#OperainBoston BU opera institute presenting Gounod Roméo et Juliette this weekend! Opens tomorrow thru Sunday www.bu.edu/cfa/news/cal...

I’ve been waiting for this for almost 8 years, since I first heard the name Asmik Grigorian in connection with her Salzburg Salome in 2018. Not just her either, a wonderful cast. Tx3 to all @ Bayerische Staatsoper.

So sad to learn of Joshua Robison's death. What a mensch he was — always cheerful, always gregarious. Gonna miss him terribly.

In case you're wondering why we flew all the way to Switzerland to connect to costa del sol... our tickets on Swiss was $378pp...

Feb 2026 vacation in Costa del Sol ☀️ 🏖️

I am on a bus and I just woke up from a nap and apparently the bus driver has gone rogue

Thinking of those of you shoveling snow back home while we enjoy our torta loca under blue skies and sunshine in 🇪🇸 @crbclassical.bsky.social

Anyway, thread incoming of some FS programs that I think make magic with the music, including some warhorses and new (or new to the rink) music.

#operainboston Mono e mono e mono tomorrow!

First performance in Frankfurt @ OperFrankfurt. Both opera and composer new to me. Fifth new opera of the trip. Tx3 to all.

I make a one-night stop in Brussels for another opera I’ve never seen (even on video), Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini featuring John Osborn, another of my very favorite singers. Tx3 to all @lamonnaie.bsky.social

Okay here's a first... our flight is delayed departing because there was an intoxicated pax on the plane who had to be removed, as well as their hold luggage.

Boston area people, come by if ya like luma.com/fwe4fm4f

Oh yay it's #caturday

Nightcap of today’s doubleheader, final performance in Berlin this trip, and third of 3 operas new to me thanks to Deutsche Oper Berlin, though I have seen this on video. Looking forward to finally hearing it live.

Holy Salzburg, Batman! It’s a doubleheader day! Leading off, a work and composer new to me. Auf Englisch, “The 3 Riddles” or “Turandot auf Deutsch” said the man who sold me the program. A joke…I think. A “kid-friendly” opera and the place is overrun with kids. @ Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Probably just 1, as I'm allergic to 🍤 I prefer not to eat liver but I did eat it as a child. There are a few other things that aren't my favorite but basically I will eat everything on the chart (except shrimp) if I have to.

Pssst! Save the date for Kronos Quartet's Steve Reich @ 90 celebration at Groton Hill Music Center on April 26, 2026 at 7pm! Program includes Reich's Triple Quartet and Different Trains grotonhill.org/concerts/kro...

March 1 at 3 pm! There will be TEA and BISCUITS goreplace.org/whats-on/mrs...

Tonight one of the events I’ve anticipated most on this trip, my first ever live Schreker opera @ Deutsche Oper. I have DO’s DVD of this production from a few years ago, largely different cast, but created a very favorable impression.

Beczala brought down the house with E lucevan le stelle, so he did a bis! A memorable night in the theater. Both leads were in fine form. Kurzak’s Vissi d’arte was splendid, her final pianissimo exquisite.

Saturday at 8pm, Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social in his own Horn Concerto with soloist Stefan Dohr, and Bruckner’s soaring Symphony No. 4: the “Romantic." Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4qu8pLa

My only visit to the Staatsoper Berlin on this trip, perhaps my 2nd favorite Puccini and a couple of singers I really admire Alex Kurzak and Piotr Beczala. Tx3 to all!

Rave review of Budapest Festival Orchestra playing Mahler 3 at Carnegie Hall. Don't miss the chance to hear it tonight in Boston. There are still tickets available! www.bso.org/events/budap... www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/a...

Everybody watch the trailer for this important movie on sexual abuse, "Dear Lara," and hope that after its success at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, distributors will pick it up. Ask the young violinist who choked out a tearful Thank You in the Q&A. share.google/hBosgncNRAev...

