Welser-Most, Franz

Why Isn’t My Favorite Composer More Popular?

I love the operas of Leos Janacek. So do audiences — when they go to see them. But the works remain stubbornly on the outskirts of the repertory.

By Zachary Woolfe

Beethoven, Ludwig van Carnegie Hall Classical Music Cleveland Orchestra Grigorian, Asmik Janacek, Leos Stravinsky, Igor Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich Welser-Most, Franz

For Cleveland Orchestra, It’s Beethoven (and Freedom) to the Rescue

When the star singer Asmik Grigorian dropped out of the orchestra’s performance at Carnegie Hall, Beethoven’s Fifth and his “Leonore” Overture No. 3 subbed in.

By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim

Bruckner, Anton Classical Music Honeck, Manfred Hrusa, Jakub Nezet-Seguin, Yannick Poschner, Markus Stutzmann, Nathalie Welser-Most, Franz

At 200, Bruckner Is More Popular Than Ever. Why?

Seven conductors share what it’s like to lead Anton Bruckner’s monumental symphonies, and why they resonate today.

By David Allen

Classical Music Cleveland Orchestra Habjan, Nikolaus Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Music Opera The Magic Flute (Opera) Welser-Most, Franz

Memo to Orchestras: Do More Opera

The Cleveland Orchestra’s staging of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” was a reminder that ensembles can help fill the gap as opera grows harder to find.

By Zachary Woolfe