12+ hour, 29+ min ago   (536+ words) (Photo: Kay-Uwe Fischer) The 2026 edition of SHALOM-MUSIK.KOELN placed the concept of Zuhören (the intentional act of listening) as the motto of its festival program. Through concerts across Cologne, the festival used music to encourage dialogue between different traditions and…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (583+ words) As the third year of BACHtoberfest approaches, Artistic Director of The Worcester Chorus and THE COMPLETE BACH Chris Shepard, pianist Simone Dinnerstein, and BACHtoberfest Choir member, Dana Lauducci spoke with OperaWire about this audacious project. The conversation below explores the…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (111+ words) The Ravinia Festival has announced its winter holiday programming. The programming will be held between Dec. 2 and 6, 2026. Here are the vocal performances. The first concert will be “Chanukah: Songs of Light featuring Noah Aronson & The Or Collective.” The concert will…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (163+ words) Israeli conductor Michal Oren has won the sixth Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition. The winner was announced at Symphony Hall Birmingham on Sept. 6 following four days of competition with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO). The decision was made…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (240+ words) Sarasota Opera has received a $60,000 Empowering Arts Grant from Gulf Coast Community Foundation in support of its 2026-27 season. The grant was made possible through the Zoe Anderson Charitable Fund and aims to support Sarasota Opera’s artistic programming, seasonal productions and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (492+ words) (Photo: Nikolai Wolff) Franz Joseph Haydn’s “L’isola disabitata” (1779) runs for just eighty minutes, making it a uniquely compact chamber opera. The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century production at Oldenburg State Theater fully embraced this inherent brevity by adopting a minimal…...