Germany Elgar, Tchaikovsky: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 21.8.2026. (AB)
Overwhelming Elgar and Tchaikovsky at the Season Opening by Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic
Andreas Bücker
Rossini’s Le siège de Corinthe opens the ROF 2026 with musical splendour under siege from its own staging
Italy Rossini Opera Festival 2026 – Rossini, Le siège de Conrinthe: Soloists, Coro del Teatro Ventidio basso (choir leader: Pasquale Veleno), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Auditorium Scavolini, Pesaro, 11.8.2026. (AB)
Triumphant Cesti’s Il pomo d’oro celebrates the Innsbruck Early Music Festival’s 50th anniversary
Austria Innsbruck Festival for Early Music – Pietro Antonio Cesti, Il pomo d’oro: Soloists, Street Motion Studio, Compagnia Fattoria Vittadini, NovoCanto, Accademia Bizantina / Ottavio Dantone (conductor). Tiroler Landestheater, Innsbruck, 7 & 8.8.2026. (AB)
Wuorinen’s Brokeback Mountain ‘breathes, speaks and moans’ in an amazingly moving Erfurt production
Germany Charles Wuorinen, Brokeback Mountain: Soloists, Opernchor des Theaters Erfurt, Philharmonisches Orchester Erfurt / Hermes Helfricht (conductor). Theater Erfurt, 28.3.2026. (AB)
Meiningen sees a Lüpertz Das Rheingold in vibrant canvases
Germany Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Meininger Hofkapelle / Killian Farrell (conductor), Staatstheater Meiningen, 27.3.2026. (AB)
Theater Regensburg scores high with a dystopian Alcina
Germany Händel, Alcina: Soloists, Philharmonisches Orchester Regensburg / Andreas Kowalewitz (conductor). Theater Regensburg, 21.3.2026. (AB)
Successful premiere of Violanta at the Deutsche Oper Berlin leaves you wanting more of Korngold
Germany Korngold, Violanta: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Sir Donald Runnicles (conductor). Deutsche Oper Berlin, 25.1.2026. (AB)
Not heartwarming: World premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s Das kalte Herz at the Staatsoper Berlin
Germany Matthias Pintscher, Das kalte Herz: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Matthias Pintscher (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, 11.1.2026. (AB)
