Richard Strauss

Heartbeat Opera To Present New Production of SALOME At Irondale In Brooklyn

New York's Heartbeat Opera will present a new adaptation of Richard Strauss' iconic opera SALOME, transforming Oscar Wilde's tight, 100-minute thrill ride into a startlingly intimate Salome.

Review: San Diego Symphony Perform Richard Strauss and Shostakovich at The Jacobs Music Center

This year’s final subscription concert at the new Jacobs Music Center began with Richard Strauss’s tone poem Don Juan and ended with his equally familiar Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks. In between, Inon Barnatan was featured in two 20th Century piano concertos by Dimitri Shostakovich. The usual please-silence-the-phones admonition before the concert was more emphatic than usual. The audience was informed that this last of three performances would be recorded for possible commercial release. As you’ll see, that didn’t stop one competitive phone from auditioning. The familiar Don Juan lives up to its name. It’s a tone poem for orchestra with a mix of romance, heroism and tragedy. San Diego Symphony Music Director and conductor Rafael Payare was at his enthusiastic acrobatic best. The music’s many moods were reflected in his motions and facial expressions and then realized in the orchestra for an exciting performance.

Composer Reiko Füting Releases DistantViolinSound This Feberuary

On Friday, February 28, 2025, New York-based German composer Reiko Füting releases his fifth portrait album, distantViolinSound, on New Focus Recordings.

Composer Reiko Füting to Release DISTANTVIOLINSOUND On New Focus Recordings

On Friday, February 28, 2025, New York-based German composer Reiko Füting will release his fifth portrait album, distantViolinSound, on New Focus Recordings.

Northern Ballet Return To The Linbury Theatre With A Triple Bill Of Short Works

Northern Ballet will return to the Linbury Theatre with a mixed programme featuring London premieres by Mthuthuzeli November and Kristen McNally. Learn more about the performances here!

Review: Strauss’s Powerhouse FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN Casts Big Shadow at the Met

Richard Strauss’s DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN (THE WOMAN WITHOUT A SHADOW), with a libretto by his long-time collaborator, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, has made a triumphant return to the Met with a stellar cast and the Met Orchestra in peak form under Yannick Nezet-Seguin. It dazzled and glowed like few other evenings in recent memory, in a production by Herbert Wernicke, who died young, not long after its debut in 2001.

Video: First Look At DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN At Metropolitan Opera

Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium to lead Strauss’s grand mythological epic in Richard Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten. See video highlights from the production.  

Coriole Music Festival Reveals 25th Anniversary Program

Coriole Music Festival Artistic Director and acclaimed soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, Simon Cobcroft has announced a line-up of internationally acclaimed musicians and festival favourites to mark his final program as Artistic Director and the 25th anniversary of the festival.

Review: MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 1 at Benaroya Hall

Both monumental works were perfectly matched in their brashness and sensitivity, helmed and rendered with great panache by two outstanding young artists: a program to delight all tastes

Review: STRAUSS AND SIBELIUS at the NY Philharmonic

What did our critic think of STRAUSS AND SIBELIUS AT THE NY PHILHARMONIC at Geffen Hall?

Jeremy Denk Will Perform as Soloist In Fairfax Symphony's Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4

The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra and the Center for the Arts at George Mason University will co-present Jeremy Denk in concert later this month. Denk joins the FSO as soloist for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4.

Con Obras De Mozart, Strauss Y Ravel, La Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional Refrenda Su Lugar De Privilegio En El Gusto Del Público

Con obras de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Strauss y Maurice Ravel, la noche del viernes en el Palacio de Bellas Artes, la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional (OSN) refrendó su lugar de privilegio en el gusto del público mexicano.

Review: Classical Goes Camp in CANTATA! BLOOD MAGIC at Red Eye NY

CANTATA! brings queer classical music cabaret to Red Eye NY with drag queen Créatine Price leading opera, drag, and comedy performances. October's 'Blood Magic' show featured arias, pop music mashups, and standout acts by The Countess Mascara and Cunning Stunt in this unique monthly LGBTQ+ music series.

San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra And Music Director Radu Paponiu Kick Off First Season Together In November

The SF Symphony Youth Orchestra announced Radu Paponiu as the new Wattis Foundation Music Director for the 2024–25 season, marking a new chapter in the orchestra's leadership.

Review: RENÉE FLEMING AND THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA at Kennedy Center

With the size of theatrical orchestras being drastically cut, one of the few places left to hear a full string section is at a symphonic concert. What better symphony is there than YOUR National Symphony Orchestra (NSO)?

EIN HELDENLEBEN: CAI LUN Comes to LSO St Luke's

Theatrical production from director Chen Xinyi combines drama, the stylized performances of Peking Opera, and a live performance of Richard Strauss' symphonic poem, Ein Heldenleben, to explore the triumphs and turmoil of the historic Chinese inventor of paper.

Boston Civic Symphony Opoens its Centennial Season Next Month

 The Boston Civic Symphony kicks off its 100th season with a concert that presents works by Schubert and Strauss, two composers whose music has been foundational to the orchestra’s success. 

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra Opens Season This Month With Newton Native Gabriel Lefkowitz Conducting

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra's 47th season will open with Newton native, and now Resident Conductor and Concertmaster of the Louisville Orchestra Gabriel Lefkowitz leading a program titled Treasures of Youth and Age, on Sunday October 27th at Second Church in Newton.

La Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional Inicia Temporada Con Obertura Festiva, De Carlos Vidaurri, Dedicada Al Palacio De Bellas Artes

La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal), a través de la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional (OSN), presentan el programa inaugural de la Segunda Temporada de conciertos 2024 el viernes 27 de septiembre a las 20:00 h y el domingo 29 a las 12:15 h, en la Sala Principal del Palacio de Bellas Artes.

DER ROSENVAVALIER Comes to the National Theatre in Prague

One of the most popular 20th–century operas, Der Rosenvavalier (The Knight of the Rose) was created by the German composer Richard Strauss in collaboration with the Austrian writer, dramatist and librettist Hugo von Hoffmansthal.