Postcard from Berlin: Art and museums

With a contract at Berlin’s Komische Oper extended to 2030, conductor James Gaffigan is soon to take up the music directorship at Houston Grand Opera from 2027. We talk about how he does it all...

As the winner of the 2025 Best Opera House award, Bavaria's biggest multi-genre theatre, Theater Regensburg, will host the Oper! Awards in 2026.

The sought-after current music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra will adopt this new role in Berlin from the 2026–27 season.

Withdrawing from an eight-city tour, including an appearance at Carnegie Hall, in an interview the German violinist said: “I feel utter anger. I cannot go on with this feeling inside.”

Tributes have flowed in after the conductor and pianist announced his diagnosis on Thursday: “I am planning to maintain as many of my professional commitments as my health permits.”

The chief conductor of Berlin’s Konzerthausorchester talks bringing Weill back to his home city – and a new album of his symphonic works and The Seven Deadly Sins out soon on Deutsche Grammophon.