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World premiere of Huw Watkins' new Octet on October 3, 2025, in Fairfax, VA, with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

The 7th volume of the Urtext Primo series with easy-to-master pieces features female composers of three centuries, including Elisabetta Gambarini and Marianna von Martines (representing the 18th century), Louise Farrenc, Fanny Hensel, Clara Schumann, Francisca Gonzaga, and Marie Jaëll (19th cent.) as well as Mélanie Bonis and Lili Boulanger (20th cent.). In addition to the already published edition in German and English, this volume is now also available in French and Spanish, including practising and playing tips, short biographies of the composers and tabular information on the level of difficulty.

It’s a new year and Mary Finsterer has delivered us with a new cycle of works! On February 24, 2023, her orchestral piece, Mysterium I, will receive its world premiere by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jamie Martín.

Fake news lead to mass panic: Ludger Vollmer's new opera Zusammenstoß (“Collision”) is based on a true event from 1910. It can be seen for the first time on 20 April 2024. Heidelberg Theatre is presenting the world premiere in a production by Christian Brey, with Dietger Holm and Kens Lui as musical directors.

A girl has to be good and sweet? Not at all. The princess in the children's opera The Princess and the Pea by Ernst Toch has a mind of her own. The cheeky piece will be performed from 2 February 2024 in the BlackBox of the Landestheater Linz. The production is directed by Martin Philipp and the Bruckner Orchestra is conducted by Ingmar Beck.

Songs and Dances of the Islands was commissioned by the clarinet and piano duo, Luca Ferrini & Jože Kotar. The Suite is in three movements and each movement is either inspired by, or an arrangement of songs and dances from the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Trinidad and Tobago.

An impossible love in the midst of an eternal war: with Zaïde / Adama by Chaya Czernowin, Theater Aachen has added an opera to its programme that takes place against the backdrop of the resurgent conflict in the Middle East. The premiere will take place on 27 April 2024 under the direction of Chanmin Chung and Mathis Groß. The director is Ran Chai Bar-zvi.

The suite is in three movements and each movement is either inspired by, or an arrangement of songs and dances from the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Trinidad and Tobago.

The discord between composer and poet during the conception of an opera happens to the best of us, with Richard Strauss no exception. Ironically, he addresses this balance of forces within an operatic work, namely Capriccio.

A century-old myth in a new light: Marking the 100th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s birth, Gavin Bryars’ Marilyn Forever explores the psychological depth behind the icon. Premiering at Staatstheater Braunschweig on March 7, 2026, the opera offers a poignant journey between jazz and operatic introspection.

A new opera about youth, sexuality, and social taboos: world premiere with young performers in Hamburg.

A noise-sensitive main character, a spirited opera troupe and a pile of money – there can't be more potential for conflict than that! Richard Strauss probably thought so too, using precisely these three motifs for his only comic opera. Die schweigsame Frau, an opera in three acts, will be revived by the Bavarian State Opera this season. The revival will take place on 29 January 2022 at the Munich National Theatre. Stefan Soltesz will take over the musical direction, Barrie Kosky staging the production.