazz Heritage Festival in April and Titan’s Southern Sights and Sounds itinerary will include the festival for the first time.

9. Spanish flair

10. Sounds of Paris
The new concert hall – the Philharmonie de Paris – designed by Jean Nouvel, which opened in Paris last year, is swiftly becoming a major draw for music lovers because of its exceptional acoustics. At the end of this month, Martin Randall is offering a Music in Paris tour, which visits this venue alongside the Opéra Bastille and Opera Garnier.

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