CONSUMER NEWS
May 2025
Your monthly update on performing arts releases, live streams, previews and specials - directly from the producers. Brought to you by the IMZ International Music + Media Centre, the international business network supporting performing arts through audiovisual media.
NEW RELEASES

David Moliner: Marimba
Accentus Music
David Moliner explores the Marimba’s versatility in a thoughtfully curated album with works from Bach to contemporary music.

CD: Gaming X Symphony – Legends and Quests in Concert
EuroArts Music International
Explore the captivating sounds of epic gaming worlds brought to life by 150 musicians and singers at DR Koncerthuset.

CD: Morricone conducts Morricone
EuroArts Music International
This album contains a collection of Ennio Morricone's most famous film music, including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and many more.

DVD + Blu-Ray: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Accentus Music
Zurich’s Ring production, directed by Andreas Homoki, will soon be available in an exclusive Blu-ray/DVD box set featuring a stellar cast.

DVD + Blu-Ray: Tancredi
C Major Entertainment
Bregenz's Tancredi is presented as a fresh reimagining of Rossini’s opera, with Anna Goryachova and Mélissa Petit sensationally performing the main roles.

DVD + Blu-Ray: The Wayne McGregor Collection
Opus Arte
Bringing together some of Wayne McGregor’s most outstanding and internationally acclaimed works, Chroma, Infra, Lima, Woolf Works & The Dante Project.

DVD + Blu-Ray: Turandot
C Major Entertainment
With a stellar cast ft. Anna Netrebko, the Arena di Verona honours stage director Franco Zeffirelli and his legendary production of Turandot.
LIVE STREAMS

Shostakovich Festival 2025 at Gewandhaus Leipzig
Accentus Music
: Two highlight concerts of the 2025 Shostakovich Festival will be recorded and streamed live – marking a musical anniversary.

Yunchan Lim plays Bach's Goldberg Variations
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
2 2025: Korean piano sensation Yunchan Lim returns to Carnegie Hall to present one of the greatest masterpieces of keyboard music, Bach's Goldberg Variations.

Beethoven's Complete Violin Sonatas I-III
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
29 2025: Fresh from a critically-acclaimed recording, Antje Weithaas and Dénes Várjon present the cycle over the course of three concerts at Pierre Boulez Saal.
VIDEO ON DEMAND

OFUNAM: A Magical Journey of Music and Literature
Dirección General de TV UNAM
The UNAM Philharmonic's sixth programme combines "Music and Literature" with symphonic poems, operas, and modern works inspired by literary classics.

Unforgettable Summer Night with Minería Symphony
Dirección General de TV UNAM
In this summer concert, the Minería Symphony Orchestra will present three works exploring the musical landscapes of Mexico, Austria, and Germany.
BROADCASTS

Europakonzert 2025 from Bari, Italy
EuroArts Music International
1 2025: The Berliner Philharmoniker & Riccardo Muti with a mixed programme of Italian & German music.

Met Opera Live in HD – Salome
Clasart Classic
19 2025: Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium to conduct Strauss’s one-act tragedy – transmitted live to cinemas on May 17.

Met Opera Live in HD – Il barbiere di Siviglia
Clasart Classic
31 2025: The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024/2025 Live in HD season comes to a close with the live transmission of Rossini’s effervescent comedy on May 31.
NEWS

Isacco, Voice Killer & discover the Season 25/26
VBW International GmbH
Oratorio Isacco, World premiere of Voice Killer and a rich 25/26 season with operetta, zarzuela, rarities, family opera and early music on all stages.

Queen Elisabeth Competition 2025: piano edition
Flagey asbl/vzw
This May, Flagey in Brussels will host the first round and semi-finals of the Queen Elisabeth Competition’s 2025 piano edition.

YUM! Wins Fedora Digital Prize 2025
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Yum!, a production by the Austrian company Studio M.A.R.S, was awarded the FEDORA Digital Prize 2025 at the ceremony held on 26 April at the Wiener Staatsoper.
- CONSUMER NEWS