CONSUMER NEWS
January 2026
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

CD: Deutsche Oper Berlin - Jazz de Paris
EuroArts Music International
The Big Band of the Deutsche Oper Berlin is celebrating its 20th anniversary and dedicating itself to French jazz...

CD: Herbert von Karajan: 1970–1979 live in Berlin
Berlin Phil Media GmbH
The unique magic of the live concert on 20 CDs: the Berliner Philharmoniker and their former chief conductor

DVD + Blu-Ray: New Year's Concert – Teatro la Fenice 2025
C Major Entertainment
Daniel Harding returns to Venice for a celebrative concert. “Amid mirrors, flowers and confetti, New Year’s Eve at La Fenice is a ritual” (MusicPaper)

DVD + Blu-Ray: Tristan und Isolde
C Major Entertainment
Semperoper Dresden presents an historic performance of Tristan and Isolde, directed by Marco Arturo Marelli and conducted by conductor Christian Thielemann.
NEWS

Call for Submissions: 2026 SF Dance Film Festival
San Francisco Dance Film Festival
San Francisco Dance Film Festival Now Accepting Submissions for the 2026 Festival.

Flagey Piano Days – Thousand Faces of the Piano
Flagey asbl/vzw
Five days of piano in Brussels showcasing styles, generations and artists—from Aimard and Rana to rising talents and homegrown Belgian voices.

In Memoriam: Humphrey Burton
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Humphrey Burton (1931–2025) was one of the great architects of arts broadcasting. From a golden era at the BBC to landmark international productions, his vision brought opera, music and dance to millions.

International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announce the 2026 winners
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) has announced the winners of the 2026 edition.

Open Call: InShadow – Lisbon ScreenDance Festival
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Submissions for the 2026 edition of the Lisbon ScreenDance Festival are now open in the categories of videodance, documentary, animation and photography.

Opus Arte x Presto: Up to 50% Off!
Opus Arte
Beat the January Blues with some of the worlds leading opera, ballet and theatre with up to 50% off at prestomusic.com.

Registration is open for Classical:NEXT 2026
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Classical:NEXT brings together the world’s classical and art music professionals from 8–11 April 2026 in the vibrant city of Budapest, Hungary.

Submit to the Institute of Documentary Film Short Pitch Program
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Calling documentary filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe!
VIDEO ON DEMAND

Iván Fischer conducts Mozart's Don Giovanni
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Take Mozart's darkest opera, add the artistry of Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra and combine them at the 2025 Vicenza Opera Festival.

Shai Maestro Trio – Live in Paris
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
A portrait of a trio whose finely tuned interplay opens up a spacious, ever-shifting musical landscape.
BROADCASTS

Broadcast from MusikTheater an der Wien
VBW International GmbH
: Rossini’s “L’occasione fa il ladro” available on OperaVision from 30 January.

Four Hands for Mendelssohn | Lucas & Arthur Jussen
sounding images
25 2026: The music film accompanies the brothers as they follow in the footsteps of the Mendelssohn siblings and their Concerto for Two Pianos in E major.

Benamor at MusikTheater an der Wien
VBW International GmbH
31 2026: Ö1 broadcasts Pablo Lunas opereta Benamor on 31 January 2026.

MMM | Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts Monteverdi
sounding images
1 2026: In the 1970s, the Zurich Opera House launched a cycle of performances of Claudio Monteverdi's three surviving musical theatre works, beginning with L'Orfeo
LIVE STREAMS

Roland Villazón directs Mozart's Die Zauberflöte
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
27 2026: A great name in the world of opera, Rolando Villazón, directs this production performed in the near-perfect surroundings of Salzburg's Haus für Mozart.
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