Vienna Opera Festival 2023 Despite its name, the Vienna Opera Festival (Wiener Festpiele) was only founded in 2019 by tenor Jesus Leon with music director Toby Purser. The festival puts on a Summer season (mid-July […]
The 2025 Ring Award for Direction, Stage, and Costume Design was awarded in Graz to an Italian team – Giorgio Pesenti, Giulia Bruschki, Riccardo Mainetti, Elena Patacchini and Matteo Castiglioni. The post Italians win […]
Violinist Chris Wu has retired from the orchestra after 36 years. In a parting interview with the Post-Gazette, he makes caustic comments about life in the orchestra. Unfortunately, the headlines are all we can see […]