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In the spring of 2011, Susanna Mälkki, undertook the daunting task of taking up the baton at the Teatro alla Scala to conduct the world premiere of Luca Francesconi’s Quartett, an opera in 13 scenes, based on the play of the same name by Heiner Müller, drawn from Laclos’s Les liaisons dangereuses. Driven by a keen interest in the music of today, she spoke to us on a sunny afternoon in Chicago about Quartett and the music of Luca Francesconi.

"Triumphal" (FAZ), "a big, brash, brilliant showpiece, continuing in the raucous line of Strawinsky’s The Rite of Spring and Varèse’s Amériques" (New York Times) - find out more about Olga Neuwirth’s orchestral work Masaot/Clocks without Hands.

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.