Richard Strauss News

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has launched the first programs in its digital concert series, a first-of-its-kind in the orchestra's 141-year history.

The Santa Fe Opera will present Songs for the Future, a special online program to benefit its singing and technical Apprentice Programs, on March 11 at 6:00 pm MT.

At the beginning of the year Opera Ballet Vlaanderen announced its spring program. Due to the unpredictability of the pandemic and the safety measures, we are making some changes to that program. More productions will be streamed than were initially announced.

On January 28, 2021, Los Angeles Opera streamed a newly filmed version of Roxie Perkins and Ellen Reid’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera  p r i s m. An operatic tapestry, p r i s m tells of the psychological dreams, desires and struggles of Bibi, a sexual assault survivor.

Russian soprano Anna Netrebko will perform a live concert on Saturday, February 6, at 7:00pm CET/1:00pm ET, from the historic Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria, as part of the Met Stars Live in Concert series.

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine continues its 2020-2021 season of Great Music in a Great Space with a concert by Artist in Residence David Briggs, who will present a streamed concert of organ transcriptions that encompass the opulent peak of the German Romantic era on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 7 pm on the Cathedral’s YouTube channel.

SDSO subscription series concert featuring Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”), Horn Concerto No. 2 by Richard Strauss, and Already Yesterday or Still Tomorrow by contemporary American composer Frank J. Oteri.  Oteri's work, a world premiere, was created in reaction to the ongoing global pandemic.

Utah Symphony invites audiences to access the first full Masterworks online performance of music by German composers that reflect the tragedy of destruction and the triumph of music over grief and pain, and the Utah Symphony debut of Israeli guest conductor Asher Fisch.

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen is embarking upon 2021 with no fewer than 24 titles. This January and February, you can look forward to a new production or surprise from Opera Ballet Vlaanderen almost every week. They will start the new year online and as soon as permitted, they will once again receive audiences live in the theatres.

The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra has announced the appointment of  Jun Märkl as its new Music Director. Maestro Märkl will commence his tenure from the  beginning of the 2021 Season and his appointment will usher in a new era for the MPO.  

Due to the overwhelming demand this holiday season, Opera San José is extending the run of the hit virtual production of Jake Heggie's chamber opera, Three Decembers through January 31, 2021.

The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) has announced the appointment of Jun Märkl as its new Music Director. Maestro Märkl will commence his tenure from the beginning of the 2021 Season and his appointment will usher in a new era for the MPO.

Annual Christmas Concert free to stream at Konserthuset Play

The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra kicks off 2021 with a return to Exploria Stadium alongside Beijing-born pianist Yuja Wang on Saturday, January 9, 2021, at 7:30 p.m. ET. 

Sarasota Opera has announced additional presentations for the 2020 season of “HD at the Opera House.” Richard Strauss's Arabella from the 2014 Salzburg Easter Festival will be shown on Sunday, November 22; Verdi's Macbeth from the Royal Opera House in London will be shown on Sunday, December 6; and Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker ballet from the Royal Ballet in London will be shown on Sunday, December 20.

Wiener Staatsoper has announced further dates of their streaming schedule. They have brought together their very current productions including Eugen Onegin or Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci with highlights from their archive.

Opera San José has announced it will present a new fully staged production of Jake Heggie's chamber opera, Three Decembers, featuring world-renowned mezzo-soprano Susan Graham in the central role, alongside celebrated Opera San José Resident Artists soprano Maya Kherani and baritone Efraín Solís, in a world-class digital production offered via on-demand streaming beginning December 3, 2020.

The Fisher Center at Bard, long known for its memorable productions of rarely performed operatic works programmed and conducted by Maestro Leon Botstein, commemorates World Opera Day on October 25 with two special releases, adding to an already robust selection of archival HD opera recordings and contextual materials available free of charge on UPSTREAMING, the Fisher Center's virtual stage.

The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra regularly sells out the most esteemed music halls in the world. This month Orpheus has been wowing audiences on the Morris Museum's Museum’s Back Parking Deck for the Museum's fall edition of its acclaimed “Lot of Strings Music Festival,' which has featured some of the best string ensembles in the country. 

After their acclaimed concert, Stanislav & Friends, knocked the socks off audiences in September, Park International Center for Music (Park ICM) announced today that their 2020 Season would continue in October by offering not one, but two special fall concerts.