CONSUMER NEWS
September 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.


Avant Première: Registration and Submission Open Soon

IMZ International Music + Media Centre

After thirteen years in Berlin, Avant Première is packing its bags for Vienna, and we couldn't be more excited about what comes next. Early Bird registration + submission open on 28 September.

IMZ Academy 2026: Five Opera Films, Now Online to Watch

IMZ International Music + Media Centre

Five short operas, created at the Royal College of Music in London as part of the IMZ Academy 2026 workshop “Live Multi-Camera Directing of Opera Performances”, are now available to watch.

NEW RELEASES

DVD + Blu-Ray: Andris Nelsons conducts Mahler 6

C Major Entertainment

Andris Nelsons and the Wiener Philharmoniker confront the uncompromising power of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, the composer’s most enigmatic works.

DVD + Blu-Ray: Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka / Dutch National Opera

NAXOS Audiovisual Division

A breathtaking Rusalka with Johanni van Oostrum in the title role and Joana Mallwitz making her acclaimed debut with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

DVD + Blu-Ray: Giulio Cesare in Egitto

C Major Entertainment

Power, passion, survival: Emmanuelle Haïm conducts Handel’s Giulio Cesare in a new production from Salzburg Festival.

CD: John Dowland – Behold A Wonder Here

Accentus Music

A richly colored journey through John Dowland’s Songs and Ayres, bringing the emotional world of the English Renaissance to life.

DVD + Blu-Ray: Nabucco

C Major Entertainment

Arena di Verona presents a new production of Nabucco featuring Anna Netrebko, who gives a performance that is “beautiful, vivacious, magnetic”. (La Stampa)

BROADCASTS + LIVESTREAMS

Season Opening – Konzerthaus Berlin

Deutsche Grammophon GmbH

12 2026: Joana Mallwitz opens the Konzerthausorchester Berlin’s season with Strauss, Ravel, Chin and Prokofiev.

Geburtstagsgala – 20 Jahre MET Live im Kino

Clasart Classic

19 2026: On September 19, the Met live in HD season 2026/2027 opens with an anniversary gala, celebrating 20 years of live transmissions to movie cinemas.

Daniil Trifonov: My American Story – South

Deutsche Grammophon GmbH

3 OCT 2026: Daniil Trifonov explores the colours, rhythms and melodies of South America in a vibrant programme filmed at Sala São Paulo.

VIDEO ON DEMAND

Enjoy more ballet on demand via Amazon Prime Video

Opus Arte

Check out the new Opus Arte titles now available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime Video.

Wynton Marsalis’ All Rise From Edinburgh

Stagecast

A rare opportunity to hear Wynton Marsalis’ monumental symphony for jazz orchestra, symphony orchestra and choir live from Edinburgh International Festival.

SOON ON THE MARKET

Madrigal Choir: Two Productions This Fall

The National Chamber Choir "Madrigal - Marin Constantin"

The Madrigal Choir opens its autumn season with a sacred-music homecoming and a cross-continental journey along the Silk Road.

Madrigal Films in Ancient Pompeii

The National Chamber Choir "Madrigal - Marin Constantin"

Led by Anna Ungureanu, the Romanian ensemble brings contemporary music to Pompeii, continuing a project that pairs national repertoire with global heritage.

Madrigal’s Christmas Tour Across Romania

The National Chamber Choir "Madrigal - Marin Constantin"

For over six decades, Madrigal’s carols have been a beloved holiday tradition in Romania.

CONSUMER NEWS

Denis Kozhukhin returns to Flagey with Mussorgsky

Flagey asbl/vzw

On 2 October, piano virtuoso Denis Kozukhin returns to Flagey with music by Haydn, Brahms and Mussorgsky’s monumental Pictures at an Exhibition.

Flagey opens its season with Dvořák and Brahms

Flagey asbl/vzw

On 21 September, pianist Valère Burnon joins forces with a string quartet for two gems of the chamber repertoire: piano quintets of Dvořák and Brahms.

Madrigal Magazine Launches Summer Issue

The National Chamber Choir "Madrigal - Marin Constantin"

The current issue (no. 8) focuses on the way the Madrigal Choir brings Music Therapy into Bucharest hospitals.

Sunrise & Dolphins

The National Chamber Choir "Madrigal - Marin Constantin"

Sea, sunrise, and sacred song came together in Constanța, as the Madrigal Choir closed out its fifth consecutive summer season on the Romanian coast.

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