From 21 June to 12 July, the critical edition of Vincenzo Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi, edited by Claudio Toscani, will be performed at the Zurich Opera House under the baton of Fabio Luisi. Performed for the first time in November 2000 at the Teatro Massimo in Catania, this edition of I Capuleti e i Montecchi was also staged in Hannover, London, Leipzig, Munich, Rome, Salzburg and Tokyo, among others.

In May, two important orchestra premieres are coming up for Enno Poppe: the world premiere of Ich kann mich an nichts erinnern in Munich (Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Matthias Pintscher) and the UK premiere of Altbau (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov). Click here to view all orchestra scores by Enno Poppe.

The theme of Giorgio Battistelli’s new opera, CO2 – commissioned by the Teatro alla Scala and on stage from May 16 to 29 in Milan – is climate change. With a libretto in English written by Ian Burton and stage direction by Robert Carsen, the opera promises to be the most important event in La Scala’s EXPO season. The house orchestra and chorus will be conducted by Cornelius Meister. Here we interview the composer.

Intimate Curve, the newest orchestral work by Graham Fitkin, will be premiered by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on May 7, 2015. The work was a commission for the orchestra's 175th anniversary.

On our blog, our contemporary composers present their favorite work from our catalogs. This time Samir Odeh-Tamimi introduces Giacinto Scelsi‘s Fourth String Quartet.

Commissioned by Teatro La Scala in 1972, Al gran sole carico d’amore had its premiere on April 4 1975 at Teatro Lirico in Milan. The orchestra and chorus of the theatre were conducted by Claudio Abbado. In occasion of the 40th anniversary of the world premiere we want to remember this event through an interview with Ms. Nuria Schoenberg Nono.

Enno Poppe explores glissando and pitch oscillation to an unprecedented level in his new viola concerto Filz. Violist Tabea Zimmermann gives insight to this music and why music-making and authoritarianism are incompatible. Performances with the Ensemble Resonanz can be heard at Wiener Konzerthaus (April 11, WP), Kölner Philharmonie (April 12) and Laeiszhalle Hamburg (April 15).

Olga Neuwirth is going to compose the opera Orlando for the Wiener Staatsoper, based on the homonymous novel by Virginia Woolf. The libretto will be written by the Franco-American author and playwright Catherine Filloux. Orlando is planned to be a through-composed opera in English for soloists, larger orchestra and choir with an approximate duration of 90 to 100 minutes (without break). The premiere is scheduled for December 2019.

On our blog, our contemporary composers present their favorite work from our catalogs. This time Nikolaus Brass introduces Rolf Riehm’s Hamamuth - Stadt der Engel.