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Robin Ticciati to Leave Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin in 2025

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Robin Ticciati is set to leave his post as Chief Conductor of the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin during the 2024-25 season. The conductor will leave after eight years, a period that surpasses his three predecessors – Kent Nagano, Ingo Metzmacher, and Tugan Sokhiev. Ticciati began his term in 2017 and has performed a wide range of repertoire ranging from baroque works {…}

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Robin Ticciati Renews Contract with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester

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Robin Ticciati has renewed his contract as Music Director of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. The conductor, who has held the position of Chief Conductor and Music Director since the 2017-18 season, will continue in his post beyond 2022 for another five years. Under Ticciati, the DSO’s repertoire has expanded and new presentation forms, unusual concert venues, and exceptional projects like {…}

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Robin Ticciati Cancels Tchaikovsky’s ‘Eugene Onegin’

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Joel Revzen will conduct tonight’s performance in the absence of Robin Ticciati, who is ill. The Metropolitan Opera announced the news via Twitter this afternoon. The cancellation marks the second performance that Ticciati cancels as he was indisposed for Saturday’s performance. Revzen has been on staff with the Met Opera throughout the season, covering performances for such operas as “L’Italiana in {…}

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Glyndebourne Festival Opera Review 2025: Parsifal

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(Photo: Richard Hubert Smith) A new production of Wagner’s “Parsifal” is always a big deal, given the imaginative and actual scale of the work and the special aura that surrounds it – a triumph of Bayreuth marketing, truly, to try and restrict its performances for so many years. But this new staging at Glyndebourne Festival Opera signals the first time {…}

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Emmy D’Angelo, Kathryn Lewek, Emily Pogorelc, Emőke Baráth, Rolando Villazón Headline Salzburg Mozarteum’s 2026 Mozart Week

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(Credit: Wolfgang Lienbacher) The Salzburg Mozarteum has announced its programming for Mozart Week 2026. Here is a breakdown of the vocal performances on offer. First up is a concert featuring mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo alongside the Danish Chamber Orchestra and conductor Adam Fischer. Rolando Villazón will moderate the program, which includes works by Mozart, Monteverdi, and Händel. Performance Date: Jan. 22, 2026 {…}

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Natalya Romaniw, Francesca Aspromonte, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Liv Redpath & David Portillo Headline Glyndebourne’s 2026 Season

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Glyndebourne Festival has announced its 2026 season. New Productions Puccini’s “Tosca” will be directed by Ted Huffman with two casts. Robin Ticciati conducts the first run with a cast that includes Caitlin Gotimer as Floria Tosca, Matteo Lippi as Mario Cavaradossi, and Vladislav Sulimsky as Baron Scarpia. Jordan de Souza conducts the second cast that includes Natalya Romaniw as Floria {…}

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Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Names Kazuki Yamada to Positions of Chief Conductor & Artistic Director

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(©Tairadate Taira) The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin has named Kazuki Yamada to the position of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director. The Japanese conductor will take over the ensemble starting during the 2026-27 season with his initial tenure set for three years. “I am filled with great joy and deep gratitude to be appointed Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Deutsches {…}

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Louise Alder, Gerald Finley, Carolina López Moreno, Erin Morley, Golda Schultz & Aigul Akhmetshina Lead BBC Proms’ 2025 Season

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The BBC Proms has announced its 2025 season. Here is a list of the vocal performances. Sakari Oramo conducts the First Night of the Proms with soloists Lisa Batiashvili, Caspar Singh, and Gerald Finley. The program includes music by Arthur Bliss, Felix Mendelssohn, Jean Sibelius, Errollyn Wallen, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Performance Date: July 18, 2025 Tenor Allan Clayton gives {…}

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Stéphane Degout, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Véronique Gens & Danielle de Niese Lead London Philharmonic’s 2025-26 Season

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The London Philharmonic has announced its 2025-26 season. Edward Gardner conducts Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with Jennifer France. The program also includes Hans Abrahamsen’s “Let me tell you.” Performance Date: Oct. 3, 2025 Karina Canellakis conducts Stravinsky and L. Boulanger with soloists Véronique Gens, Andrew Staples, and Jean-Sébastien Bou. Performance Date: Oct. 22, 2025 Mark Elder teams up with Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha {…}