One piece of good news in this week of exceptionally bad news: Philip Kennicott is still writing for the Washington Post

Ummm it's 7:40am and our 7am Amtrak train is still waiting to depart. I don't understand how we can accept this as a daily fact of life.

PDF is at the bottom of this page: www.carnegiehall.org/About/Press/...

A preview of what's to come in 2026-2027 season for Boston Symphony, courtesy of Carnegie hall season announcement ALL-PROKOFIEV PROGRAM Violin Concerto No. 2 (Hirami) Symphony No. 5 and ELGAR Cello Concerto (Yo-Yo Ma) R. STRAUSS Eine Alpensinfonie

Anyone here has the Carnegie hall 2026-2027 season in pdf format? Scrolling through the website and clicking each event to see the program is just ... ugh

#operainboston this week! One more chance to catch an excellent performance of L'elisir d'amore at NEC on Wednesday #free Then this weekend is Pelleas at Boston Conservatory bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/events/impre...

Boston is like sweeping the classical Grammy?!

Feb 2026 is off to a good start! First concert today American Road Trip, the last offering in @bostonsymphony.bsky.social's E Pluribus Unum festival, with violinist Augustin Hadelich and pianist Orion Weiss playing music by American composers. Hadelich is simply stunning!

Who will be live-skeeting #classicalGrammys this afternoon?

On this coldest day of winter so far, why not check out this summer's Tanglewood offerings? Never too early to plan your summer in the Berkshires ✍️ by @knitandlisten.bsky.social for the @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/30/a...

Saturday at 8pm, @bostonsymphony.bsky.social Conductor Thomas Wilkins leads the Boston premiere of "Good News Mass," a new co-commission by Composer Chair Carlos Simon. Before that, hear The Crossing perform David Lang’s "poor hymnal." Listen on-air, on our app, or online: https://bit.ly/4sUKyqy

#OperainBoston! Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro begins tonight at Agassiz Theatre, by Harvard College Opera I would encourage you to consider this wk's Boston Symphony Orchestra program featuring Carlos Simon's Good News Mass, & selections from David Lang's poor hymnal www.bso.org/events/jan-2...

The New England Region Met Opera Laffont Competition is still scheduled for Sunday, Jan 25. But Start time has moved up one hour to 12 noon #OperainBoston www.ticketleap.events/tickets/neau...

BYSO's Les Troyens is moved to TODAY at 7pm due to impending snow storm #OperainBoston boxoffice.harvard.edu/Online/defau...

Is this my version of having "made it"? Pales in comparison to @musicologyduck.bsky.social www.universalhub.com/2026/ready-w...

❄️ prep for this weekend @bostonfrenchtoast.bsky.social @universalhub.com

Saturday at 8pm, Seong-Jin Cho returns to Symphony Hall! Hear him in Tchaikovsky’s 1st Piano Concerto alongside Bernstein’s "Chichester Psalms" and Loggins-Hull’s "Rhapsody on a Theme by Joni." Listen to the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social LIVE on-air, on our app, or online:

Got a chance to meet a legend of new music last night: Christian Woolf. Loved hearing his music and a stunning Cage Concert for Piano & Orch w/ Aria. But it reminded me of why I take the time to manage this here calendar and try periodically to remind people that it exists as a resource...

This interview with conductor Ben Glassberg by my colleague Elisabeth Schwarz is well worth your time and a salutary reminder of the pressures performers face under the social media microscope: bachtrack.com/interview-be...

any Bluesky friends going to BSO Vanessa tonight? DM me if you want to meet up during intermission

Sunday's Globe today: I chatted with Boston Ballet's Chenxin Liu, who just danced through "Nutcracker" season while five months pregnant, and learned about what dancers might need if they're going to balance a baby bump at the ballet barre. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/09/a...

Really beautiful article 🩰🤰 www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/09/a...

I love that we live in a walkable neighborhood. yesterday afternoon when I was walking the kid to his performance with the jazz band at a local restaurant, he received a 20-min talk from me about Beaumarchais's trilogy and the 3 famous da Ponte-Mozart operas. My work as a parent is done