Chicago Symphony spotlights Julia Bullock in the upcoming world premiere of Matthew Aucoin’s Song of the Reappeared
Matthew Aucoin’s Song of the Reappeared premieres with the Chicago Symphony 4-7 December
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Winners of International Opera Awards 2025 announced
The 12th International Opera Awards – the opera world’s most prestigious accolade – lit up the Stavros Niarchos Hall of the Greek National Opera (GNO) in Athens tonight in a landmark celebration of the global opera community. Live-streamed worldwide, the event underscored the artform’s enduring power to inspire audiences and transform communities across borders.
Mark Jordan in conversation with conductor Dalia Stasevska about her return to the Cleveland Orchestra
Questions on the road for conductor Dalia Stasevska
Ukrainian-born Finnish conductor Dalia Stasevska (currently principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra) will be returning to conduct the Cleveland Orchestra 20-23 November in a program that features Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony and La Noche de los Mayas by Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas. Busy schedules prohibited the conductor and Seen and Heard International critic Mark Sebastian Jordan from finding an ideal time to speak in person, so they devised a correspondence interview that would allow Stasevska to work on her answers whenever she found a stray moment between family, study, rehearsals, performances and travel.
SF Opera announce Francesca Zambello’s Ring cycle returns in 2028
San Francisco to bring back Zambello’s Ring in 2028
Podcast: Artificial Intelligence at Bayreuth – A discussion with Ring ‘Curator’ Marcus Lobbes
A New Ring for a New Era We are incredibly excited to share the link for the latest episode of Entrepreneurial Realities, the podcast of the venture lab of the Munich technical university run by Seen and Heard International Munich correspondent Antoine Lévy-Leboyer! Antoine spoke with Marcus Lobbes, the Director of the Academie for Theater … Read more
Garsington Opera in 2026
Garsington Opera 2026 – 27 May- 25 July 2026
La traviata, Der Rosenkavalier, Il ritorno d’ulisse & The Importance Of Being Earnest
Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero in conversation with Gregor Tassie
Gregor Tassie talks to conductor Giancarlo Guerrero about Shostakovich and his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District
From my review of a recent performance of Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District: ‘Guerrero’s masterly analysis of the score and his authority in guiding this excellent orchestra of Romanian Radio was at the centre of the evening – the orchestra unveiled world class virtuosity with the brass group in particular evincing the often ribald brutality of Shostakovich’s orchestration, with the woodwind matching them with the quirky intonation of the composer’s frequently piquant and satirical score. At significantly dramatic moments, Guerrero brought out the expressive passages on the violas which was another eloquent and impassioned element of Shostakovich’s orchestration.’
