Richard Strauss

Sarasota Opera Announces Cast for the 2026/2027 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 31, 2026

Sarasota Opera has announced casting for its 68th season, featuring HANSEL AND GRETEL, LA TRAVIATA, H.M.S. PINAFORE, ARIADNE AUF NAXOS and JENŮFA, with mezzo-soprano Kara Morgan and baritone Spencer Reichman among the artists.

Review: Lise Davidsen’s Strauss LAST SONGS is First in Anyone’s Book, with Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra
by Richard Sasanow - Aug 28, 2026

While it was only one part of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra’s concert, under Keri-Lyn Wilson, at Geffen Hall the other night, there’s no denying that the centerpiece was Richard Strauss’s FOUR LAST SONGS with the brilliant soprano Lise Davidsen—one of the Met’s star attractions these days.

Photos: New York Philharmonic to Tour Europe with Gustavo Dudamel, Oct. 9-22, 2026
by Rachel Stone - Aug 26, 2026

Gustavo Dudamel will lead the New York Philharmonic on a European tour from October 9-22, 2026, with stops in Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna, marking his first tour as music director.

Baritone Reginald Smith, Jr. Reveals 2026-2027 Season Highlights
by Stephi Wild - Aug 26, 2026

GRAMMY and Emmy Award-winning baritone Reginald Smith, Jr. has announced his 2026-2027 season, filled with notable operatic highlights, including multiple role and company debuts, as well as concert performances.

San Francisco Opera Will Host Free 'Opera In The Park' Concert in September
by Stephi Wild - Aug 25, 2026

San Francisco Opera will hold its free Opera in the Park concert in Golden Gate Park, with Music Director Eun Sun Kim leading the orchestra and singers from the fall season's productions.

Review: BBC PROMS: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS, Royal Albert Hall
by Louise Penn - Aug 20, 2026

This production, direct from Glyndebourne, is a delight from start to finish, with laughter and glorious voices leading to a true emotional climax to send us soaring into the summer night.

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra to Present BETWEEN US 2027 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 19, 2026

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra announced its 2027 season, featuring collaborations with the Australian String Quartet, Johannes Grosso, Stefan Cassomenos, Carla Blackwood and Polyphonic Voices at Melbourne Recital Centre.

Mozart's DON GIOVANNI to Open Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2026/27 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 13, 2026

Bass-baritone Christian Van Horn will star in Mozart's Don Giovanni, directed by Robert Falls and conducted by Enrique Mazzola, launching Lyric Opera of Chicago's new season.

Studio 7 Classical Label to Launch with Muresanu and Sonia Lee Recordings
by Rachel Stone - Aug 10, 2026

A new classical music label, Studio 7 Classical, will debut with recordings by violinist Irina Muresanu and violinist Sonia Lee, featuring conductor and pianist Benjamin Loeb.

Audra McDonald, a Miles Davis Tribute and More Set for Library of Congress 2026-27 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 4, 2026

The Library of Congress will present a season marking America's semiquincentennial and centennials for Miles Davis and John Coltrane, featuring Audra McDonald, Dianne Reeves and seven new commissions at the Coolidge Auditorium.

REVIEW: Impressive Singing in Strauss’s EGYPTIAN HELEN, but the Story’s a Mystery at SummerScape
by Richard Sasanow - Aug 2, 2026

If you ever wondered about the private life of the legendary Helen of Troy—aside from being a fabulous beauty whose face reputedly launched a thousand ships—you might look for answers in Richard Strauss’s opera DIE AEGIPTISCHE HELENA (THE EGYPTIAN HELEN). But you wouldn’t have found them in the production that just finished up an entertaining yet mystifying five-performance run, in Christian Rath’s knotty vision at Bard’s SummerScape Festival in Annandale-on-Hudson.

Photos: Inside Merola Opera Program's ARIADNE AUF NAXOS
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 29, 2026

Open-Door Playhouse will continue its series of short plays in podcast form with the premiere of Buck A Poem, a new play by Steven Doloff, beginning August 12, 2026. See photos of the production.

Newport Classical to Launch 2026-2027 Chamber Series With Twelve Concerts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 28, 2026

Newport Classical announced its sixth full-season Chamber Series, presenting twelve concerts at its Recital Hall in downtown Newport, with tickets going on sale to the public this summer.

Review: BBC PROMS: FROM THE ALPS TO THE AUVERGNE, Royal Albert Hall
by Louise Penn - Jul 28, 2026

The thene of the evening is the great outdoors, with the LEO'S blending of the old and new making the audience stamp their feet for more.

Review: BBC PROMS: HORRIBLE SCIENCE - THE BIG BANG PROM, Royal Albert Hall
by Debbie Gilpin - Jul 25, 2026

There really is a Prom for everyone. In the past we’ve had ‘Orrible Opera, the Earth Prom, a variety of CBeebies offerings (including A Trip to the Moon and Wildlife Jamboree), not to mention several Doctor Who Proms - but this year it was time for something new. Given that science-focused university Imperial College has its main campus just around the corner in the heart of Albertopolis, a Horrible Science Prom was very much overdue.

Review: BBC PROMS: AFTERLIFE: VISIONS OF THE BEYOND, Royal Albert Hall
by Debbie Gilpin - Jul 25, 2026

Amongst other things, art exists to try and explain the profound, channelling the artist’s thoughts and feelings into paintings, literature or, in this case, music. Death and what lies beyond is naturally a frequent topic, most often contemplated by creatives with decades behind them - not so for three out of four of the composers on this Prom’s programme. Lili Boulanger, Olivier Messiaen, and Richard Strauss were all in their early 20s when their selected pieces were composed; Karol Szymanowski, by contrast, was in his 40s. Yet each composition suggests a weight of emotion and experience beyond their years.

South Bend Symphony Orchestra to Open 2026–27 Season with Strauss + Elgar
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 22, 2026

The South Bend Symphony Orchestra is launching its 2026-27 Season with Strauss + Elgar at the Morris Performing Arts Center, led by Music Director Alastair Willis.

San Francisco Opera Unveils 2026-27 Season Featuring SIMON BOCCANEGRA, MANON, DAS RHEINGOLD & More
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 20, 2026

San Francisco Opera has announced its 2026-27 season, featuring productions of Simon Boccanegra, Mary, Queen of Scots, Manon, The Marriage of Figaro, Das Rheingold, and Tosca, along with concerts, Opera Ball, and Opera in the Park.

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld July 21, 2026- Learn About How Inflation Impacts Broadway and More
by - Jul 21, 2026

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 21, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Review: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS, Glyndebourne Festival
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jul 20, 2026

Richard Strauss's opera within an opera, Ariadne aux Naxos, is a curious beast: a hybrid of spoken word and singing, a mix of musical influences and themes which ask whether high art can ever mix with popular entertainment. Two rival musical companies – a burlesque group and a serious opera company – must give their performances simultaneously at the request of the richest man in Vienna.