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Has the Composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Time Finally Come?

With an opera at the Salzburg Festival and recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, the music of Mieczyslaw Weinberg may be taking root.

By Joshua Barone

Castellucci, Romeo Currentzis, Teodor I Don Giovanni (Opera) Hinterhauser, Markus (1958- ) MusicAeterna Opera Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Salzburg Festival Utopia (Music Group)

As Ukraine War Goes On, Where Is Teodor Currentzis’s Red Line?

Teodor Currentzis, whose MusicAeterna receives funding from a Russian state bank, has eluded censure at the prestigious Salzburg Festival.

By Joshua Barone

Classical Music Der Ring des Nibelungen (Opera) Gelb, Peter Metropolitan Opera Nezet-Seguin, Yannick Opera Sharon, Yuval (1979- )

Met Opera’s Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Yuval Sharon Will Team Up for ‘Ring’

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the company’s music director, will extend his contract and lead Wagner’s four-opera epic, in a production staged by Yuval Sharon.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Berlioz, Hector Classical Music La Damnation de Faust (Opera) Les Troyens (Opera) Opera Symphonie Fantastique (Musical Work)

The World Is Still Catching Up to the Music of Hector Berlioz

The Romantic-era composer, the focus of this year’s Bard Music Festival, wrote works that sprang from a mind capable of thinking only in pipe dreams.

By Joshua Barone