Saint-Saens alive! It’s cello heaven

The national company has replaced a Peter Grimes production in December with a topical new staging of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem. Alexander Joel conducts.       The post Israel Opera stages War Requiem appeared […]

Artistic planning chief Cristina Rocca has written to subscribers, telling them the CSO MusicNOW has been suspended next season. ‘The series will be paused to take time to imagine new possibilities for connecting Chicago audience […]

Katharina Wagner has said she’s ‘disappointed’ at having to cut four operas from the anniversary season of 2026. ‘But what can you do? You can’t ignore reality.’ She blames national wage rises for the shortfall. […]