The music theatre takes centre stage in Italy this autumn: Giorgio Battistelli Golden Lion at Venice Biennale and critical edition's world premiere at Festival Verdi in Parma.

Giacomo Manzoni turns 90. Born in Milan on 26 September 1932, composer as well as music critic, translator, writer and teacher, we celebrate him with a selection of works from his Ricordi catalogue.

We are very pleased to announce that Lisa Streich has signed an exclusive contract with Ricordi Berlin. Having supported the rising Swedish composer in its ricordilab programme, the publisher will be representing her wide-ranging catalogue of works for orchestra, ensembles and chamber music.

The Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas, one of the most renowned composers of his generation and currently residing in the US, is attracting attention this summer not only at the Bavarian State Opera, whose Ja, Mai (Yes, May) festival has been dedicated to him, but also with a new orchestral work unveiled in Vienna by Marin Alsop.

The Augsburg State Theatre has addressed the man-made apocalypse in the form a staged oratorio with a multi-disciplinary cast of singers, dancers and actors. Haydn’s Creation is confronted not only by contemporary literature but also by a new composition from Bernhard Lang that brings Haydn’s classical tradition into the modern age.

Sarah Nemtsov ranks among the most exciting musical voices of her generation. Numerous highlights from her catalogue are featured in the close of the current season, and the next season will also see exciting Nemtsov projects.

Italian composer Stefano Gervasoni turns 60 this July 26. In June, the world premiere of De Tinieblas, performed by SWR Vokalensemble in Italy, France and Germany.

For a long time, Sasha Waltz and Georg Friedrich Haas wished to collaborate but never had an opportunity to realize the plan. That changed when Waltz took over as co-intendant of the Berlin State Ballet in August 2019.

With The Murder of Halit Yozgat, the Australian composer Ben Frost, known for his very diverse oeuvre of experimental and electronic music, is making his second opera on a dark subject.

Along with Sex Magic, a large work for for contrabass flute, live electronics and an installation of kinetic instruments, written for Claire Chase, there is the Annunciation Triptych for orchestra, which is being given its world premiere at the Achtbrücken Festival in Cologne, with soprano Emily Hindrichs and the WDR Sinfonieorchester conducted by Cristian Măcelaru.