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Drama at Bayreuth, Lorenzo Da Ponte in America, a rare chord change in Halberstadt, and more

August 10: This week in classical music

By Alix Haywood

Reading time estimated : 4min read

Bach as a feminist, musical performance as an athletic endeavour, opera as the answer to ailing societies, and more

July 27: This week in classical music

By Alix Haywood

Reading time estimated : 4min read

A very Hollywood-centric week: Pedro Pascal plays a cellist, Gustavod Dudamel and the NYPhil at the World Cup final, Anne Hathaway name drops Maria Callas, and more

July 20: This week in classical music

By Alix Haywood

Reading time estimated : 3min read

Sir Anthony Hopkins’s classical album, a Wagnerian thought experiment, the Palais Garnier’s five-year renovation project and more

July 13: This week in classical music

By Alix Haywood

Reading time estimated : 3min read

Herbert Blomstedt at 99

At 99, Herbert Blomstedt is still showing the musical world how it’s done — with clarity, humility and an authority that never needs to raise its voice. James Jolly explores…

By James Jolly

Reading time estimated : 8min read

Sir Stephen Hough at The Leeds, Hillary Clinton at Carnegie Hall, and more

July 6: This week in classical music

By Alix Haywood

Reading time estimated : 3min read

Staff cuts at the Royal Ballet and Opera, a relaxed dress code at the Waldbühne, 3D printing meets historical instruments, and more

June 29: This week in classical music

By Alix Haywood

Reading time estimated : 3min read

New Mozart discovered in Paris, Laufey’s tribute to dissonance, Jon Batiste’s take on Mozart, and more

June 22: This week in classical music

By Alix Haywood

Reading time estimated : 4min read

149 “lost” works by Salieri, the Washington National Opera’s $17 million lawsuit, and more

June 15: This week in classical music

By Alix Haywood

Reading time estimated : 3min read

Expanding what a “ballet body” looks like, questioning the standard piano size, how to support an NSO in crisis, and more

June 8: This week in classical music

By Alix Haywood

Reading time estimated : 4min read

Catch up on the latest medici.tv replays

Puccini's La Bohème

Handel's Alcina

The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár

Handel's Semele

Leonardo García-Alarcón conducts Cavalli, Cesti, Monteverdi and Stradella — With Carlo Vistoli

Leonardo García-Alarcón conducts Francesco Cavalli — With Mariana Flores

Verdi's Simon Boccanegra

Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica perform "America": Barber, Bernstein, Glass

Yunchan Lim in recital: Schubert and Scriabin