Italian baritone Angelo Romero has died at the age of 86. A leading interpreter of Rossini's Figaro, he performed the role more than 600 times during a career spanning over 150 operatic roles and five decades on stage. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/angelo-romer... #AngeloRomero #Opera

The Bayreuth Festival has revealed the first details of its 2027 programme. New productions of Lohengrin (Tarmo Peltokoski/Ilaria Lanzino) and Parsifal (Christian Thielemann/Ersan Mondtag) will headline the season. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/bayreuth-fes...

Boston Globe reports the BSO instructed Tanglewood staff to monitor patrons carrying multiple red flowers, the symbol of support for Andris Nelsons and many Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/boston-globe... #BSO #BostonSymphony #Tanglewood #AndrisNelsons

The Library of Congress has announced the 2026 Serge Koussevitzky Foundation commissions, supporting six new musical works. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/library-cong... #ContemporaryMusic #LibraryOfCongress

The Opéra national de Paris has appointed Ukrainian conductor Polina Lebedieva as its new Conductor-in-Residence. The 25-year-old will begin a two-year residency in September 2026 while continuing her work with Ensemble intercontemporain. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/polina-lebed...

After 14 years as Music Director of Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu, Josep Pons will conduct his farewell concert on 24 July with Mahler's monumental Symphony No. 8. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/josep-pons-b...

The Festival Messiaen au Pays de la Meije opens on 25 July with George Benjamin as its featured composer, alongside the Ensemble intercontemporain, Quatuor Diotima and a programme of Messiaen, contemporary music and world premieres. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/festival-mes...

Bayreuth opens on 24 July, but the spotlight is already shifting to the festival's landmark 150th anniversary in 2026. Read more on Moto Perpetuo. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/bayreuth-fes...

Gustavo Dudamel took part in the first-ever FIFA World Cup Final halftime show, leading musicians from the New York Philharmonic and Venezuela's Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra More info at moto-perpetuo.com/gustavo-duda...

Elias Brown has received the 2026 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award, the Solti Foundation US's highest annual honour for emerging American conductors. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/elias-brown-...

Teatro B32 has announced the creation of the ECO Orchestra, appointing Ira Levin as Artistic Director. The new São Paulo ensemble will launch its inaugural season in September 2026 with nine programmes. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/teatro-b32-e...

Gustavo Dudamel will conduct members of the New York Philharmonic and Venezuela's Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra in the first-ever FIFA World Cup Final halftime show, marking the first collaboration between the two orchestras. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/gustavo-duda... #worldcup

One of the year's most anticipated American operatic premieres arrives on 18 July. Jake Heggie's new opera The Judgment of Paris, with a libretto by Gene Scheer, receives its world premiere at Festival Napa Valley Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/jake-heggie-...

Klaus Mäkelä conducts Barrie Kosky's new production of Richard Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten, filmed at the 2026 Festival d'Aix-en-Provence. The performance is now streaming free on demand until July 2029 (regional restrictions may apply). Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/klaus-makela...

Pedro Ignacio Calderón, one of Argentina's most influential conductors, has died at 92. He was former assistant to Leonard Bernstein and long-serving music director of the Buenos Aires Philharmonic and Argentina's National Symphony Orchestra Read at moto-perpetuo.com/pedro-ignaci...

Estonian pianist Tähe-Lee Liiv is building an impressive career after becoming the first pianist to record Arvo Pärt's complete solo piano works on a single album. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/tahe-lee-lii... #YoungTalent #TaheLeeLiiv #Piano #ClassicalMusic

Henry Kennedy has been appointed Assistant Conductor of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. He will begin with the GMJO's Summer Tour 2026. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/henry-kenned...

The two-time Oscar winner will release Life Is A Dream, his first album of original orchestral music, recorded with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/anthony-hopk...

Joana Mallwitz will remain chief conductor and artistic director of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin through the end of the 2032/33 season after signing a five-year contract extension. The German conductor has led the orchestra since 2023. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/joana-mallwi...

The San Francisco Symphony has announced an all-star tribute to former Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas on 2 October 2026. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/michael-tils... #MichaelTilsonThomas #SFSymphony #ClassicalMusic

Gustavo Dudamel and the @LAPhil have announced "A Concert for Venezuela", a benefit concert at the Hollywood Bowl on 23 August to support communities affected by the recent earthquakes. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/dudamel-la-p... #venezuelaearthquake

Philip Glass's Symphony No. 15, Lincoln has finally received its world premiere. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/philip-glass...

In his first broadcast interview since the Boston Symphony announced it would not renew Andris Nelsons' contract, CEO Chad Smith told GBH News' Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/chad-smith-a... #andrisnelsons #bostonsymphony

The Mahler Competition has ended without awarding a first prize for only the second time in its history. akub Przybycień won second prize and the Audience Prize, while Sieva Borzak and Simon Clausse shared third. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/mahler-compe...

The historic Palais Garnier will remain closed until 2032 after lead contamination was discovered during preparations for its major renovation. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/palais-garni...

Sir Stephen Hough has been appointed Artistic Director of the Leeds International Piano Competition and will chair the jury for the 2027 edition. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/sir-stephen-...

Anna Netrebko has withdrawn from Teatro Real's upcoming performances of Verdi's Il trovatore after being prescribed several weeks of physical and vocal rest. Italian soprano Eleonora Buratto will step in. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/anna-netrebk... #AnnaNetrebko #EleonoraBuratto

The Philadelphia Orchestra has appointed Colombian conductor Sara Aldana as its new assistant conductor for the 2026–27 season. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/philadelphia...

Andrea Zietzschmann will step down as general manager of the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation when her contract expires in 2028, ending an 11-year tenure. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/andrea-zietz...

Paris Opera musicians have launched Philopéra, an independent, self-governed symphony orchestra. The new ensemble will make its debut on 6 September at the Palais Garnier, with Daniel Harding conducting. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/philopera-pa...