Mark Wigglesworth News

Music Director Thierry Fischer and Interim President and CEO Patricia A. Richards today announced the Utah Symphony's 2016-17 masterworks season programs and events for its 76th season.

THE FORCE OF DESTIN, ENO's first new staging in over 20 years is directed by Calixto Bieito, who sets the production in the 1930s, during the Spanish Civil War. Check out photos from the show below!

Her spirit sapped by the boredom of provincial life, beautiful Katerina betrays her hapless husband with one of his employees. But her shattering passion for Sergei soon unravels into violence and murder. And Katerina's dream of a perfect, all-consuming love hurtles towards its own inevitable demise.

English National Opera (ENO) has announced today that its Artistic Director, John Berry CBE, intends to step down from his role after 20 years with the Company.

Established in 2013 by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music and SDC Foundation, the Kurt Weill Fellowship helps nurture early-career directors and choreographers by acquainting them with the stage work of Kurt Weill or Marc Blitzstein under the guidance of a master director or choreographer. The Fellowship provides the opportunity to assist or observe a master director or choreographer at work on a production, selected by the Kurt Weill Foundation, of a theatrical work composed by Weill or Blitzstein, including musical theater, opera, operetta, and dance works.

The Utah Symphony welcomes back guest conductor Mark Wigglesworth with performances of Dimitri Shostakovich's "Symphony No. 15" and the second act of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" on Jan. 9 and 10 at 8 p.m. at Abravanel Hall. Tickets, priced from $18 to $69 ($10 for students), are available for purchase through www.utahsymphony.org or by calling (801) 355-2787.

Today, at a press conference in Edinburgh, Director Jonathan Mills revealed the artists, companies and work from around the world which will fill the stages of Edinburgh's annual cultural celebration. Over 2,400 artists from 43 nations have been invited to Edinburgh to perform in the annual showcase of the world's great performing artists.

Music Director Osmo Vänskä guides Orchestra's flagship classical series, September 2014 to June 2015, featuring a lineup of classical masterworks, star soloists and conductors

Nathan Gunn has made a reputation as one of the most exciting and in-demand baritones of the day. He has appeared in internationally renowned opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Paris Opera, and Teatro Real in Madrid.

Today, at a press conference in Edinburgh, Director Jonathan Mills revealed the artists, companies and work from around the world which will fill the stages of Edinburgh's annual cultural celebration. Over 2,400 artists from 43 nations have been invited to Edinburgh to perform in the annual showcase of the world's great performing artists.

Nathan Gunn has made a reputation as one of the most exciting and in-demand baritones of the day. He has appeared in internationally renowned opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Paris Opera, and Teatro Real in Madrid.

Guest conductor Mark Wigglesworth returns to lead Utah Symphony through three incredible symphonies in one night tonight, March 7 and 8 at 8 PM at Abravanel Hall. Opening the concert is Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 35 which was written when Sigmund Haffner, who belonged to a prominent Satzburg family, was to be granted nobility. The 'Haffner' Symphony was most recently performed by Utah Symphony on the Chamber Orchestra Series in 2009. David Cho conducted.

Pianist Stephen Hough, regarded as a renaissance man of his time, performs a program of works progressing from miniature to grand in a solo recital at Alice Tully Hall, as part of Lincoln Center's Great Performers series on Sunday, April 13 at 5:00 p.m. ET. Mr. Hough is known for his thoughtful and engaging recital programs that combine his sharp intellect and keyboard mastery. Mr. Hough's program comprises Schoenberg's Six Little Piano Pieces, Richard Strauss' Traumerei, Wagner's Albumblatt, Bruckner's Erinnerung, Brahms' Fantasien, Op. 116 and Liszt's Sonata in B minor-a work that Mr. Hough performed and comprehensively examined in the 'The Liszt Sonata for iPad' app released last year by TouchPress.

Guest conductor Mark Wigglesworth returns to lead Utah Symphony tonight, Feb. 28 and March 1 at 8pm at Abravanel Hall for a special performance of Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto.

Guest conductor Mark Wigglesworth returns to lead Utah Symphony through three incredible symphonies in one night on March 7 and 8 at 8 PM at Abravanel Hall. Opening the concert is Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 35 which was written when Sigmund Haffner, who belonged to a prominent Satzburg family, was to be granted nobility. The "Haffner" Symphony was most recently performed by Utah Symphony on the Chamber Orchestra Series in 2009. David Cho conducted.

Guest conductor Mark Wigglesworth returns to lead Utah Symphony on Feb. 28 and March 1 at 8pm at Abravanel Hall for a special performance of Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto.

Music Director Thierry Fischer, Principal Pops Conductor Jerry Steichen and Associate Conductor Vladimir Kulenovic today announced the Utah Symphony's complete 2013-2014 season, in which Fischer will again conduct 12 of the 18 Masterworks performances.

Juilliard's FOCUS! 2013: The British Renaissance festival has announced its lineup, running tonight, January 25 through February 1, 2013.

Juilliard's FOCUS! 2013: The British Renaissance festival has announced its lineup, running January 25 through February 1, 2013. It will feature the New Juilliard Ensemble and more. For details, see the listing below.

Operatic comedy at its most appealing opens the 2009/10 L.A. Opera season. A magic love potion and destiny decide the fate of a love triangle involving a small-town bumpkin, a dashing sergeant and the bewitching town flirt in one of opera's most popular comedies. Filled with light-hearted charm and bursting with feel-good laughs, Gaetano Donizetti's The Elixir of Love features effervescent Italian melodies and plenty of bel canto vocal fireworks.