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Riccardo Chailly returned to the podium at La Scala, conducting Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk days after an illness forced an earlier performance to be suspended.
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December 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Riccardo Muti has received the 2025 Ratzinger Prize from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, following the Christmas Concert in the Aula Paolo VI.
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December 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
New productions, contemporary opera, and concert performances shape the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2026 programme, conceived by Pierre Audi and running from 2 to 21 July.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Pierre-Laurent Aimard returns to Bach with a new Pentatone recording of the Well-Tempered Clavier Book II. His interpretation combines historical awareness, contemporary insight and exceptional clarity of phrasing.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Toshio Hosokawa’s new opera Natasha is streaming for free on OperaVision. Recorded at the New National Theatre Tokyo, it follows two strangers navigating the “hells of our time” through a multilingual, poetic score.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Bach’s Mass in B minor streams live from Utrecht this 12 December, with Richard Egarr leading the Netherlands Bach Society and a distinguished cast of soloists.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
La Scala suspended last night’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk after Riccardo Chailly became unwell and was taken to hospital, according to Italian media.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Nathalie Stutzmann has been appointed Music and Artistic Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, beginning in 2026.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires has unveiled its 2026 season, led by a visit from the Berlin Philharmonic. The programme also features a new production of Die Walküre and a distinguished roster of symphonic soloists.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Lisa Streich’s SAFRAN (2017) unfolds as a delicate network of colours and gestures, written for violin and motorized piano. Performed by Hannah Weirich and Ulrich Löffler.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
María Dueñas and Semyon Bychkov joined the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for the 2025 Nobel Prize Concert, featuring works by Dessner, Mendelssohn and Dvořák. The full performance will be available on YouTube from 11 December.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A tender moment at the Berlin Philharmonie: the Rotterdam Philharmonic shared a photo of Daniel Barenboim and Martha Argerich that reflects a friendship spanning more than seven decades.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Berlin composer Birke J. Bertelsmeier wins the 2026 Hindemith Prize, one of Germany’s leading awards for contemporary music.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
La Scala opens its 2025–26 season with Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, marking the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death. Riccardo Chailly conducts a new staging by Vasily Barkhatov, with Sara Jakubiak in the title role.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Janáček’s Věc Makropulos streams live from the Vienna State Opera this Saturday, with Tomáš Hanus conducting and Marlis Petersen in the role of Emilia Marty. A rare chance to watch one of the composer’s late masterpieces for free.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Frank Gehry, architect of Walt Disney Concert Hall and many emblematic buildings, has died at 96.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 marks the next step in Paavo Järvi’s cycle with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich — a partnership defined by refinement, energy, and a long Mahler tradition.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Gabriela Montero joins María Corina Machado at the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, performing an improvisation inspired by Simón Díaz.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Gabriela Montero joins María Corina Machado at the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, performing an improvisation inspired by Simón Díaz.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2026 programme: new productions of Carmen, Ariadne auf Naxos and Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise, and a revival of Così fan tutte.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Musikfest Berlin has released the first concerts of its 2026 edition, featuring major international orchestras and works by Ligeti, Gershwin and Gubaidulina.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The Takács Quartet will undergo a major transition in 2026 as founding cellist András Fejér retires after 51 years. Romanian-born cellist Mihai Marica will join the ensemble.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The Bayreuth Festival’s 2026 edition — its 150th anniversary — has sold out in just 90 minutes.
The Festival highlighted the exceptional demand and the success of its new ticket packages.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Haydn’s Symphony No. 55 “Il maestro di scuola” bursts with wit and quick-fire energy — and Giovanni Antonini captures it brilliantly in this new performance with the Kammerorchester Basel.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Liza Lim receives the 2026 Grawemeyer Award for her cello concerto A Sutured World, premiered by Nicolas Altstaedt and the BRSO. One of today’s leading composers, she becomes only the second Australian to win this prestigious prize.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM