Review: BBC PROMS: STRAUSS’S ‘FOUR LAST SONGS’, Royal Albert Hall
“It is difficult composing endings.
Richard Strauss News
Date of Birth: June 11, 1864
Date of Death: September 08, 1949 (85)
Birth Place: Munich, GERMANY
Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra Unveils Expanded 25th Anniversary Season
Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra will present a nine-performance season marking its 25th anniversary, featuring guest artists, choral masterworks, and repertoire spanning three centuries of music.
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Will Perform Chinese New Year Concert
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the Year of the Goat with a program blending Chinese and Western classical masterworks, featuring percussionist Le Yu performing a marimba concerto by contemporary composer Ye Xiaogang.
SALOME to Open Seattle Opera's 2026/27 Season at McCaw Hall
Seattle Opera will present Richard Strauss's SALOME, marking the opera's return to the company for the first time in over two decades, with Brenda Rae in the title role.
HANSEL AND GRETEL to Open Sarasota Opera's Fall Season
Sarasota Opera will present Engelbert Humperdinck's HANSEL AND GRETEL, marking its first mainstage collaboration with Sarasota Youth Opera and Sarasota Ballet School's conservatory programs.
Sarasota Opera Announces Cast for the 2026/2027 Season
Sarasota Opera has announced casting for its 68th season, featuring HANSEL AND GRETEL, LA TRAVIATA, H.
Review: Lise Davidsen’s Strauss LAST SONGS is First in Anyone’s Book, with Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra
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 day
Photos: New York Philharmonic to Tour Europe with Gustavo Dudamel, Oct. 9-22, 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
GRAMMY and Emmy Award-winning baritone Reginald Smith, Jr.
San Francisco Opera Will Host Free 'Opera In The Park' Concert in September
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
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
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
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
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
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
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).
Photos: Inside Merola Opera Program's ARIADNE AUF NAXOS
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.
Newport Classical to Launch 2026-2027 Chamber Series With Twelve Concerts
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
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
There really is a Prom for everyone.
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