Napoli milionaria is Nino Rota’s restrained operatic portrait of post‑war Naples, centred on survival and moral uncertainty. Work of the Week for the Bologna premiere on 12 June 2026.
Huang Ruo’s City of Floating Sounds combines orchestral performance with a dedicated app to create a layered listening environment. The Flanders Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Ames, presents the Dutch premiere on 3 June 2026 at the Holland Festival.
A bird who can only say “Zack bumm!” ('Bang boom!'): Elisabeth Naske’s new music theatre tells a story without words, using sound and puppetry to explore difference and connection.
Hans Werner Henze’s El Cimarrón is a powerful work of music theatre about freedom, oppression and memory. In Henze’s centenary year, this key work returns to the stage across Europe.
Written in 1913 and heard anew today: Faust et Hélène by Lili Boulanger returns to the stage in a powerful new chamber‑orchestra version, premiered in Weimar in May 2026.
A musical time traveler with the precision of a blade: On May 7, 2026, Christian Jost’s new Vibraphone Concerto premieres at the Stiftung Mozarteum. The work cuts into the DNA of Mozart’s Masonic Funeral Music, transforming its somber rigor into the vibrant freedom of jazz—a powerful tribute to humanist ideals.
Sleeping Beauty with a twist: On April 22, 2026, Gregory Spears’ opera Sleepers Awake premieres at Opera Philadelphia. Based on the writings of Robert Walser, Spears creates a world where those awakened would rather keep sleeping—a captivating exploration of stillness, cyclical sounds, and the refusal of a "happily ever after."
A beacon of hope from Latvia: As Pēteris Vasks turns 80 on April 16, 2026, his iconic violin concerto Tālā gaisma takes center stage. Performed on April 17 in Munich’s Herz-Jesu-Kirche, this "Distant Light" bridges the gap between the struggles of the past and a luminous, harmonious future.
A waltz that defies gravity: On April 9, 2026, the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, conducted by Alpesh Chauhan, brings Joe Hisaishi’s Symphonic Variation “Merry-go-round + Cave of Mind” to Manchester. This music from the Ghibli masterpiece Howl’s Moving Castle transforms the cinematic experience into a symphonic journey of pure nostalgia.
A 400-year-old musical circle is finally closing. Dobrinka Tabakova’s In paradisum provides a long-awaited epilogue to Victoria’s 1605 Requiem. Premiering on March 31, 2026, in London with the ORA Singers and Suzi Digby, this piece transforms ancient chant into a shimmering choral mirage.
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