Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), a leading, global music publisher, today announced that world-renowned composers Kevin Puts and Angélica Negrón have been respectively signed to exclusive, global publishing agreements. Through the new deal, the company’s Classics & Screen division also acquired Puts’ illustrious composition catalogue.

The German composer debuts his first "myth-operetta" at Volksoper Wien and directed by Lotte de Beer. In his work, Eggert discusses the topic of conspiracy theories. 

Sarah Nemtsov's new opera OPHELIA premieres at Staatstheater Saarbrücken under the musical direction of Stefan Neubert and with a libretto by Mirko Bonné. With her work, Nemtsov focuses on the story of Ophelia's self-liberation and emancipation.

On March 16th 2023, Younghi Pagh-Paan's Die Blüte - Wurzelwerk celebrated its world premiere. The piece was written for piano and ensemble and was presented by Münchener Kammerorchester who also commissioned it.

MaerzMusik is a festival for contemporary music that gives room for the exchange of artistic knowledge. In this year's edition, the festival featured works by Sergej Newsky and Alex Paxton, among others.

Teatro alla Scala announced a new opera commission to Silvia Colasanti, first woman composer to be featured from the Italian opera house. The opera, Anna A., will be staged in 2025 and will be focused on the poet Anna Achmatova, with libretto by Paolo Nori.

Double world premiere blooms in Germany for Lucia Ronchetti this spring: her new stage work for young audience Das fliegende Klassenzimmer, and the choral opera Chronicles of Loneliness, a huge project with 150 male singers, inspired by the work of Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi.

The Milano Musica Festival 2023 features the new critical edition of Bruno Maderna's Ausstrahlung, originally premiered at Persepolis, in Iran, in 1971. Here a brief presentation by the editors of the new edition, Angela Ida De Benedictis and Marco Mazzolini, introducing this inspired work and highlighting the added value of bringing this critical edition on stage today.

New work for accordion and orchestra by Francesca Verunelli. Commissioned by musica viva des Bayerischen Rundfunks.

Despite its success, Asrael has not been performed since 1925: Theater Bonn brought it back to the stage.